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The Great American Bagel

October 23, 2014 · Pass w/ Conditions

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official resultPass w/ Conditions
resultPass w/ Conditions
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings6
critical findings1

Failed findings

hand hygiene slippingcritical

Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED STAFF MEMBER TAKE CUSTOMER'S MONEY TO PAY FOR ORDER WITH PLASTIC GLOVES ON, TOOK THEM OFF AND THEN PREPRARED ANOTHER BAGEL SANDWICH ORDER AND DID NOT WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER BEFORE PUTTING ON ANOTHER PAIR OF PLASTIC GLOVES. OBSERVED POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES DURING INSPECTION. ALL STAFF MEMBERS MUST WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER PRIOR TO PUTTING ON GLOVES TO PREPARE FOOD. STAFF MEMBER WAS INSTRUCTED ON PROPER HYGIENIC PRACTICES. CDI. CRITICAL VIOLATION.
code 6Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND AN ENTIRE TRAY OF BREAD IN A TRAY ON TOP OF THE FRONT DISPLAY CASE COUNTER NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED STAFF TO PROPERLY COVER BREAD AT ALL TIMES. FOUND FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING DISPLAY. CDI. SERIOUS VIOLATION.
code 16
hot/cold holding temps off

Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND HANDLED THERE WAS NO CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED OR COOKED. SERIOUS CITATION.
code 21
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: MUST REPAIR REAR EXIT DOOR. STAINLESS STEEL DOOR IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CLOSE AND OPEN. ALSO THE SCREEN DOOR IN FRONT OF THE ABOVE STATED DOOR IS IN EXTREME POOR CONDITION ABOVE THE BOTTOM PORTION. MUST REPAIR ABOVE STATED PORTION OF DOOR SO AS TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
code 32
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: MUST REPLACE BROKEN AND MISSING WALL TILE AT COLUMN NEXT TO THE MOP SINK TO SEAL HOLE AT WALL.
code 35
Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn

Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION OSERVED FRONT STAFF MEMBER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE PREPARING BAGEL SANDWICHES. MUST ALWAYS WEAR HAIR RESTRANTS WHILE IN FOOD PREP AREAS.
code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 23, 2014: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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