Two Shades Cafe, Inc.

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE PREPARED AND SERVED (EGGS). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED. THE FOOD MANAGER ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE INSPECTION.
  code 2Priority
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND HEAVY DEBRIS BUILD UP INSIDE THE MICROWAVE. FOUND HEAVY ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE 2-DOOR TRUE FREEZER IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN MICROWAVE, DEFROST AND REMOVE ICE FROM FREEZER, AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY DIRT BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR MAT USED IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR MAT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 11, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 7 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.