Chicago
43
BEAT

Georges Ice Cream Sweets

5306 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640 · Uptown · Restaurant · Medium risk
BEAT
43/100

Passed most recently but 4 prior failures on record

Inspections
11
5 passed
Last Inspected
2020-09-15
Pass Rate
45%
4 failures
Score
43/100
BEAT
3 consecutive passes, most recently 2020-09-15
Failed 4 inspections (2017, 2015, 2014...)
Sanitation issues found across 18 inspections
Other issues found across 4 inspections
Issues were corrected on re-inspection
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Sanitation critical 18×
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Other critical
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Documentation & Training critical
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Plumbing & Waste minor
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Employee Hygiene minor
Chemical Safety minor
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Pest Activity critical
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Food Storage & Handling critical
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Facility Condition minor
2020-09-15 Pass Complaint
2
minor Sanitation

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

FOUND WALL AT WOMAN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.(EXPOSED BRICK).MUST SEAL.

minor Documentation & Training

ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

FOOD HANDLER AT PREMISES WITH NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.

2019-11-18 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass
CRITICAL 5
critical Documentation & Training

MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING

NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE FOLLOWING NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE VERIFICATION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.

critical Other

PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS

NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT AND PROCEDURE ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

minor Other

THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE

NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

minor Chemical Safety

FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER

OBSERVED NO BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH NET QUANTITY ON PACKAGED PECANS. ALSO, NET QUANTITY NOT PROVIDED ON CHOCOLATE PRETZELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

minor Sanitation

TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CANS IN THREE GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

2017-10-05 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass Re-Inspection
CRITICAL 4
critical Sanitation

PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION CORRECTED, 7-42-090

PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM #2088995 ON 9-27-17 NOT CORRECTED. #29-#34- FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK IN FREEZER WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42 090.

minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

MISSING FLOOR TILE IN THE REAR STORAGE ROOM AND COVERED WITH TAPE. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR TILE AND REMOVE TAPE.

minor Sanitation

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

PEELING PAINT/PLASTER IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: REAR STORAGE. IN REAR WASHROOM NEXT TO THE "PARTY ROOM". IN THE REAR BEVERAGE/DISH ROOM. MUST REMOVE, REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. EXPOSED BRICK WALL NEXT TO THE TOILET IN THE "PARTY ROOM" WASHROOM ...

minor Plumbing & Waste

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

LEAK FROM PIPING BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE ONTO THE FLOOR. MUST REPAIR.

2017-09-27 Fail Canvass
CRITICAL 11
serious Sanitation

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION

ICE FOR CONSUMPTION FOUND NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES ICE BIN AND UPPER WATER RESERVOIR WITH BLACK AND PINK SLIME DRIPPING DOWN INTO ICE AND ON ICE CONTACT SURFACES INSIDE THE RESERVOIR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE...

critical Pest Activity

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

OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 MICE DROPPINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THROUGHOUT THE REAR HVAC AND STORAGE ROOM ALONG ALL BASEBOARDS, UNDER METAL STORAGE RACKS AND BEHIND HOT WATER TANK. BEHIND THE UNUSED TALL REAR IN COOLER IN REAR MOP SINK/DISH RO...

serious Other

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED

NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING INITIAL INSPECTION WHILE FOODS WERE BEING SERVED. MANAGER WAS TELEPHONED UPON INSPECTION START AND ARRIVED FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT AL...

serious Sanitation

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1734557 ON 3-21-16 NOT CORRECTED. #34- FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK IN FREEZER WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.#45-NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES OR AVAILABLE FOR REVI...

minor Chemical Safety

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED

BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.

minor Sanitation

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

MUST NOT USE PLASTIC WRAP AS LINER FOR SHELVING INSIDE THE FRONT TWO DOOR COOLER. MUST BE A SMOOTH CLEANABLE SURFACE.

minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

FLOORS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS: BEHIND FRONT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAP. THROUGHOUT THE REAR BEVERAGE/DISH ROOM UNDER SINKS AND BEHIND ICE MACHINE. ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT BEVERAGE/DISH ROOM AND WALK-IN FREEZER STORAGE...

