Smith & Wollensky

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS ITEMS BEING HELD AT THE FOLLOWING IMPROPER TEMPERATURES ON MAIN COOK LINE IN A COLD HOLD UNIT LOCATED IN UPSTAIRS PREP AREA: COLESLAW AT 45.1F, CRAB CAKE SAUCE AT 49.1F, AND BUTTER AT 54.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROXIMATELY 3LBS OF PRODUCT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $60. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOODS AT OR BELOW 41F AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BUILD UP OF BLACK SLIME ON CAULK AROUND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LOCATED NEAR MANAGEMENT OFFICES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CAULK, CLEAN, SANITIZE, RE-CAULK, AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCH DIAMETER HOLE IN WALL LOCATED IN MEN'S LOCKER ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE IN MAIN PREP AREA COVERED WITH FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 8, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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.