Taylor Food Mart

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: COOKED FOODS IN COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTD TO PROPERLY LABEL SAME.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARDS WORN, STAINED SURFACES IN MAIN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN BOARDS. INTERIOR OF ALL FREEZERS WITH EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO DEFROST AND MAINTAIN. EXTERIOR TOP OF GREASE TRAP WITH RUSTY SURFACES. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: UNCLEAN KNIVES WITH EXCESSIVE DEBRIS IN KNIFE RACK. INSTD TO STORE CLEAN KNIVES ONLY IN KNIFE RACK. DRIP PAN FOR FLAT TOP GRILL FILLED AND OVERFLOWING WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTD TO EMPTY AND MAINTAIN. THE FOLLOWING FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS BUILD-UP: INTERIOR BOTTOM AND EXTTERIOR SIDES OF FRYERS, INCLUDING WHEELS, INTERIOR OF HOOD AND FILTERS, ALL FAUCET HANDLES AND BASINS OF ALL SINKS, EXTERIOR/INTERIOR OF MICROWAVES, INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS/FREEZERS, RUBBERS GASKETS OF ALL COOLERS, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, FLAT TOP GRILL, COUNTERTOP UNDERNEATH FLAT TOP GRILL, EXTERIOR OF MOP BUCKET. INSTD TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING AND WORN FLOOR TILES IN PREP AREAS AND DISPLAY AREA. INSTD TO REPLACE ALL FLOOR TILES IN POOR REPAIR SO AS SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN EASILY CLENAABLE
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DINING AREA WALLS UNCLEAN AND WITH WORN SURFACES. INSTD TO CLEAN/PAINT AND MAINTAIN SURFACES.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on October 6, 2016: 5 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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