Protein Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: 2-102.12 NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ORGINAL CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (BEEF, CUT GREENS, ETC.) ARE PREPARED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ORGINAL CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012.
  code 2Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: 3-501.17(A) INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL REFRIGERATED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOOD, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR 24 HOURS OR GREATER MUST BE LABELED/SHELF LIFE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-501.12 PREP AREA CUTTING BOARD IN POOR REPAIR/STAINED AND PITTED ABOVE 1-DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE CUTTING BOARD.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13 OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE PREP AREA ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINES.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15(B) DISHWASH HANDWASH BOWL DRAIN PIPE LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
  code 51
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: PA 100-0367 NO FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIEDF FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 22, 2017: 6 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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