The Bongo Room

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED CUT POTATOES STORED IN BUCKETS THAT WERE MARKED AND PREVIOUSLY USED TO STORE DISH DETERGENT AND SANITIZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO ONLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE CONTAINERS. MANAGEMENT DISCARDED 50# OF POTATOES WORTH APPROXIMATELY $17. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL WET WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZER BUCKET WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.