The Pepper Canister

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOK LINE PREP TOP COOLER HOLDING IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES F WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED INSIDE. THE UNIT WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL THE CDPH HAS REMOVED THE TAG. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST MAINTAIN AT 40 DEGREES F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. 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: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED IN THE COOK LINE PREP TOP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: RICE, 61 DEGREES F; PICO DE GALLO, 61 DEGREES F; SAUSAGE, 58-60 DEGREES F; CHEESE, 58-60 DEGREES F; STEAK, 57 DEGREES F; HAMBURGER, 58 DEGREES F; DELI MEATS, 57 DEGREES F; HUMMUS, 60 DEGREES F; CUT TOMATO, 51-56 DEGREES F; SOUR CREAM, 54 DEGREES F; EGGS, 54 DEGREES F. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 30 LBS OF PRODUCT WORTH $100. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. 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 HEAVY GREASE AND CHAR ACCUMULATING ON THE SIDES OF THE GRILL, TOP OF THE STOVE AND FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HOLES IN THE CEILING ABOVE THE BASEMENT ICE MACHINE, WHERE DRYWALL HAS BEEN CUT AWAY AND PIPES EXPOSED. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH CEILING TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 30, 2017: 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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