Monty Gaels Tavern & Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PINK/BLACK SLIME BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE AROUND ICE CHUTE (ICE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION). INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALL ICE INSIDE ICE MACHINE VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: PREP AREA 4-DOOR REACH IN COOLER (UNDER GRILL) DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR RUBBER GASKETS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON SLICER, EXTERIOR OF REACH IN PREP COOLERS AND INTERIOR OF SAME COOLERS AT CORNERS AND RUBBER DOOR GASKETS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR TILES DAMAGED ALONG COOKLINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE/REPAIR DAMAGED FLOOR TILES ALONG COOKLINE.
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE BAR REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THERMOMETERS INSIDE BAR COOLERS.
  code 40

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Compared with No Entry on March 16, 2017: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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