Mike Ditka's Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH BIOHAZARD CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: NO DISCLOSURE OR REMIDER ON CONSUMER ADVISORY/MENUS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE REMINDER ANND DISCLOSURE WITH CONSUMER ADVISORY IN PUBLIC VIEW/MENUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 25
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
  code 36
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 1-COMPARTMENT SINK AT PANTRY AND 1-COMPARTMENT SINK AT COFFEE STATION DRAIN PIPES LEAK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 1ST FLOOR DISHWASH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING STOPPERS (X2). INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 48
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE UNUSED REACH IN COOLER AT 2ND FLOOR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF UNUSED REACH IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST BUILD UP ON WALLS AND CEILING TILES ATA 2ND FLOOR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN WALLS AND CEILING TILES AT 2ND FLOOR PREP AREA.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 6, 2017: 7 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.