Chef's Garden

• official resultScore 48
• score48 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Official wording: Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
  code 06ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Official wording: Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
  code 06FCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Official wording: Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
  code 08Cstatus: Not Critical
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  code 28-06status: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on November 27, 2024: Score changed by +41 points. 6 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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Source: NYC Open Data.