The Angry Crab

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: THE WALK IN COOLER IS NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE,AMBIENT AIR MEASURED AT 42.6F AT THIS TIME.REACH IN COOLERS THAT WHERE REMOVED FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT MUST BE REPLACED BACK INTO THE KITCHEN TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE REFRIGERATION.ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS MUST BE 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES.
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK MILDEW LIKE SUBSTANCE IN ICE PORTION OF POP MACHINE. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL ALL PARTS OF SODA MACHINE AND ICE STORAGE AREA.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ALL CAULKING AROUND MOP SINK NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. REMOVE AND REPLACE WITH PROPER CAULKING THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WALLS UNCLEAN AND DOORS UNCLEAN IN MOP ROOM AREA AND IN STAFF LOCKER AREA. MUST CLEAN OR REPAINT ALL WALLS AND DOORS. OBSERVED WALLS IN MOP ROOM NEED TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED ALL BUMPY FOAM SUBSTANCE MUST BE REMOVED AND WALLS MUST BE REPAIRED PROPERLY.OBSERVED VENT IN MOP ROOM HANGING FROM CEILING. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BACK FLOW PREVENTER NEEDED ON MOP SINK. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 18, 2016: 5 findings recurred. 7 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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