The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• 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: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION, FOUND LARGE WASTE WATER CAST IRON PIPES RUNNING ABOVE 3-COMP SINK, PREP TABLE AND BAR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A CEILING OR A BARRIER.
  code 16
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: 1ST FLOOR KITCHEN WALLS BEHIND PREP TABLE WITH TILES NOT GROUTED AND HOLES. ALSO BASEMENT BAR AND PREP AREA WITH ROUGH AND UNFISHED WASLLS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE WALLS. ALSO EXPOSED INSULATION AROUND PIPES BEHIND PREP TABLE, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
  code 35

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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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