The Uptowner Cafe

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE PREP COOLER.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS AND CREVICES UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER. REPAIR THE CEILING AND WALL WATER DAMAGED DRYWALL IN THE PREP AREA AND OPENINGS IN THE CEILING.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 25, 2012: 3 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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