May Street Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE NOT AT THE PROPER CONCENTRATION. DISH MACHINE WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN, AND TO SET UP 3 COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE UNTIL UNIT IS REINSPECTED NY CDPH. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. NO CITATION ISSUED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BULK DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 30
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOORS IN THE WALK IN COOLER WITH STANDING WATER. OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOOSE COVING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WALL BY THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH DUST DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 4, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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