Vintage Lounge

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• 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: NO CHEMICAL READING OBTAINED FROM THE LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE MACHINE SERVICED. MUST WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE AT THREE COMP SINK IN BASEMENT PREP AREA UNTIL MACHINE SERVICED AND REINSPECTED. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. SEE COMMENTS BELOW ON HOW TO HAVE THE TAG REMOVED.
  code 8Priority
• 🌡️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 FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED AS REQUIRED. MUST HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. STRONGLY RECOMMEDED MORE PERSONS OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE. MANAGER ON DUTY STATES THAT MANAGER LEFT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN INTERIOR BOTTOM AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS IN KITCHEN TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REMOVE DUST FROM CEILING VENTS IN BOTH WASHROOMS.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: INTERNAL THERMOMETERS NOT PROVIDED FOR ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS; PROVIDE WHERE NEEDED.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 1, 2012: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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.

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