Waldo Cooney's Pizza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH WASHING ROOM. MUST PROVIDE HOT/COLD WATER WITH ADEQUATE CITY PRESSURE, SOAP/PAPER TOWELS, AND HAND WASHING SIGNAGE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 1 LIVE LARGE ROACH, 1 LIVE BABY ROACH AND MULTIPLE DEAD ROACHES NOTED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. 4 LIVE FLIES NOTED IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL PESTS/INSECTS, CLEAN AND SANITIZED AFFECTED AREAS, AND HAVE UPDATED PEST CONTROL SERVICE RECEIPT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: STOCK ON FLOOR IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  code 39
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 41
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: HEAVY BLACK DEBRIS ACCUMULATION ON DOOR GASKETS OF PIZZA PREP COOLER AND AT CAULKING AT BASE OF HANDWASH SINK. INSTD TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 4, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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