Le Pain Quotidien

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FACILITY USING SOUS VIDE FOR SHELLED EGGS WITH NO CITY OF CHICAGO APPROVED HACCP PLAN AVAILABLE DURING THE INSPECTION. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROXIMATELY 1LB OF FOOD VALUED AT $2. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO APPROVED HACCP PLAN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BREAD AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR OF THE FRONT PREP AREA, ON THE FLOOR INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLER AN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL FOOD 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROPERLY CLEAN THE FLOORS.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 23, 2017: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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