Popeye's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: FOUND NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS (CHICKEN, SANDWICH, COLESLAW, MASHED POTATOES ETC) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE, A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHEN HANDLING TCS FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXTERIOR OF COOKING AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINAINED TO PREVET THE ACCUMULATION OF DIRT AND GREASE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 1 COMPARTMENT PREP SINK LEAKING. SINK MUST BE REPAIRED AND MAINTAINED SO THAT THERE IS NO LEAKING CONDITION ON SIDES OR UNDER SINK. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE SPACES BETWEEN TILES IN REAR PREP POOLING WATER FROM LEAKING SINK. REAR PREP OF FACILITY INCLUDING NEAR PREP SINK, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALK IN COOLERS MUST BE REGROUTED. FLOOR MUST BE RESTORED TO A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. • OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER SODA MACHINES VERY UNCLEAN WITH SODA SPILLS, DIRT ETC. CLEAN INSIDE CABINETS UNDER SODA MACHINES AND MAINTAIN FLOOR.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 22, 2023: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 7 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.