L'appetito

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: MUST INSTALL A HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP/DISH WASHING ROOM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP WRITTEN PROCEDURE AND PHYSICAL KIT, EFFECTIVE FOR ELIMINATING NOROVIRUS, ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: FOUND NO THERMOMETER IN THE 3-DOOR COOLER NEAR THE FRONT DELI COUNTER OR IN THE 2-DOOR COOLER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 36
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND DEBRIS BUILDUP ON GASKETS AND RACKS INSIDE 2-DOOR COOLER LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 49
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: FOUND NO LID ON GARBAGE LOCATED IN UNISEX EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE GARBAGE WITH LID FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
  code 53
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM 4/21/2020 REPORT 2369491 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #39 (3-307.11) MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HAND WASH SINK IN THE DELI PREP AREA, TOO CLOSE TO MEAT SLICER. VIOLATION #51 (4-301.16) MUST INSTALL A PREP/DUMP SINK IN THE FRONT COFFEE/PASTRY PREP AREA. MUST CORRECT PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 21, 2020: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

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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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