Noodles & Company

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR UPPER WATER RESERVIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE WHERE ICE FOR CONSUPTION IS BEING MADE NOTED BLACK AND BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING DOWN INTO ICE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL SLIME AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND MAINTAIN. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED AT THE END OF INSPECTION PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MECHANICAL VENTILATION NOT WORKING IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS WASHROOMS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 56
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE. INSTRCUTED ABOVE THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
  code 58
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT#2590191, ON 02/27/2024. VIOLATION #38 OBSERVED REAR EXIT DOOR DAMAGED WEATHER STRIP WITH OPENINGS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. MUST REPAIR DOOR TO PREVENT PEST ACTIVITY AND #55 OBSERVED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL FRONT COOKING EQUIPMENT AND UNDERNETH DISHWASHING AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 27, 2024: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.