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12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 · Loop · Restaurant · Medium risk
Clean record — passed all 8 inspections
Last Inspected
2024-10-24
What You Should Know
✓ 8 consecutive passes, most recently 2024-10-24
✓ No failures across all 8 inspections on record
⚠ Documentation & Training issues found across 4 inspections
⚠ Sanitation issues found across 1 inspection
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Types of Issues Found
📋 Documentation & Training critical 4×
🌡 Food Temperature minor 1×
📦 Food Storage & Handling serious 1×
Inspection History
2024-10-24 Pass Short Form Complaint ▾
2024-09-11 Pass Short Form Complaint ▾
2024-08-01 Pass Complaint ▾
2023-08-17 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass CRITICAL 3 ▾
minor Other
1. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
critical Documentation & Training
CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( steaming milk ) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
minor Chemical Safety
FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER
Grab and go Packaged salads and sandwiches with incomplete labels in display cooler, Instructed to label all packaged foods according to health code.
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2021-09-08 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass CRITICAL 3 ▾
minor Other
1. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
critical Documentation & Training
CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
NO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE PREPARING AND SERVING TCS FOODS (STEAMING MILK) INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN, PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
minor Food Temperature
IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED
SPOONS IN USE KEPT IN STANDING WATER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER OR DRY CLEAN CONTAINER.
2019-12-09 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass CRITICAL 3 ▾
critical Documentation & Training
PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE ON DUTY WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE. SEE VIOLATION #2.
critical Documentation & Training
CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE ON DUTY WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE AT 2:35PM WHEN INSPECTION STARTED. ALEX DARST DID ARRIVE ON SITE WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE AT APPROXIMATELY 3:10PM. INSTRUCTE...
critical Sanitation
PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
OBSERVED NO KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN A KIT WITH ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES INCLUDING A SANITIZER EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS AND A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION V...
2017-06-27 Pass w/ Conditions License 1 ▾
serious Food Storage & Handling
FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION
OBSERVED NO SNEEZE GUARD AROUND THE ESPRESSO MACHINE'S PITCHER RINSER . INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SNEEZE GUARD FOR THE PITCHER RINSER. EQUIPMENT IS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.
Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health ·
Score calculated from inspection outcomes, violation severity & recency.
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