Mather's More Than A Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE IN FRONT AND IN REAR PREP HAND SINK.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL AND DATE READY TO EAT TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24 HOURS INSIDE COOLERS. MUST IDENTIFY PRODUCT SHELF LIFE OR "CONSUME BY" DATING (7 DAYS FROM PREPARATION DATE). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 23
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE INSIDE PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP/COOKING AREA.
  code 36
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: FOUND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. WASTEWATER BACKING UP FROM AN OPEN FLOOR DRAIN WHEN WATER IS RELEASED FROM ONE COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. (PREMISES HAS HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AVAILABLE ON SITE). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ICE MACHINE AND FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND DISH MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA. • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON SIDE WALLS NEXT TO DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE SAID PEELING PAINT AND REPAIR, MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 20, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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