Venice Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREMISES PREP COOLER AT SANDWHICH PREP STATION MAINTAINING IMPROPER AIR TEMPERATURE OF 67.8F COOLER MUST MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW.COOLER WILL BE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.MUST USE ADDITIONAL COOLER ON PREMISES THATS 40F OR BELOW.CRITICAL VIOLATION IDDUED 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND FOODS STORED INSIDE PREP REACH IN COOLER,AND WALK IN COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES.APPOX 12LBS OF CHOPPED TOMATOES-57.8F,1LB COOKED SPINACH-60.4F,10LBS OF COOKED PORK SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOMS AT 46.8F.APPOX COST $100.00/23LBS WAS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER-CDI.COLD FOODS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 40F OR BELOW.CRITICAL VIOLATION IDDUED 7-38-005A
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE BEING USE AT THIS TIME NOT MAINTAINED,(IE SANITIZING PROPERLY).CHEMICAL SANITIZER NOT RELEASING FROM TUBING INTO MACHINE DURING FINAL RINSE. MUST NOT USE .DISH MACHINE WILL BE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.MUST USE 3- COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH,RINSE, AND SANITIZE FOOD EQUIPMENT,DISHES AND UTENSILS.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOUND PREPED AND COOKED FOODS NOT IN ORGINAL CONTAINER INSIDE COOLERS MUST BE LABLED AND DATED.
  code 30
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: CEILING LIGHT IN REAR DISH AREA NOT SHIELDED.MUST INSTALL.
  code 36
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 3-FOOD HANDLERS IN FOOD PREP AREAS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.MUST PROVIDE.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 16, 2015: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 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.

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