La Gondola

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered
  Inspector note: OUTSIDE GREASE RECEPTACLE NOT MAINTAINED: OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON THE TOP OF RECEPTACLE, DRIED GREASE DROPLETS HANGING FROM THE SIDES OF RECEPTACLE, AND GREASE BUILDUP ON THE GROUND WITH KITTY LITTER THAT WAS NEVER SWEPT UP. INSTRUCTED TO POWER WASH OR DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACE, GROUND SURFACE, AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO REMOVE ALL GREAES BUILDUP AND REMANIING KITTY LITTER THAT WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND. GREASE MUST BE STORED INSIDE OF THE RECEPTACLE AT ALL TIMES TO AVOID RODENT HARBORAGE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  code 19
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND DUST BUILDUP ON THE DRY FOOD STORAGE RACK WHERE CANNED TOMATOES ARE STORED IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN STORAGE RACK AND MAINTIAN. • MUST REPLACE OR RESURFACE THE RUSTED FOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND THE REACH-IN COLD HOLDING UNIT ACROSS FROM THE STOVE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE 2-DOOR REACH-IN FREEZER TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: SANITIZING LINE CONNECTED TO THE FAUCET HEAD AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IS BEING HELD TOGETHER BY DUCT TAPE. MUST REPAIR THE LINE WITH A TIGHT FITTING BOLT AND REMOVE DUCT TAPE.
  code 38

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Compared with No Entry on October 6, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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