Laugh Factory Chicago

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DUMP SINK AT THE 1ST-FLOOR BAR (ONLY A HAND SINK IS PROVIDED). MUST INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL SINK AT THIS BAR TO ACCOMMODATE DRINK DUMPING AND - OR RINSING.MUST PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AT SAID SINK
  code 51
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM8-31-2023,REPORT#2581066) #16) 4-601.11(A) WE OBSERVED ICE/FOOD NOT PROTECTED. INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE UPPER WATER RESERVOIR, ICE BIN, AND ALL ICE CONTACT SIDES AND INTERIOR OF THE MACHINE WITH EXCESSIVE BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE ICE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE THROUGHOUT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on September 18, 2023: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 8 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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