Sam's Chicken And Ribs

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PORK RIBS IN PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE. RIBS WERE FOUND AT AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 70.3F. INFORMED MANAGER PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE IS 41.0F OR LOWER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD AND DENATURE FOOD IMMEDIATELY. RIBS WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 200 LBS AT A COST OF $550.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOKED READY TO EAT TCS FOODS THAT HAVE BEEN STORED IN REFRIGERATOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITHOUT PROPER DATE MARKING. FOOD ITEM MUST BE MARKED WITH THE DISCARD DATE FROM WHEN FOOD WAS ORIGINALLY PREPPED NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INSIDE OF COOKING FRYERS FILLED WITH GREASE. OBSERVED PREP TABLE NEXT TO REGISTER WITH HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO NOT STORE FRENCH FRIES ON LOWER PART OF TABLE TO PREVENT GREASE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WALLS AND PIPES BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT FILLED WITH GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 24, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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