Shaw's Crab House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeSuspected Food Poisoning
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER AT THE OYSTER BAR WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 45.6F AND THE WALK-IN COOLER AT 44F. BOTH UNITS WERE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN BOTH UNITS BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER: MUSTARD/MAYO SAUCE AT 44F, COCKTAIL SAUCE AT 44.9F, AND SHRIMP AT 44F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER: EGGS AT 43.8F, MARSCAPONE CHEESE AT 44F, MILK AT 45.3F, CREAM CHEESE AT 43.7F, CHEESE AT 43.1F, AU GRATIN POTATOES AT 44.4F, CHEESE SAUCE AT 44F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 240# OF FOOD WORTH $625. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GROUT WORN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN THE DISH ROOM, SUSHI AND OYSTER BAR COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN GROUT BETWEEN FLOOR TILES.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE WALL IN DISREPAIR IN THE MOP SINK CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL WALLS.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 4, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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.

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