The Tamale Spaceship

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(B) OBSERVED A SLITE BROWNISH SUBSTANCE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED BY THE ICE MAKER. INSTUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE FLOOR (BY FLOOR DRAIN) LOCATED BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE FLOOR DRAIN COVER. OBSERVED SOME AREAS OF THE FLOOR NEED TO BE RE-GROUTED BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 6, 2022: 2 findings recurred. 3 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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