Take The Cake

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

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
  Inspector note: OBSERVERED THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED (NOT PROPERLY DRAINING): NOTED WHEN FILLING ONE COMPARTMENT WITH WATER AN THEN RELEASING WATER IT COMES UP IN OTHER COMPARTMENTS. CITATION ISSUED #7-38-030. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PLUMBING.
  code 24
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD ON SIDE OF EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF CAKE COOLER TO REMOVE DEBRIS.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 10, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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