The X Pot Chicago

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND PROCEDURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 20 SMALL FLIES IN BAR AREA OF ESTABLISHMENT AND 8 SMALL FLIES IN DISH ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO TREAT AREAS ACCORDINGLY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020 (A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED SOIL BUILD UP ON INTERIOR OF DELI COOLER ON SERVICE LINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLER
  code 49
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WASTE WATER BACKUP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. WHEN WATER IS DRAINED IN ONE COMPARTMENT IT IS IMPROPERLY DISPOSED TO ANOTHER COMPARTMENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030 (C). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 52
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 28, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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