Mama's Boy

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: Adequate and convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided for all employees. NO HAND SOAP WAS AVAILABLE AT THE EXPOSED HANDSINK BEHIND THE BAR. MANAGER LEFT THE FACILITY TO BUY HAND SOAP. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL HANDSINKS WITH AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HAND SOAP AND TOWELS TO WASH HANDS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 12Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED REACH-IN PREP COOLER BELOW THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITH AN INTERNAL AIR TEMPERATURE OF 45F. UNIT WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST MAINTAIN BELOW 40F. FAX REINSPECTION LETTER TO (312) 746-4240 AFTER UNIT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLERS. OBSERVED CHEESE AT 44.9F, CALAMARI AT 44.6F, SAUSAGE AND MARINARA SAUCE AT 44.2F, TARTAR SAUCE AT 48F, COCKTAIL SAUCE AT 45F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $67. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. CLEAN THE FLOOR OF THE BASEMENT LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 12, 2010: 3 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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