The Budlong Hot Chicken

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: 3-501.17 (A-B)(E-G) ALL PREPARED FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-602.11(A) PRE-PACKAGED SPICES OBTAINED FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED.
  code 37
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: : 6-201.16(B) NOTED POROUS BRICK WALL AT THE BACK SPLASH OF THE SERVER STATION HAND WASHING SINK MUST BE SEALED TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. : 6-501.114 ALL UNNECESSARY STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE REAR BASEMENT IE: PILED WOOD, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES AND ALL OTHER ITEMS STORED ELEVATED, ORGANIZED.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: PA 100-0367 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 58
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13 (3) PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED IN THE TIME FRAME SPECIFIED. : 6-501.111 NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK ON THE PREMISES FOR REVIEW WITH ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-020(C)CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 31, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 9 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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