Pancake Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: TABLE TOP CAN OPENER OBSERVED WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AFTER EACH USE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: UNUSED METAL TABLE IN BASEMENT WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE CEILING THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA.----MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR ON THE FLOOR ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN. FLOORS MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.----POOLING WATER IN BASEMENT STORAGE. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN DRY FLOOR.---- ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES MUST BE REMOVED OR STORED CLEAN AND ELEVATED.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM 9-4-19 #2311739 NOT CORRECTED #60 PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM 11/16/18 #2240298 NOT CORRECTED.#41- WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.#55- FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES WITH DEBRIS AND GRIME,INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLERS AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT.---- ALL WALLS IN FOOD AND SUPPLY STORAGE AREAS IN THE BASEMENT MUST BE FINISHED TO BE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 4, 2019: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 11 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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