The Original Sally's Pancake House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FOUND SALAD REACH IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINED AT THIS TIME, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 63.5 F, FOUND DRESSING, CUT CUCUMBERS, LEAFY GREENS, ETC. HELD INSIDE SAID COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN COOLER, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE MUST BE 40 F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 52.9 F AND 67.2 F- SALAD DRESSINGS, CUT CUCUMBERS, CHOPPED LEAFY GREENS, TUNA AND BEEF CHILI. INSTRUCTED MANAGER POTENTAILLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL SAID OUT OF TEMPERATURE FOODS VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD/GREASE BUILD UP ON PREP AREA SHELVES AND ON EXTERIOR OF SINKS ALSO OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON PREP COOLERS CONDENSERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT/ALONG ALL WALLS AND CORNERS THROUGHOUT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON CEILING VENTILATION COVERS AND CEILING TILES AT PREP AND DISHWASH AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CEILING VENTILATION COVERS AND TILES.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: PREP AREA EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL HOT WATER LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 13, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings 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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