Northstar Coffee

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED/NO MANAGER ON PREMISES WHEN POTENTIALY HAZADROUS FOODS ARE BEING SERVED AND PREPARED. TAMALES 153.5*F, CHILI 157.6*F SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012a.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SCHOOL INFO GIVEN.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FRONT STEAM TABLE WELLS, AND TOASTER OVEN DRIP TRAY NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND THE SEATING AREA PEELING /CHIPPED PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPAINT.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 21, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 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.

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