Little Caesar Pizza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings10
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBERVED NO PAPERTOWEL AVAILABLE AT HANDSINKS LOCATED IN BOTH IN-USE PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN PROPER HANDWASHING.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-030 (c). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD HANDLERS PREPARING AND HANDLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY(TCS) SAUCE, CHICKEN, DICED HAM) WITHOUT ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER AND CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE OF CITY OF CHICAGO ORIGINAL FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE MUST REMAIN POSTED ON SITE AND CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING TCS FOOD PREP, COOKING, SERVING, AND OPERATING HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE COOLING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE FOR TESTING INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF FOOD. INSRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE FOR USE.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 50 SMALL LIVE FLIES FLYING THROUGHOUT THE REAR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA AS WELL AS REAR STORAGE SPACE ON CARDBOARD BOXES, FLYING AROUND IN THE TOILET ROOM NEAR THE REAR EXIT DOOR. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 35 SMALL RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA SCATTERED ALONG THE WALL UNDER ROLLING CARTS, IN FRONT PREP PIZZA BOXING AND SLICING PREP. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE, REMOVE DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREA.MUST ELIMINATE FLY ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020 (a). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK MOLD BUILD UP ON WALL BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, EXCESSIVE SAUCE SPLATTER ON COOLING UNITS, WUNDER BAR SAUCE SPINNER, ALL SHELVING UNITS AND ELVATION UNITS CONTAINING FLOUR IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FRONT PREP HANDSINK SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BOTH TOILET ROOM PLUMBING FIXTURES IN NEED OF CLEANING AND INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WALL IN FRONT PIZZA PREP, ALL ROLLING CARTS AND LEANING SHELVING UNIT INSIDE WALK IN COOLER WITH AN IMMODERATE AMOUNT OF SAUCE AND DRIED FOOD SPLATTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED WALL CRUMBLED AND IN DISREPAIR WITH LARGE GAP BETWEEN THE WAL AND FLOOR BASE UNDERNEATH HANDSINK LOCATED IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING WALL BASE THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS, UNDERNEATH ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INSIDE TOILET ROOMS AND IN WALK IN COOLER WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF DRIED FOOD DEBRIS, DIRT, FLOUR AND TRASH ON FLOORS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL BURNED-OUT BULBS THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND INCREASE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES.
  code 56
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 11, 2023: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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