Pizzeria Serio

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: WE OBSERVED BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE AT INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING ON ICE FROM WATER RESERVOIR; ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED - UPON MY RETURN ON 7-24-19 ICE MACHINE PRESENTLY CLEANED AND SANITIZED BY EMPLOYEE
  code 16
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: ALL PREP WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD BETWEEN USE IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION IN THE KITCHEN FRONT PREP AREA
  code 41
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 9-28-18,REPORT#2223110 #39) 3-307.11 FOUND NO FOOD GUARDS FOR HAND SINKS AT BAR, PIZZA PREPARATION AND DISHWASHING AREAS. MUST PROVIDE #58) FOUND SANITATION MANAGERS WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE. #55) 6-201.11 FOUND WALLS BEHIND BAR NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.(EXPOSED BRICK). MUST COVER/SEAL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 28, 2018: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 5 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.