Prime Bar

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURES OF COOKED PASTA INSIDE PREP COOLERS AT 45.F,46.9, AND 49.1F.MUST MAINTAINED COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW.APPROX 8LBS OF PASTA WAS DISCARDED AT COST APPROX $15.00. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DISH MACHINE BEHIND BAR BEING USED AT TIME OF INSPECTION NOT SANITIZING AT FINAL RINSE PROPER CONCENTRATION OF CHLORINE at 0 ppm.MUST REPAIR. MUST BE AT LEAST 50PPM.INSTRUCTED TO USE ADDITIONAL DISH MACHINE IN REAR KITCHEN TO WASH,RINSE AND SANITIZE. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030 LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE BEHIND BAR WAS REPAIRED DURING INSPECTION AND IS NOW SANITIZING AT 100PPM.-TAG REMOVED PREMISE MAY NOW USE MACHINE.
  code 8Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF ALL REACH IN BEER/LIQUOR COOLERS BEHIND BAR NOT CLEAN OF DRIED LIQUIDS,DEBRIS AT BOTTOM OF COOLERS.MUST DETAIL CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: THE NEW EMPLOYEES IDPH FOOD TRAINING CERTIFICATES NOT PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES.MUST PROVIDE AT NEXT INSPECTION
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 12, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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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