The Grove/Smoothie King (T1/ B6)

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HAND WASHING SINK IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS.OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK COMPLETELY BLOCKED AND STORING MULTI-USE CONTAINERS AND LIDS INSIDE MENTIONED HAND SINK.INSTRUCTED MANAGER,HANDSINK MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS AT ALL TIMES.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030,CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO HAND PAPER TOWELS OR HAND DRYING DEVICE AT HAND WASHING SINK IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HAND PAPER TOWELS AT HAND WASHING SINK AT ALL TIMES.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C).VIOLATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE CITATION.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A SLIGHT DEBRIS ACCUMULATION ENCRUSTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.MUST REMOVE DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN INSIDE ICE MACHINE/HAVE SERVICED AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 16
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN INTERIORS OF COOLERS TO REMOVE SPILLED FRUIT DEBRIS LOCATED IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 4, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.