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Vera

October 21, 2016 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings4
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: LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE AT BAR UNABLE TO SANITIZE. 0 PPM OF CHLORINE WHEN TESTED. UNIT TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND INSTD NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND REINSPECTED BY CDPH. VIOLATION 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
code 8Priority
toxic chemicals mishandled

Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 6/24/15 1559505 REPORT NOT CORRECTED: 32 PAINT RUSTY SHELF UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE IN BASEMENT PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. 33 CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: MASSIVE GREASE AND FOOD BUILD-UP INSIDE DEEP FRYERS AND ON SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FIRST FLOOR FRONT PREP AREA, DUST BUILD-UP ON FAN GUARD AND COILS INSIDE BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER, CAN OPENER IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. 34 CLEAN FLOOR AROUND GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT WHERE SPLILAGE OCCURRED FROM CLEANING UNIT OUT(VERY FOUL ODOR ALSO PRESENT). DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN ALL PREP/DISHWASHING/STORAGE AREAS AND ROOMS OF DIRT, FOOD AND NON-FOOD DEBRIS. 35 CLEAN WALLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN REAR FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA(DIRT, & STAINS PRESENT), LOWER SECTION OF WALL IN BASEMENT NEAR WALK-IN COOLER, IN FRONT FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA(GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD BUILD-UP PRESENT) AND REMOVE ALL DIRT AND COB WEBS FROM CORNERS OF WALLS AND FROM SECTIONS OF WALLS AND DEEP FREEZERS IN FRONT SECION OF BASEMENT. CLEAN DUST BUILD-UP FROM CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS AND ROOMS WHERE PRESENT. REMOVE RUST FROM CEILING TILE FRAMES IN REAR FIRST FLOOR DISH WASHING AREA. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS AND CEILING TILES IN BOTH FIRST FLOOR PREP AREAS WHERE STAINS AND DIRT ARE PRESENT. CLEAN GREASE BUILD-UP FROM THE HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FIRST FLOOR FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. 09/24/2015 36 REPLACE ALL BLOWN LIGHTS IN ALL PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. 45 Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training . CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090 SERIOUS.
code 29
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: WORN CAULKING WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE NOTED AT BASE OF REAR DISHMACHINE AND WALL. INSTD TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
code 32
pests in the house

Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
Inspector note: 1ST FLOOR PREP SINK AND BASEMENT EXPOSED HANDSINK SLOW DRAINING. REPAIR SAME.
code 38

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