The Whale

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE BASEMENT LARGE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID ICE MACHINE.
  code 16
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON PREP AREA COOLERS CONDENSERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN COOLERS CONDENSERS.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON AND AROUND CEILING VENTILATION COVERS AND CEILING TILES AT PREP AND DISHWASH AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 25, 2019: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.