Big Shoulders Cafe
213 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60606 · Loop · Restaurant · Medium risk
Clean record — passed all 4 inspections
Last Inspected
2024-10-22
What You Should Know
✓ 4 consecutive passes, most recently 2024-10-22
✓ No failures across all 4 inspections on record
⚠ Sanitation issues found across 3 inspections
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Types of Issues Found
🌡 Food Temperature serious 2×
Inspection History
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minor Food Temperature
IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED
Keeping long spoons in-use in stagnant water at room temperature, instructed to keep utensils in-use according to health code, ie.
minor Sanitation
PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
Live pottery plants kept too close to clean utensils at front service line. instructed to keep away.
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serious Sanitation
FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED
OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
2019-12-18 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass CRITICAL 2 ▾
critical Sanitation
PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
OBSERVED CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE ON SITE BUT CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED TO BE BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN CLEAN UP KIT WITH OUT PROPER SANITIZING SOLUTION AND NO MOP FOR VOMIT CLEAN UP . INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID P...
serious Food Temperature
PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION
OBSERVED READY TO EAT, TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (BURRITO,TURKEY SAUSAGE SANDWICH) NOT PROPERLY DATED , STORED LONGER THAN 24 HOURS IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING WITH DISPOSITION DATE FOR RTE FOODS PREPARED ON SITE ...
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Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health ·
Score calculated from inspection outcomes, violation severity & recency.
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