The Great Steak

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

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (CHILI) AT 124 DEGREES IN THE STEAM TABLE, WHICH MANAGER STATED HE WAS USING TO REHEAT THE CHILI. THE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROX. 1 LB WORTH $4 OF CHILI. INSTRUCTED THAT THE STEAM TABLE MUST NOT BE USED TO REHEAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AND THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HOT HELD AT 140 DEGREES OR ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• ☠️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: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY ON SITE. OBSERVED APPROX. 12 MOUSE DROPPINGS UNDER AND AROUND THE SODA RACK/COMPRESSOR. OBSERVED APPROX. 13 SMALL FLIES NEAR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE SODA RACK/COMPRESSOR. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE ALL PEST ACTIVITY AND RECOMMENDED TO OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF A LICENSED PEST CONTROL OPERATOR. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-020
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATION OF OIL AND FOOD DEBRIS IN THE LOWER COMPARTMENT OF THE FRYERS, AND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SHELVING UNDER THE FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BELONGINGS (BAGS, PURSES) BEING STORED ON TOP OF THE SODA RACK. INSTRUCTED TO STORE EMPLOYEE BELONGINGS AWAY FROM FOOD AND FOOD EQUIPMENT, OR IN THE PROVIDED LOCKERS.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 21, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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