Roost Chicken & Biscuits

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: THE PERSON IN CHARGE DOES NOT HAVE A CITY CERTIFICATION OR DOCUMENTATION OF PENDING CITY CERTIFICATE WHILE TCS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN IS BEING COOKED AND SERVED ON SITE. NO OTHER ORIGINAL AND VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE WAS POSTED NOR PROVIDED ON-SITE FOR THE PRESENT MANAGER ON DUTY. NO VALID DOCCUMENTATION ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. CITY MANAGER ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:10PM. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OPEN 1 INCH GAP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN DOOR NEAR HAND SINK. FACILITY MUST SEAL OPEN GAPS TO PREVENT PESTS.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FROST ACCUMILATION INSIDE 2DOOR REACH IN COOLER NEXT TO STAND UP HOT HOLDING UNIT. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 26, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 5 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.