Lotus Cafe & Banh Mi Sandwiches

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY WRITTEN BY THE ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT HAVE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION AND THERE IS NO VERIFCATION OF EMPLOYEES SIGNING FORMS OR OTHER VERIFICATION OF TRAINING; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: FOUND A PROCEDURE ON PREMISES BUT NO SUPPLIES AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL REQUIRED NECESSARY SUPPLIES MUST BE OBTAINED AND MAINTAINED ON PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENTS. ADDITIONAL TIME GRANTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE GREASE.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR AROUND AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN CEILING VENTILATION FANS IN BOTH WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST BUILD UP.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 11, 2019: 4 findings recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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