T Joels Family Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF REACH IN FREEZER IN REAR IN NEED OF DEFROSTING AND CLEANING TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ICE INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET IN NEED OF BETTER WATER PRESSURE. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT
  code 51
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: HOOD VENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 14, 2025: 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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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.

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