Luella's Southern Kitchen

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DISH MACHINE WITH A FINAL SANITIZING CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR MACHINE SO THAT THE FINAL CHLORINE SANITIZING CONCENTRATION IS AT LEAST 50PPM. MACHINE TAGGED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO GREASE TRAP. MANAGER STATED THAT GREASE TRAP WAS REMOVED INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-INSTALL GREASE TRAP.
  code 51
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OUTSIDE DUMPSTER RECEPTACLE AREA WITH LIGHT DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES IN BATHROOM ON LEFT HAND SIDE OF HALLWAY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE CEILING TILES.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 27, 2022: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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