Old Town School Of Folk Music

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2020
• address4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Old Town School Of Folk Music clean?

Old Town School Of Folk Music is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Old Town School Of Folk Music?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-7-38.010-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY TO EAT, TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (SLICED DELI PRODUCTS)NOT PROPERLY DATED , STORED LONGER THAN 24 HOURS IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING WITH DISPOSITION DATE FOR RTE FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24 HOURS IN COLD HOLDING UNIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THAT DISH WASHING RACKS FOR DISH MACHINE ARE STORED ON THE FLOOR. MUST ELEVATED AT LEAST 6 INCH OF FLOOR
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THAT DISH WASHING RACKS FOR DISH MACHINE ARE STORED ON THE FLOOR. MUST ELEVATED AT LEAST 6 INCH OF FLOOR
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED THAT COOKING UTENSILS NOT IN USE ARE STORED WITH OUT PROTECTION. MUST STORED UTENSILS AFTER WASHING TO BE PROTECTED FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED THAT COOKING UTENSILS NOT IN USE ARE STORED WITH OUT PROTECTION. MUST STORED UTENSILS AFTER WASHING TO BE PROTECTED FROM POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED USE OF UNPROTECTED WOOD SHELVES IN WALK IN COOLER FOR FOOD STORAGE. MUST PROVIDE SHELVING FROM SMOOTH EASY CLEANABLE MATERIALS
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 13 FACILITY USES HIGH TEMPERATURE SANITIZING DISH MACHINE AND DOESN'T HAVE PROPER TEMPERATURE MEASURING IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR OR THERMOMETER THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED AND READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR MEASURING THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE DURING HOT WATER SANITATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 13 FACILITY USES HIGH TEMPERATURE SANITIZING DISH MACHINE AND DOESN'T HAVE PROPER TEMPERATURE MEASURING IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR OR THERMOMETER THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED AND READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR MEASURING THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE DURING HOT WATER SANITATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES NOT LOCATED AT CAPPUCCINO/ESPRESSO MACHINE. MUST INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES OR AIR GAP BETWEEN THE WATER SUPPLY INLET AND THE UNIT SO IT MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THAT LIGHTS INTENSITY OF LIGHT IN PREP AREA IS LOW. MUST PROVIDE PROPER INTENSITY OF LIGHTS (AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE USES KNIFES) OF 50 CNDL/FT2
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THAT LIGHTS INTENSITY OF LIGHT IN PREP AREA IS LOW. MUST PROVIDE PROPER INTENSITY OF LIGHTS (AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE USES KNIFES) OF 50 CNDL/FT2

When was Old Town School Of Folk Music last inspected?

Old Town School Of Folk Music has 6 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2011.

Old Town School Of Folk Music vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 23, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.