EMPIRICAL BREWERY.

Chicago Health Dept

1801 W FOSTER AVE · UPTOWN, CHICAGO

Last inspected 2015.

2 inspections on record since 2015 · Last inspected Oct 2015.

Last inspected Oct 2015. Records may not reflect current conditions.

THE NUMBERS

INSPECTIONS

VIOLATIONS

total on record

LAST INSPECTED

OCT 2015

INSPECTION HISTORY

OCT 28

2015

PASS 1 violation

Minor Sanitation

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

MISSING BASEBOARD IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND THE NORTH WALL OF THE GENERAL SEATING AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BASEBOARD TO SEAL THE GAP BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR.

OCT 27

2015

FAIL 3 violations 2 CRITICAL

Critical Other

ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED

INADEQAUTE NUMBER OF EXPOSED HAND SINKS: THE WATER LINE AT THE ONLY EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE DISTRIBUTION ROOM/BREWERY IS NOT CONNECTED. MUST CONNECT THE WATER LINE TO PROVIDE HOT/COLD WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE WITH SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT ALL TIMES.

Critical Pest Activity

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS

THE LARGE GARAGE DOOR IN THE BREWERY WHERE SHIPMENTS ARE DELIVERED HAS A 1 INCH GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY SEAL THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR WITH A PROPER DOOR SWEEP TO PREVENT PEST/RODENT INTRUSION.

Minor Sanitation

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

MISSING BASEBOARD IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND THE NORTH WALL OF THE GENERAL SEATING AREA. MUST PROVIDE A BASEBOARD TO SEAL THE GAP BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR.

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