Le Pain Quotidien

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFIED MANAGER POSTED OR PHYSICALLY ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED OR COOKED.INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON DUTY THAT THERE MUST ALWAYS BE ON PREMISES A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER PRESENT AND CERTIFICATE POSTED AT ALL TIMES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED OR COOKED.SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION DID NOT FIND THE LAST INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY POSTED AND VISIBLE FROM SEPTEMBER 7, 2016. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY MUST ALWAYS BE POSTED AND VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES.DURING INSPECTION PROVIDED TODAY'S SUMMARY POSTING. CDI. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.
  code 28
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST ALWAYS PROPERLY DATE AND LABEL ALL FOODS, DRESSINGS AND SAUCES IN REFRIGERATION UNITS. FOUND MANY TALL PLASTIC BOTTLES HOLDING SAUCES AND DRESSINGS NOT DATED OR LABELED. ALSO FOUND STAINLESS STEEL FOOD CONTAINERS HOLDING PREPARED FOODS NOT DATED OR LABELED. MUST ALWAYS PROVIDE.
  code 30
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A WORKING BOTTLE BRUSH AT ALL TIMES IN ORDER TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE THE TALL LONG STEM PUSH TO OPEN WATER BOTTLES USED ON PREMISES.AT THIS TIME FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE A BOTTLE BRUSH.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES FOR ALL FOOD PREP STAFF WORKING AT ALL TIMES. AT THIS TIME MANAGER PROVIDED ONLY ONE CERTIFICATE. THERE WERE 2 OTHER FOOD PREP STAFF MEMBERS WORKING WITHOUT THEIR IDPH FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 7, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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