West Town Bakery & Diner

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FOUND APPROXIMATELY 200 - 250 SMALL FLIES LOCATED ON WALLS AND CEILINGS LOCATED AT BREAD STATION AND DISHWASHING AREA. ALSO NOTED SMALL FLIES ON STORAGE CONTAINERS, COOKING UTENSILS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT IN SAID AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MINIMIZE FLY ACTIVITY. ALL STORAGE CONTAINERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT MUST BE WASHED, RINSED, AND SANITIZED. OBSERVED APPROX. 7 MOUSE DROPPINGS UNDER SERVICE STATION IN DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE, CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN SAID AREA. FOUND 10-14 RAT DROPPINGS IN CHEMICAL STORAGE ROOM LOCATED UNDER STEPS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE, CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN SAID AREA. RECOMMENDED MANAGER CONTACTS PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED. • FOUND FRONT DOOR NOT TIGHT FITTING, OBSERVED 1 INCH GAP UNDERNEATH ENTRANCE DOOR AND BETWEEN DOUBLE DOORS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TIGHT FITTING DOOR TO PREVENT PEST ENTERING.
  code 38
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FOUND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK PROFUSELY LEAKING FROM NOZZLE. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND PANEL MISSING ON THE SIDE OF PROOFER LOCATED IN REAR BAKERY AREA. ALSO NOTED CEILING PANELS THROUGHOUT FACILITY DICOLARED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE. • FOUND FLOORS THROUGHOUT FACILITY UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT FILLED WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. FOUND WALLS UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FILLED WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 29, 2021: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 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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