The Local Option Tavern

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE AIR TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AT 48.0F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS MEATS AND CHEESES. THE MANAGER TURNED DOWN THE TEMPERATURE TO THE THERMOMSTAT AND THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS AT 35.6F BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION. MUST MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED EGGS AT 47.3F, CRABCAKES AT 45.8F, CHEESE AT 47.4F, YOGURT AT 47.4F, SALAMI AT 47.4F, BUTTER AT 47.8F, MORTEDELLA AT 47.1F, FLANK STEAK AT 46.7F, CHICKEN AT 47.3F, AND SAUSAGE AT 46.5F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 60# OF FOOD WORTH $250. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE DRAIN LINE LEAK UNDERNEATH THE BASEMENT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 7, 2011: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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