The Hampton Social And The Basement

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: NO SOAP AT EMPLOYEES WASHROOM HANDWASH BOWL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST HAVE SOAP IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM FOR HANDWASHING. MANAGER ABLE TO PROVIDE SOAP IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM PER INSPECTORS REQUEST AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 12Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK SLIME BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE, ICE READY TO EAT FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALL ICE INSIDE SAID ICE MACHINE VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). CITATION ISSUED
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ONE CEILING LIGHT COVER CRACKED ABOVE SALAD REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE DAMAGED CEILING LIGHT COVER.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: PIZZA PREP AREA EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL HOT WATER HANDLE STRIPPED. MUST MAINTAIN SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NO THERMOMETER INSIDE GARNISH REACH IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR COOLER.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 9, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 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.

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