Prime Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: NO SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE OR PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 12Priority
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES WITH FOOD HANDLER HAVING OPEN DRINK ON FOOD PREP TABLE WHILE PREPING FOOD. INSTRUCTED NO HAND TO MOUTH CONTACT AROUND FOOD OR IN PREP AREA. CRITICAL CITATION 7-38-010(A).
  code 6Priority

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 1, 2014: 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.