The Coffee Shop

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL.
  code 30
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: FOUND CONTAINERS, POTS, ETC. NOT STORED PROPERLY ON SHELVING UNITS. MUST STORE INVERTED.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN: SINKS, TABLES, SHELVING UNITS AT MAIN KITCHEN, COUNTERTOPS, AND INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MENTIONED.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT MAIN KITCHEN.MUST SWEEP AND MOP.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT DRIP COFFEE MACHINE. MUST INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT DRIP COFFEE MACHINE WATERLINE.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND CLUTTER ON SHELVING UNITS AT MAIN KITCHEN. (TOOLS, PAINT, ETC.) MUST DECLUTTER MAIN KITCHEN.
  code 41
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. FOODHANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT.
  code 42
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND WASHCLOTHS NOT STORED PROPERLY. MUST STORE IN SANITIZER WATER.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 18, 2015: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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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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