The Coffee Shop

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FOUND REACH IN COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. REACH IN COOLER AT 49.7F. TAGGED REACH IN COOLER. CRITICAL VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. 1 GALLON MILK AT 50.8F, 8 QUARTS HALF AND HALF MILK AT 48.9F, 1 POUND COOKED SALMON AT 48.7F, 7 POUNDS COOKED TURKEY AT 53.2F, 3 POIUNDS CHEESE AT 50.8F, 1 POUND MAYO AT 47.4F, 1 POUND PESTO SAUCE AT 48.7F, AND 2 POUNDS MAYO DRESSIONG AT 48.7F.CRITICAL VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. DISPOSED ABOUT 31 POUNDS OF FOOD. MONETARY VALUE ABOUT 100 DOLLARS.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️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
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: FOUND REACH IN COOLER WITH BROKEN THERMOMETER. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 40
• 🧻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

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 1, 2016: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 5 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.

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