The Bridge Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: UPON INSPECTION FOUND NO PAPER TOWELS OR HAND DRYING DEVICE AT THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. CDI.
  code 12Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: UPON INSPECTION AT 1000AM THERE WAS NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER PRESENT ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.THE CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER ARRIVED AT 1010AM. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SNEEZE GUARD AT THE SANDWICH PREP ORDER STATIONBETWEEN THE BRWON COLUMN AND THE COLD REACH-IN HOLDING COOLER. PRESENTLY THERE IS A STANTION (ALUMINUM BEANS WITH A ROPE IN BETWEEN)IN FRONT THE ORDERING SANDWICH PREP STATION AND THE CUSTOMER WITH A SPACE OF 4FT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE PREP STATION.
  code 32
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED STAFF NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 6, 2011: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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