Nicky's Hot Dogs

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WALK IN COOLER AT 52.3 F WHILE CONTAINING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. UNIT TAGGED AND CITATION ISSUED TO EXISTING LICENSE :PANAGIOTIS KOSTOPANAGIOTOU #3903. CRITICAL VIOLATION.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 5LBS OF CHICKEN AT 52.3F VALUED AT $20, 3LBS OF ROAST BEEFAT 54.5F VALUED AT $15, 15LBS OF HOT DOGS VALUED AT 52.1 F-54.5 VALUED AT $66, 5LBS OF BEEF AT 52.6 VALUED AT $22. ALL WITHIN WALK IN COOLER FOUND AT 52.3 F. OBSERVED 2LBS OF SAUSAGE PATTY VALUED AT $5 IN COLD HOLDING UNIT ON COUNTER AT 63.2. OBSERVED 1LB OF FRIED ONIONS VALUED AT $2 AT 90.6 ON COUNTER. ALL FOOD VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED.CITATION ISSUED TO EXISTING LICENSE :PANAGIOTIS KOSTOPANAGIOTOU #3903. CRITICAL VIOLATION.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FAN IN WALK IN COOLER WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FAN.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO MOP SINK PRESENT. MUST INSTALL MOP SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN REFRIGERATORS OR WALK IN COOLER. ALL REFRIGERATORS AND WALK IN COOLER NEED EASILY READABLE THERMOMETERS.
  code 40

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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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