Sonic Drive In

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE WITH MINIMAL LIME BUILD-UP
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THEMOMETER VISIBLE AND ACCURATE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL FOOD (UNREADABLE) STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIESD WITH COMMON NAME (BREAD CRUMBS, CRUMBS ETC)
  code 37
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN STORAGE RACKS WITH EXCESSIVE MOLD LIKE BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SIDES OF COOLERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH SOFT SERVE MACHINE, UNDERNEATH SODA SYRUP, UNDER AND BEHIND CARBON TANK AND OIL RECYCLING TANK IN REAR AREA BY THE DISHWASHING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR DRAIN WITH EXCESSIVE BLACK SLIMY ACCUMULATION UNDERNEATH SODA DISPENSER IN THE PREP/COOKING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALL AROUND PREP/COOKING AREA WITH DRY FOOD SPILLAGE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 1, 2023: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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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.