The Gallery Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE UPON ARRIVAL WHILE TCS FOODS WERE PREPARED AND SERVED. THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AFTER THE INSPECTION BEGAN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER IS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CREAM CHEESE HELD AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 48 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL TCS FOODS ARE HELD AT 41 F AND BELOW. THE MANAGER DISCARDED 8 POUNDS OF CREAM CHEESE ($50), AND A PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION WAS ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 12 RODENT DROPPINGS IN THE BASEMENT BOILER ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE ALL AREAS AFFECTED BY PESTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 1, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.