The Angry Crab

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: OBSERVED GASKETS UNCLEAN ON REACH IN REFRIGERATOR ACCROSS FROM STOVE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GASKETS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VENTS WITHIN WOMENS WASHROOMS UNCLEAN WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULAITION. OBSERVED VENT WITHIN MOP ROOM WITH HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CEILING VENTS. OBSERVED WALL IN MOP ROOM IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WALL IN MOP ROOM.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIGHT IN DISREPAIR IN MOP ROOM. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN LIGHT.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOUND ON MOP SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE. OBSERVED 1 COMPARTMENT SINK INSTALLED IN PLACE OF EXPOSED HAND SINK IN MAIN KITCHEN. MUST PUT EXPOSED HAND SINK BACK OR INSTALL ADDITIONAL EXPOSED HAND SINK IN KITCHEN. OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK INSTALLED IN REAR ROOM CONTAINING WALK IN REFRIGERATOR. MUST INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR ROOM CONTAINING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALK IN COOLER.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on March 31, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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