The Willows Hotel

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: NOTED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF HALF AND HALF HELD IN LOBBY COOLING UNIT AND REFRIGERATOR IN KITCHEN FOR COFFEE STATION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN PROPER THERMOMETERS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
  code 36
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: NOTED UNEVEN FLOOR "REPAIRED" WITH RAW WOOD UNDERNEATH MINI FRIDGE IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOOD AND REPAIR, RESTORING EVEN SURFACE THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN. ALSO NOTED EAST WALLS IN LOBBY NOT SMOOTH OR EASY TO CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND RESTORE A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE. ALSO NOTED STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE GROUND FLOOR LAUNDRY ROOM ENTRANCE. INSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS ISSUE ABOVE TILES. STAINED TILES ARE INDICATIVE OF A LEAK. • NOTED CLUTTER IN CLOSET ACROSS FROM STAFF BREAK ROOM AND IN BOILER ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS AND STORE KEPT ITEMS ON SMOOTH, NON-POROUS SHELVES THAT ARE A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 24, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.