Food Safety Report: The Bean Cafe, North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA.

2235 North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, 60614 Illinois, United States

Report date: Feb 20, 2025
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: no person in charge present at the time of inspection. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: found no city of chicago sanitation certificate on premises while handling tcs foods. (handles dairy and sandwiches) priority foundation violation. Citation issued. 7-38-012. Must provide individual with certified manager certificate on site during all hours of operation.

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no employee health policy/training on site. Instructed facility to establish an appropriate employee health policy/training system and maintain verifiable documents on site. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-010.

5. Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
- comments: observed no clean up procedure or kit for vomiting and diarrheal events at time of inspection. Instructed to provide the cleaning supplies kit and associated procedure for use by employees. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-005.

8. Hands clean & properly washed
- comments: observed food handling employee leaving food preparation area to the 3 compartment dish room and handled equipment and return to work, handling coffee, milk, and sandwiches before washing hands at hand sink. Instructed manager that employees must wash hands prior to returning to work after handling soiled equipment or engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands. Priority violation, 7-38-010. Citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed the hand washing sink in front prep area to not have paper towels or a method of hand drying available at hand sink. Instructed manager to provide paper towels at each hand sink. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-030(c). Citation issued. Manager provided paper towels at time of inspection.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed no handwashing sink with plumbed hot and cold water available in room 122/dish room at time of inspection. Two (2) portable hand washing sinks were present but disconnected and blocked with items in the room 122/dish room at time of inspection; no hot or cold water available from both units. Instructed to provide handwashing sink with plumbed hot and cold water, soap and paper towels, and properly connected to drain. In the room 122/dishwashing room. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-030(c). Citation issued.

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: observed no thermometer present in three reach in coolers at the front prep area at time of inspection. Instructed manager to ensure each cooler has a thermometer present to monitor the internal ambient air temperature of the cooler.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed no maintained pest control log book containing recent service reports or the pest control company's illinois department of public health license number. Instructed manager to provide a maintained pest control log book containing all necessary information as specified in the municipal code of chicago. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-020(c). Citation issued.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: hose attached to hose bib next to lower level 3 comaprtment sink, no nsf rating on hose or proof availbe that hose is food grade. Used for filling water bottles to supply hand sinks and coffee making equipemnt. Must provide a food grade hose.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: observed boxed single service items stored on the floor in the room 122/dish room dry storage area on left hand side (storage space shared with "parking services") at time of inspection. Instructed person in charge to elevate all single service items at least 6 inches off the floor.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: observed no test kit for sanitizing solution available at time of inspection. Instructed manager to provide test kit for any sanitizing solution used on site. Priority foundation violation, 7-38-005. Citation issued.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: observed no backflow prevention device on the ice machine located in the room 122/dish room at time of inspection. No backflow prevention device on hose bib next to lower level 3 compartment sink. Instructed manager to locate/install backflow prevention devices at ice machine water line and hose bib in area that can be regularly serviced as needed.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: observed a portable (non-plumbed) hand washing sink in the front preparation/cashier area as well as three (3) coffee brewing equipment/dispensers at front prep area to not be connected to city plumbing with available hot and cold water at time of inspection. Water was found to be below 70f after running at time of inspection. Instucted manager that an adequate supply of hot and cold water under pressure properly connected to the city of chicago water supply and drain must be provided throughout the reail food establishment, including the hand sink and all equipment requiring water. Priority violation, 7-38-030(c). Citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed wet mop stored in mop bucket at time of inspection. Instructed person in charge to invert or hang mops to allow for mop to air dry in between use.

Source: chicago.gov