State Garden Food & Liq

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: NO SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICE IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
  code 12Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD(ICE) NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED DURING PREPARATION. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 100LBS OF ICE INDIVIDUALLY PORTIONED FOR SALE WITHOUT THE REQUIRED HAND WASHING AND DISH WASHING FACILITIES INSTALLED. MUST CEASE AND DESIST REPACKAGING ICE UNTIL A THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND EXPOSED HAND SINK ARE INSTALLED ON SITE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST SEAL RAW WOOD SHELVES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN DETAIL SINKS AND ALL DIRTY SURFACES THROUGHOUT.
  code 33
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST BETTER ORGANIZE REAR AREAS.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Out of business on May 23, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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