✕

Uptown Pizza & Bq

November 3, 2017 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeComplaint
failed findings9
critical findings0

Failed findings

hot/cold holding temps off

Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER DURING INITIAL INSPECTION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED IE: SOUP IN HOT HOLDING AT 164.7F. MANAGER WAS TELEPHONED UPON MY ARRIVAL AND ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
code 21
toxic chemicals mishandled

Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 3-9-17 #1995271 NOT CORRECTED. #34- DIRTY FOOD ENCRUSTED RUBBER FLOOR MATS ON COOKS LINE AND REAR PREP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.#36- MUST PROVIDE A SHATTER PROOF BULB ABOVE THE FRIES HOT HOLDING CONTAINER. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
code 29
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: MISSING EXHAUST HOOD FILTERS. MUST REPLACE. ALL SHELVING THROUGHOUT ENTIRE FACILITY FRONT COOKS LINE AND REAR FOUND DIRTY WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. HOLES IN TILES AT THE WALL WINDOW AT THE REAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST SEAL. FOOD ENCRUSTED AND RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN, REMOVE ALL RUST.
code 32
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING FOUND DIRTY WITH FOOD DEBRIS, DIRT AND GREASE: ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKS LINE AND PIZZA PREP COOLERS. MICROWAVE OVEN. FLOOR STAND MIXER. ALL COOKS LINE EQUIPMENT. SIDE OF REAR CHARCOAL GRILL WITH EXCESSIVE DRIPPING GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY, INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALL PREP TABLES, OVENS, REAR DRY STORAGE, DISH AREA WITH DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS. FLOOR ENTRANCE OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN POOR REPAIR WITH CRACKED, DAMAGED, UNEVEN CEMENT AND POOLING LIQUID. MUST REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
code 34
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: ALL WALLS IN ALL FOOD PREP AREAS, COOKS LINE, REAR PREP, DISH AREA, OVENS, DIRTY WITH GREASE AND FOOD PLATTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN DINING ROOM. MUST REPLACE.
code 35
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous

Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS.
code 40
grimy wiping cloths

Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
Inspector note: BICYCLES MUST NOT BE STORED IN FOOD PREP OR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREAS. ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
code 41
Food Handler Requirements Met

Inspector note: NO PROOF OF TRAINING OR FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 9, 2017: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Uptown

See every restaurant in Uptown →

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.