Polk & Western Chicken

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: FOUND NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK AND 40 MICE DROPPINGS IN THE CORNER BY THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE MICE ACTIVITY, CLEAN THE AFFECTED AREAS AND MUST CONTACT PEST CONTROL TO SERVICE THE AREA. MUST PROVIDE A PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 8, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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.