minor Sanitation

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

PEELING PAINT/PLASTER IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: REAR STORAGE. IN REAR WASHROOM NEXT TO THE "PARTY ROOM". IN THE REAR BEVERAGE/DISH ROOM. MUST REMOVE, REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. EXPOSED BRICK WALL NEXT TO THE TOILET IN THE "PARTY ROOM" WASHROOM...

minor Plumbing & Waste

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

LEAK FROM PIPING BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE ONTO THE FLOOR. MUST REPAIR.

minor Other

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS

MUST PROVIDE AN INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN THE FRONT ICE CREAM DISPLAY FREEZER.

minor Sanitation

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED

UNUSED PANINI MACHINES MUST BE PROPERLY STORED CLEAN, ELEVATED OR REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES.

2016-03-21 Pass Canvass
3
minor Sanitation

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS

MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL THE CABINET UNDERNEATH THE CREDIT CARD COUNTER AND MAINTAIN.

minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK IN FREEZER WITH FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.

minor Documentation & Training

FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET

NO FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. MUST PROVIDE NEXT ROUTINE INSPECTION.

2015-05-28 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection

No violations found.

2015-05-21 Fail Canvass
CRITICAL 2
critical Pest Activity

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

OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 25 DROPPINGS IN THE FURNACE ROOM AND APPROXIMATELY 10 DROPPINGS IN THE STORAGE ROOM LOCATED NEXT TO THE FURNACE ROOM. IN THE FURNACE ROOM OBSERVED A NARROW PASSAGE WAY WHERE THE WATER AND ELECTRICAL PIPES ARE RAN THROUGH THE WA...

minor Employee Hygiene

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN

OBSERVED AN EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT WITH BANGS HANGING OVER THE FOOD WHILE SCOOPING ICE CREAM. INSTRUCTED TO EITHER TIE BACK ALL OF HER HAIR INCLUDING HER BANGS OR WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE HANDLING FOOD.

2014-08-25 Pass Complaint Re-Inspection

No violations found.

2014-08-15 Fail Canvass
CRITICAL 4
critical Food Storage & Handling

ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED

FOUND THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT MAINTAINED AT PREP AREA: WATER FROM COMPARTMENTS NOT DRAINING,INSTRUCTED REPAIR. ANOTHER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN WORKING CONDITION IS LOCATED AT REAR STORAGE AREA. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030

serious Food Storage & Handling

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION

FOOD(ICE) NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE.OBSERVED DISCHARGE HOSE ATTACHED FROM ICE DISPENSER AT POP MACHINE NOT DRAINING. FOUND FRONT DRAIN PAN FULL OF WATER.INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT A PLUMBER. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)

minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

UNCOVERED FLOOR DRAIN IN FRONT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK HAS FOOD DEBRIS IN IT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTATIN

minor Facility Condition

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED

BURNED LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SAID BULB

2012-06-13 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection
2
minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

SEE REPORT DATED ON 06/06/12

minor Plumbing & Waste

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

SEE REPORT DATED ON 06/06/12

2012-06-06 Fail Canvass
5
serious Sanitation

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION

OBSERVED BLACK, SLIMY BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE DRIPPING INTO ICE, READY TO EAT FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALL ICE INSIDE ICE MACHINE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE MUST BE C...

minor Sanitation

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS

OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON SHELF AT FRONT LINE SODA SYRUP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN UNCLEAN SHELF

minor Sanitation

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

OBSERVED ONE MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER AT FRONT DISHWASH AREA. MUST PROVIDE TIGHT FITTED FLOOR DRAIN COVER.

minor Employee Hygiene

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED

FRONT DISHWASH ROOM 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET LEAKING AT BASE ALSO NO HANDWASH BOWL AT FRONT DISHWASH AREA. MUST REPAIR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND PROVIDE HANDWASH BOWL WITH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER AT FRONT DISHWASH AREA.

minor Employee Hygiene

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN

FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.

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