Northdown

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

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: LOW TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL DISH MACHINE NOT DISPENSING SANITIZER WHILE DISHES WERE BEING WASHED.FOUND AT 0PPM AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND PROPERLY DISPENSING SANITIZER TO 100PPM, C.D.P.H. CONTACTED AT 312-746-4240 BY FAX REQUEST FOR INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL.CITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030. REPAIR PERSON ARRIVED DURING INSPECTION AND MACHINE NOW DISPENSING SANITIZER TO 100PPM.
  code 8Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: WALL MOUNTED FRY SLICER FOUND DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AFTER EACH USE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, DISH MACHINE AND PREP SLICER TABLE WITH SOME DIRT AND DEBRIS ALONG BASEBOARDS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: LEAK AT NOZZLE ON BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 22, 2011: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.

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