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BACON & JAM
3335 W 111TH ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60655
Health Inspection: violations
Official health department data. Inspected 2019-02-20; refreshed 2026-10-13. May lag the official record. Check the official source
16 findings at the latest imported inspection (2019-02-20), including 1 critical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2019-02-20: Canvass
Pass w/ Conditions
- Not Critical: CHI-5 — PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS - Comments: OBSERVED NO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
- Critical: CHI-8 — HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED - Comments: OBSERVED DISHWASHER NOT WASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN LOADING SOILED DISHES AND UNLOADING CLEAN DISHES FROM DISHWASHER AND OBSERVED HOSTESSES NOT WASHING HANDS BETWEEN HANDLING MONEY, SOILED DISHES AND PREPARING TOAST AND ENGLISH MUFFINS(RTE FOODS). INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO EXPLAIN PROPER HAND WASHING PROCEDURE. EMPLOYEES SHALL WASH HANDS BEFORE HANDLING FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010
- Not Critical: CHI-10 — ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
- Not Critical: CHI-23 — PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION - Comments: OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON FOOD ITEMS IN COOLERS UNDERNEATH THE PREP TABLE AND IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE MARK ALL FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
- Not Critical: CHI-37 — FOOD PROPERLY LABELED; ORIGINAL CONTAINER - Comments: OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF SUGAR NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
- Not Critical: CHI-38 — INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: OBSERVED A HALF INCH GAP ON BOTTOM OF REAR ENTRY DOOR IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL A DOOR SWEEP TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
- Not Critical: CHI-41 — WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED - Comments: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED IMPROPERLY THROUGH OUT THE RESTAURANT. THEY WERE NOT IN SANITIZING SOLUTION AND SOILED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES, FORK AND SPOON DISPENSER ON CLEAN SHELVES AND UNDERNEATH AND ON TOP OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SOILED WIPING CLOTHS AND PROPERLY STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION.
- Not Critical: CHI-51 — PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- Not Critical: CHI-3 — MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
- Not Critical: CHI-43 — IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED SERVING CUP STORED INSIDE OF ICE BIN AND BEING USED AS AN ICE SCOOP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE PROPER ICE DISPENSING UTENSILS.
- Not Critical: CHI-44 — UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: OBSERVED KITCHEN UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED IN DINING AREA AND KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- Not Critical: CHI-44 — UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: OBSERVED PRE-SET TABLEWARE ON DINING TABLES NOT WRAPPED,COVERED OR INVERTED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WRAP, COVER OR INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- Not Critical: CHI-45 — SINGLE-USE/SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES: PROPERLY STORED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE TABLEWARE AND ARTICLES IMPROPERLY STORED. UTENSILS SHALL BE STORED IN AN INVERTED MANNER TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN.
- Not Critical: CHI-54 — GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED RECEPTACLES IN BACK CORNER OF PROPERTY OVERFLOWING WITH GARBAGE AND UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLOSE RECEPTACLES TO MAKE INACCESSIBLE TO RODENTS AND INSECTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(B)
- Not Critical: CHI-55 — PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED DEBRIS UNDER SHELVES COUNTER AND IN CORNERS OF RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
- Not Critical: CHI-58 — ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED - Comments: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
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