Real Kitchen

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS PORK CHILI,CHICKEN CLUB SANDWICHES, ROAST BEEF SALAD,SOUPS ETC. INSTRUCTED TO OPERATE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012(a).
  code 21
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 06/08/15, REPORT#1546850. 33 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DUST BUILD UP ON FAN COVER INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FAN COVER. 45 NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST BE CERTIFIED WITH CERTIFICATES OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES ON PREMISES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF DUST BUILD-UP ON VENT COVER IN REAR PREP AREA ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE DIRT.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS AT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED LEAKY PIPE UNDERNEATH 2-COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER NEEDED AT THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER AT THE FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 40
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 8, 2015: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.