Potbelly Sandwich Works

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: THE 4TH PREP TOP COOLER WAS OBSERVED TO BE HOLDING AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 51 DEGREES, WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED INSIDE AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. THE COOLER HAS BEEN TAGGED AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL IT IS REPAIED, AND THE CDPH HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS REMOVED THE TAG. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE OBSERVED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE 4TH PREP TOP COOLER AND WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED BY THE MANAGER: EGGS (50 DEGREES, 2LBS WORTH $7) CHEESE (51 DEGREES, 6 LBS WORTH $17, AND CHICK PEAS (50 DEGREES, 4 LBS WORTH $7). INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FROST BUILD UP IN THE ICE CREAM FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GARBAGE ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND UNDER THE COOLERS IN THE FRONT PREP LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 5, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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