Rumor's Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT NOT DISPLAYED/POSTED, FROM DATED 12/2/2010. INSTRUCTED TO DISPLAY/POST SUMMARY REPORT AND MUST VISIBLE TO THE CUSTOMER. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS 7-42-010B
  code 28
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #88612 DATED 12/2/2010. #35-CEILING IN THE PREP AREA HAD PEELING PAINT,SHALL BE REPAIR. #36-LIGHT SHIELD WERE MISSING IN KITCHEN PREP AREA, SHALL BE PROVIDED. #37- MISSING SELF CLOSING MECHANISM IN BATHROOM DOORS, SHALL BE PROVIDED. CITATION ISSUED SERIOUS. 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST DEFROST THE REACH IN FREEZER, WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATED.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 14, 2012: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.