✕

The Budlong Hot Chicken

September 29, 2021 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings5
critical findings1

Failed findings

certified manager paperwork missingcritical

Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER PRESENT WHILE TCS FOODS (FRIED CHICKEN) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
code 2Priority
pests in the house

Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 100 MOUSE DROPPINGS IN THE FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE BOXES OF FOUNTAIN POP, UNDER THE DISH MACHINE AND STORAGE SHELVES, IN THE STORAGE ROOM NEXT TO THE BACK DOOR, IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA BEHIND THE CHEST FREEZERS AND ON THE WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED THE FRONT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOFED WITH A 1/2" GAP ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF ALL OUTER OPENINGS.
code 38
surfaces / setup not up to code

Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
Inspector note: OBSERVED RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT REAR STORAGE ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PAINT OR SEAL THE STORAGE SHELVES.
code 47
floors, walls, or ceilings grimy

Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
Inspector note: OBSERVED CHIPPED PAINT ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT THE WALLS. THE CEILING IS IN DISREPAIR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR THE AFFECTED AREA.
code 55
Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders

Inspector note: OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE NOT WEARING A FACE MASK WHILE WORKING INSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS MUST WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE INSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT. UNSAFE AND UNSANITARY PREMISES 7-28-060. CITATION ISSUED.
code 64

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 8, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Lincoln Square

See every restaurant in Lincoln Square →

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.