Left Coast Food + Juice

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MULTIPLE WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES AND SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AND PREPARATION AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN BUCKET WITH APPROPRIATE SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 41
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SCOOPS IN DRY STORAGE BINS, FRUIT CONTAINERS IN PREP COOLERS, AND IN THE ICE BIN TO BE STORED WITH HANDLE IN CONTACT WITH CONTENTS OF FOOD OR ICE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL IN USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN BETWEEN USE.
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TOP LID OF THE TWO (2) DOOR PREPARATION COOLER IN THE FRONT PREPARATION AREA TO BE DAMAGED AND BENT; LID DOES NOT SEAL TOP OF PREPARATION COOLER AND IS NOT ABLE TO EASILY OPEN AND STAY OPEN OR CLOSED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FAUCET AT HAND SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA TO BE EXTREMELY LOOSE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE FAUCET AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR.
  code 51
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE UPDATED CERTIFICATE FOR ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 17, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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