Taste Bar Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: - OBSERVED SOME "GRAB AND GO" FOOD ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE DISPLAY COOLER WITHOUT PROPER LABELING (MISSING LISTED ALLERGENS AND ADDRESS OF FACILITY). MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 37
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: - OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BREAD SLICER AND INSIDE THE GRATE OF THE 1ST FLOOR "GRAB AND GO" DISPLAY COOLER. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: - MUST INSTALL A FOOD PREP SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR TASTE CAFE PREP AREA.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: - OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE WALL BY THE HANDWASH SINK IN 1ST FLOOR TASTE CAFE PREP AREA & A HOLE IN THE WALL BEHIND THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE EMPLOYEE BREAK ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • - OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE COUNTERS OF THE 1ST FLOOR TASTE CAFE AND IN THE CABINETS/FLOOR OF THE CHOCOLATE BAR. OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE CABINETS AND AT THE FLOOR BASES IN THE EMPLOYEE BREAK ROOM. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: - OBSERVED SOME EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 25, 2018: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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