The Coffee Shop

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• 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: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED A PINK SLIMY DISCOLORATION ON THE ICE PANEL WITH WATER DRIPPING OFF THE PANEL ONTO THE ICE. OBSERVED A GREEN DISCOLORATION ON THE TOP INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACE NEAR THE ICE SHOOT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DISCOLORATION FROM THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES AND ALSO REPLACE ANY SOILED WATER HOSES INSIDE OF THE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR SURFACES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING AREAS TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP; REACH-IN FREEZER AND MICROWAVE IN REAR PREP, PANINI GRILL AND THE RUBBER GASKETS AROUND THE REACH-IN COOLERS AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS BEHIND THE PANINI GRILL TO REMOVE GREASE SPLATTER AND FOOD DEBRIS.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE SLOW DRAINING EXPOSED HANDSINK AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 16, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 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.