Metropolis Coffee Company

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

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Failed findings

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Official wording: Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND NO HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE ON PREMISES. THE WATER TEMPERATURE AT ALL RUNNING SINKS NEVER EXCEEDED 70F. MANAGER CONTACTED TECHNICIAN TO FIND THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE HOT WATER THROUGHOUT FACILITY. TECHNICIAN ARRIVED AT 10:00AM; THE HOT WATER ISSUE OCCURED FROM THE MOP SINK CONTINUOSLY RUNNING HOT WATER FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ALSO THE LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE CONTINUOSLY RUNNING FROM THE MORNING. THE TECHNICIAN TURNED OFF THE MOP SINK AND REPAIRED THE DISHMACHINE SO THAT IT DOES NOT CONTINUOSLY RUN WITHOUT STAFF MEMBERS PURPOSELY ACTIVATING IT. TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE HOT WATER ISSUE AND AT 10:45 THE HOT WATER ON PREMISES WAS 115F. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO ALWAYS HAVE HOT WATER ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES AT A MINIMUM OF 110F. CDI. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 9Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE CAMBROSE BOX USED TO HOLD ICE AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA TO REMOVE DIRT DEBRIS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SOILED FLOORS UNDER THE ICE MACHINE TO REMOVE DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FAN VENT COVERS IN THE REAR PREP REACH IN COOLERS AND ALSO THE CEILING VENT COVER ABOVE THE SAME COOLERS LISTED ABOVE TO REMOVED DUST BUILDUP.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 24, 2013: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings 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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