Mike Ditka's Restaurant

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED CRAB BISQUE SOUP AT 50.0-54.7F, OYSTERS AT 44.4F, SALAD DRESSINGS AT 45.0-47.8F, EGGS AT 46.7F, SOUR CREAM AT 46.5F, CUT TOMATOES AT 46.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 92# OF FOOD WORTH $250. 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: DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE LINE COOLER NEXT TO THE BROILER AT THE 2ND FLOOR PREP KITCHEN.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE PROPER SINK STOPPERS FOR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 29, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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