Leona's Restaurant And Pizza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REFRIGERATED TCS FOOD WITHOUT SELL BY DATE ON LABELS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOOD, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS MUST HAVE SELL BY DATE ON LABELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: METAL STEM THERMOMETER NOT CALIBRATED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CALIBRATE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS AND KEEP ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 36
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS RUBBER DOOR SEALS NOT TIGHT FITTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER REACH IN COOLERS DOOR SEALS MUST TIGHT FIT.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE BUILD UP ON WALK IN FREEZER CONDENSER. MUST REMOVE SAID ICE BLOCK BUILD UP AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DRAING PIPE LEAKING AT LEFT AND MIDDLE COMPARTMENTS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
  code 51
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2222880 DATED ON 09/25/18 HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED-#51 BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE AND UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES FOR SAID LOCATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 25, 2018: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 7 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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