Steve's Lounge

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF AN INFESTATION OF MICE DROPPINGS APPX. 800 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT PREMISES SUCH AS ON WOOD LEDGE IN DISH STORAGE AREA,DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA ON FLOOR,IN COOK BOOK WALL CLOSET,AT MOTOR AND PIPES OF OVEN,LEDGE OF DOUBLE OVEN,AROUND PIPES AT DISH MACHINE,IN BETWEEN COUNTER TOP AND CABINET, LINEN & DISH STORAGE AREA,WALL OUTLET AND ON FLOOR BEHIND CABINET IN REAR STORAGE AREA,ON LEDGES AND ON FLOOR UNDER CABINETS IN BAR AREA,REAR STORAGE AREA UNDER STORAGE,NEXT TO WALK IN COOLER,IN BETWEEN LIQUOR BOTTLES ON 2ND FL. ON SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT IN BETWEEN MASSIVE CLUTTER ON SHELVING UNITS.ALSO. EVIDENCE OF LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING ACROSS THE FLOOR AT ENTRY TO KITCHEN ,DISH & LINEN STORAGE,LEG OF PREP TABLE AND PIPES OF DISH MACHINE. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS.MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 1/19/23.(PRIORITY 7-38-020(A) • OBSERVED A PIN HOLE IN REAR DELIVERY DOOR MUST MAKE DOOR TIGHT FITTING.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM PREP TABLES, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS,HOT HOLDING UNITS,FRYER CABINETS,STOVE & OVEN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT AREAS,CHEMICAL /EMPLOYEES AREA/STAGE AREA/2ND FL. LIQUOR STORAGE AREA AND WHERE NEEDED. • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES. • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING WALL TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES.MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS AND GAPS IN WALLS & CEILINGS THROUGHOUT .
  code 55
• ⚠️Removal Of Suspension Sign
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY WITH CDPH LICENSE SUSPENSION SIGN REMOVED FROM INSIDE FRONT (EAST FACING) WINDOW ON JANUARY 13, 2023 AT 10:50AM. AREA SUPERVISOR PLACED ANOTHER SIGN ON SOUTH SIDE GLASS DOOR ON 1/13/23. UPON REOPEN REINSPECTION REQUEST CONDUCTED ON 1/19/23, ORIGINAL LICENSE SUSPENSION SIGN WAS PLACED IN SOUTH WINDOW AND SIGNAGE PLACED ON SOUTH SIDE DOOR WAS NOW REMOVED. PERSON IN CHARGE WAS INFORMED DURING PREVIOUS INSPECTION THAT CDPH SUSPENSION SIGN SHALL NOT BE ALTERED, COVERED NOR REMOVED BY ANYONE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-050. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 63

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 4, 2023: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 11 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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