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Fruit Flies Found at Meat Market: Restaurant Inspections
See how your favorite Bucktown and Wicker Park eateries fared on Chicago Health Department inspections.
Restaurants can pass, pass with conditions or fail using a standardized procedure. Establishments that pass don't have any critical or serious violations. Those that receive 'pass with conditions' had serious violations, but the violations were corrected during the inspection.
Failed establishments had serious violations that weren't correctable during the inspection. A fail rating does not mean the business's license is automatically suspended.
All inspections are done on a routine canvass, unless otherwise noted.
Ready Coffee, 1562 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Inspection date: June 24
Results: Pass
Violations: The inspector found unnecessary articles stored in the basement and rear storage coolers and units. Those items need to be cleaned and elevated at least 6 inches off the ground. Management needs to provide a cover for the ice bin and install a backflow preventer on the espresso machine.
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Burger King, 2701 N. Western Ave.
Inspection date: June 25
Results: Fail
Violations: This visit was the result of a complaint and upon inspection, city workers found employees practicing poor hygienic habits. They were serving customers, changing soiled gloves and then handling food without washing hands, earning a critical violation. Doors were also not rodent-proofed and no one on duty had food sanitation certification.
Garbage cans had missing lids, earning another serious violation. Management needs to install thermometers inside the refrigeration units and detail-clean the shelving, fan covers and coolers.
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Lil Guys and My Pie Too, 2010 N. Damen Ave.
Inspection date: June 26
Results: Pass
Violations: Management needs to repair the water leak in the middle drainpipe and replace cutting boards with deep grooves.
Cortland’s Garage, 1645 W. Cortland St.
Inspection date: June 27
Results: Pass
Violations: Management needs to correctly store multi-use utensils to prevent contamination and apply non-toxic sealant to raw wooden surfaces. The inspector found dirty fan covers in the walk-in cooler and missing floor tile in some areas.
Tierra Caliente Market, 1402 N. Ashland Ave.
Inspection date: June 27
Results: Fail
Violations: Front and rear exit doors weren’t rodent-proofed and the inspector found five live fruit flies in the deli storage closet. More fruit flies were found throughout the premises. Foods in coolers weren’t labeled and the inspector also found peeling paint on the shelving units.
Management needs to clean food and grease from the coolers, freezers, deli, fan, filters and hoods. The manager on duty also needs to have food sanitation certification.
Items need to be stored at least 6 inches off the floor and cutting boards replaced.
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