Potbelly Sandwich Shop

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Sewage And Waste Water Disposal, No Back Siphonage, Cross Connection And/Or Back Flow
  Inspector note: SEWAGE WASTEWATER IS BACKING UP VIA FLOOR DRAINS ONTO FLOOR IN DISH ROOM/REAR PREP AREA. FLOOR DRAINS UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS AND ONE COMPARTMENT SINK ARE CLOGGED,BASSINETS AREA FULL WITH WASTE WATER,GREASE,FOOD ETC. WHEN WATER IS RELEASED FROM COMPARTMENTS OR FAUCETS ARE TURNED ON WASTEWATER SPILLS ON FLOORS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR CAUSE OF THE SEWAGE ISSUE AND TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. PLUMBER ON PREMISES,ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. FLOOR DRAINS ARE UNCLOGGED. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
  code 10Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE THE ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.ICE SHUTTER DISPENSER AT POP MACHINE WITH A PINK MINERAL BUILD-UP,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DUST AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA,INSTRUCTED TO SWEEP AND MAINTAIN.DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER THE COOLERS,ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS AND CORNERS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.DEBRIS AND SLIME ON FLOOR DRAINS UNDER THE ICE MACHINE,AND UNDER THE FRONT EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 31, 2013: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 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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