Tapworks Tavern & Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO HOT NOR TEMPERED WATER AT TOILET ROOMS HANDSINKS (56-59.9F). INSTD TO PROVIDE HOT OR TEMPERED (AT LEAST 85.0F) UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT TOILET ROOM HANDSINKS AT ALL TIMES. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: WORN CAULKING WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE AT BASE OF WALL AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. CHEMICAL DISPENSING LINES OF EXCESSIVE LENGTH CAUSING COMPLETE SUBMERSION IN BASIN AND BUILD UP AT INTERIOR OF LINES. INSTD TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXTERIOR OF SYRUP BOXES IN BASEMENT, ALL STORAGE SHELVES IN BAR AREA, INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE PANEL AND FRAME WITH BLACK/PINK SUBSTANCE. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: WALL BASE NEAR DISHMACHINE IN POOR REPAIR, LOOSE, TORN. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 14, 2016: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 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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