Le Pain Quotidien

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITY NOT MAINTAINING PROPER COOLING TEMPERATURE. FOUND AIR TEMPERATURE FOR MAIN PREP COOLER AT 58.4F, COOLER IS USED FOR PERISHABLES STORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP COOLER TEMPERATURE AT 40F OR LOWER, CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005. COOLER IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE, MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH FOR TAG REMOVAL REQUEST WHEN REPAIRED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE AT SAID COOLER. FOUND 8 LBS OF DELI MEAT AT 57.3F, 2 LBS DICED TOMATOES AT 56.5, 4 LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN AT 57.4 INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SUCH FOODS AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005. FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $200.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: GLASS BOTTLE WITH NARROW OPENING WASHED IN DISH MACHINE, INSTRUCTED TO WASH MANUALLY FOR PROPER INTERIOR WASHING.
  code 31
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARD NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINTS, INSTRUCTED TO WEAR.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 23, 2017: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.