The Chicago Diner

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE UPPER PORTION. INSTRUCUTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 45.6 F AND 50 F INSIDE GRILL REACH IN COOLER- CHEESE, VEGGIE BURGERS, BEAN BURGERS AND BACON. INSTRUCTED ALL TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41.0 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE TCS FOODS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. FOODS DISCARDED WEIGHT- 16 LBS VALUED AT $250.00.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: GRILL REACH IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 49.3 F, FOUND CHEESE AND BURGERS INSIDE SAID COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR GRILL REACH IN COOLER, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE MUST BE 41.0 F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS CONDENSERS. MUST CLEAN COOLERS CONDENSERS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: BAR 1-COMPARTMENT DUMP SINK FAUCET LEAKING. MUST REPAIR SINK AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: SOME FOOD MANAGERS WITHOUT FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 29, 2022: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.