Southside African Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.114 : MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE OR ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN BASEMENT AND WHERE NEEDED • 6-501.13 : MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT BASEMENT ,WALK IN FREEZER AND COOLER. • 6-201.13 : MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE CAULKING FROM ALONG WALLS AND FLOORS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2437926 11/20/23 NOT CORRECTED STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 75 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN REAR PREP AREA-IN & ON UTENSILS INSIDE OF STRAINER ON LOWER SHELF OF PREP TABLE,ON FLOOR UNDER SHELVING UNIT IN REAR PREP AREA.REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA- ON FLOOR IN CORNER IN BETWEEN BROOMS.BASEMENT- ON FLOOR UNDER SHELVING UNITS AND HALLWAY IN ADJACENT AREA,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT AND A DEAD MOUSE ON FLOOR IN MOTOR ROOM. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS & DEAD MOUSE CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS. MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 12/4/23.(PRIORITY 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 20, 2023: 2 findings recurred. 8 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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