The Crave Bar

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: SERVICE WINDOW IS NOT INSECT-PROOFED.MUST PROVIDE INSECT PROOF SCREENING TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LICENSE NUMBER MUST BE PRINTED ON THE LATERAL SIDES OF THE VEHICLE AT LEAST TWO INCHES TALL.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE PAD LOCK FOR WATER INLET FRESH WATER STORAGE TANK AND MAINTAIN. Mobile dispensers of frozen desserts------- shall be equipped with a signal arm. The arm shall be six inches high and 18 inches long, and shall be affixed to the driver’s side of the vehicle, no further than 18 inches from the back wall of the vehicle and no lower than three inches from the roof of the vehicle. The arm shall be mounted on a hinge, so as to lie flat against the vehicle when the vehicle is moving. When the vehicle is stopped in order to sell or offer frozen desserts, the arm shall be activated, either manually or mechanically, to extend perpendicularly to the side wall of the vehicle. The arm shall be fluorescent yellow and shall have the legend “Caution-------Pass With Care” written on both sides in clearly contrasting color. No letter on the arm shall be less than two and one-half inches in height.
  code 32

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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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