Tempo Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE DEBRIS ACCUMULATION ON TOP AND SIDES OF DISH MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF GREASE, DEBRIS, DIRT, ETC ON SIDE OF COOLERS, SINKS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT KITCHEN. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL EQUIPMENT. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 49
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WASTE WATER BACKING UP ONTO FLOOR FROM FLOOR DRAINS BELOW THE DISH MACHINE AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISH AREA. OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPE BELOW RIGHT SIDE OF WASTE WATER PIPE UNDER 3 CCMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR TO CONVEY ALL WASTE WATER TO DRAIN PROPERLY.
  code 52
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVILY SOILED WALLS NEXT TO DISH MACHINE, AND IN KITCHEN ON THE AND BEHIND COOKING LINE. OBSERVED BLACK, SLIMY MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE TOP OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISH AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE THESE AREAS. MUST MAINTAIN SAME. OBSERVED CRACKED AND/OR MISSING FLOOR TILES AND LOW GROUT IN BETWEEN TILES ON FLOOR OF DISH AREA. MUST MAKE FLOORS EVEN, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE TO PREVENT DEBRIS AND WATER FROM POOLING IN THESE AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on April 5, 2021: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 5 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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