Popeye's

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN REAR NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK BLOCKED BY LARGE MACHINE USED TO MARINATE CHICKEN. MUST REMOVE MACHINE AND STORE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. EXPOSED HAND SINK MUST BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 11Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 1933205 DATED 6/21/16 :#32 OBSERVED EXCESS FROZEN CONDENSATE BUILT UP ON INTERIOR DOOR FRAME OF WALK IN FREEZER, ON CONDENSER, AND ON FLOOR. DEFROST WALK IN FREEZER AND MAINTAIN. # 34 OBSERVED FLOOR OF WALK IN FREEZER UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. #35 OBSERVED CEILING TILES MISSING FROM REAR AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. #41 OBSERVED FOOD ON FLOOR OF WALK IN FREEZER. ALL FOOD ITEMS NEED TO BE AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF OF FLOOR. #45 MUST HAVE PROOF OF IDPH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BY NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CAULK AROUND MOP SINK IN DISREPAIR. RECAULK AND MAINTAIN
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MOP SINK UNCLEAN WITH DIRT AND GRIME. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN WALK IN COOLER. OBSERVED LIGHT IN WALK IN FREEZER NOT SHEILDED. OBSERVVED LIGHT SHEILDS MISSING IN REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM. OBSERVED LIGHT SHEILD MISSING IN FRONT COOKING AREA. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHT SHEILDS.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 21, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 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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