Roost Chicken & Biscuits

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD (CHICKEN, EGGS, COLESLAW) AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 47 F - 62 F F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LOCATED IN GTHE FOLLOWING COLD HOLDING UNITS: SOUTH WEST PREP COOLER, REACH IN "TRUE" REFRIGERATOR AND EAST PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED ALL SAID TCS FOODS, COST OF ALL FOODS $360 AT 100LBS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT, TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (RANCH, COLESLAW) HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS WITH OUT DISCARD DATE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATE FOR ANY READY TO EAT TIME/ TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS HELD FOR OVER 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: FOUND REACH IN PREP COOLER LOCATED IN REAR PREPARATION AREA (WEST SOUTH WALL) AT 51 F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST MAINTAIN A COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. SAID COOLER TAGGED BY CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT TIME OF INSPECTION . SAID COOLER MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL IT MAINTAINS A COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW AND IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 3, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 6 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.