Thorndale West Cafe #1

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE NOT SANITIZING. 0PPM CHLORINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-030. TAGGED DISHMACHINE.
  code 8Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: FOUND PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 1-21-16 INSPECTION #1465378. VIOLATION 38. FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT COFFEE MACHINE WATERLINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION . 7-42-090. MUST PROVDE.
  code 29

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 21, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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.