Shaw's Crab House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VOMIT/DIARRHEA CLEANUP KIT OR WRITTEN PROCEDURES. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: ONLINE MENU MISSING ASTERISK NEXT TO RAW/COOKED TO ORDER MENU ITEMS. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 25
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: FOUND NO IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE AND HAVE READILY ACCESSIBLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FOUND NO HOT WATER AT THE HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE EMPLOYEES MENS RESTROOM IN THE BASEMENT. WATER IS AT 64.0 F. MUST PROVIDE HOT WATER WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 100 F AND MAXIMUM OF 120 F.
  code 51
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND OUTSIDE DUMPSTER LOCATED ON TOP OF BROKEN ASPHALT AND DIRT. OUTDOOR STORAGE SURFACES FOR REFUSE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED OF A NONABSORBENT MATERIAL SUCH AS CONCRETE OR ASPHALT; MUST REPAIR ASPHALT OR RELOCATE.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND PREP COOLER IN REAR KITCHEN AREA BROKEN AND NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE BROKEN EQUIPMENT FROM PREMISES OR REPAIR.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 17, 2019: 5 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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