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WELLS PREP

249 E 37TH ST
CHICAGO, IL 60653
16
Total Inspections
12.5%
Pass Rate
14
Failures

Inspection History

Feb 21, 2025

Result: Fail
9 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: OBSERVED THE FILTERS DIRTY ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.;;|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: OBSERVED THE MIDDLE LIGHT ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT BURNT OUT AND LIGHT SHIELD FILLED WITH POSSIBLE WATER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.;;|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED LEAKS AT THE 3 COMP SINK FAUCET AND PIPES UNDERNEATH. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.;;49|NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: MUST CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE MILK COOLER AT THE SERVING LINE TO REMOVE SPILLS.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: FLOORS NEED CLEANING AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND SPILLS. ALSO CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND SHELVING IN THE DRY STORAGE/OFFICE.;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVE PEELING PAINT IN THE KITCHEN AND DINING AREA. MUST REMOVE AND REPAINT WITH NON-TOXIC PAINT.;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING

Jan 17, 2024

Result: Fail
3 violations
Key Violations:
|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED THE HOT WATER KNOB LEAKING AT THE BASE AT THE 3 COMP SINK(MIDDLE SINK). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;53|TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED - Comments: OBSERVED THE KITCHEN STAFF WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AS REQUIRED. OBSERVED THE WASHROOM FIXTURES CLEANED AT THIS TIME.

Jan 8, 2024

Result: Fail
7 violations
Key Violations:
|FACILITIES MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED 2 OF THE OUTSIDE DUMPSTER LIDS IN POOR REPAIR (ONE W/LID MISSING AND THE OTHER W/LID BENT IN WON'T CLOSE PROPERLY). ALLOWING POSSIBLE ACCESS TO FOOD SOURCE FOR PESTS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. PROIRITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-020(B);;|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED THE HOT WATER KNOB LEAKING AT THE BASE AT THE 3 COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;53|TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED - Comments: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FIXTURES IN THE KITCHEN STAFF WASHROOM.;;53|TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED - Comments: OBSERVED THE KITCHEN STAFF WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AS REQUIRED.;;54|GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: FLOORS NEED CLEANING ALONG THE WALL BASE IN THE KITCHEN AND DRY/OFFICE STORAGE ROOM TO REMOVE DEBRIS.

Feb 16, 2023

Result: Fail
1 violations
Key Violations:
55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND FREEZER UNITS IN DINING AREA AND IN KITCHEN AREA CORNERS BY COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THREE COMP SINK.

Apr 26, 2022

Result: Fail
4 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: FILTERS NEED CLEANING ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE DEBRIS. ALSO THE MIDDLE LIGHT IS OUT AND THE LIGHT SHIELD APPEARS TO HAVE FLUID INSIDE. MUST REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.;;|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED THE HOT WATER KNOB AT THE 3 COMP SINK, MIDDLE COMPARTMENT LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING

Mar 12, 2021

Result: Fail
3 violations
Key Violations:
|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED THE MIDDLE FAUCET AT THE THREE COMP SINK LEAKING;;|REPAIR OR REPLACE FAUCET NECK.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED

Jan 24, 2020

Result: Fail
5 violations
Key Violations:
|DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: THE LIGHT BULBS ARE BLOWN IN THE KITCHEN WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM AND IN THE DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TO PREVENT THOSE AREAS FROM BEING DIM. MAINTAIN WELL LIT AREAS.;;|PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: THE MIDDLE AND RIGHT FAUCET ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKS AT THE BASE OF THE FAUCET. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.;;51|PLUMBING INSTALLED;;55|PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE COOLERS/COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AND STORAGE AREA WITH DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.;;56|ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING

Mar 13, 2019

Result: Pass
0 violations

Jun 7, 2018

Result: Pass
0 violations

Apr 5, 2018

Result: Fail
13 violations
Key Violations:
|CLEAN VENTS. OBSERVED A STAINED LIGHT SHIELD ON ONE SET OF LIGHTS IN THE KITCHEN;;|CORRECT SO THAT WATER TURNS OFF AFTER 15 SECONDS. FOUND A CLOGGED TOILET IN THE BOYS WASHROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR;;|MUST PROVIDE HAND SOAP AT ALL TIMES IN ALL WASHROOMS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030. NO CITATION.;;|MUST REPLACE SHIELD.;;|REPAIR LEAK AT FAUCET. FAUCET KNOB MISSING FOR THE COLD WATER IN THE PRE-K ROOM #103;;|REPLACE FAUCET KNOB AT THIRD SINK. FOUND THE COLD RUNNING WATER AT THE MIDDLE SINK IN THE BOYS WASHROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR CONSTANTLY RUNNING;;|REPLACE KNOB. FAUCET KNOB MISSING AT THE THIRD SINK IN THE BOYS WASHROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR;;|RESEAL OR REPLACE GASKET.;;|UNCLOG TOILET.;;27|TOILET ROOMS ENCLOSED CLEAN, PROVIDED WITH HAND CLEANSER, SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES AND PROPER WASTE RECEPTACLES - Comments: FOUND NO HANDSOAP IN THE BOYS WASHROOMS FOR HAND WASHING ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS;;32|FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: THE RUBBER GASKET AT THE TWO DOOR COOLER ACROSS FROM THE THREE COMP SINK IS LOOSE ON THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE COOLER;;35|WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED;;38|VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST CORRECT THE FOLLOWING PLUMBING VIOLATIONS: MIDDLE FAUCET AT THE THREE COMP SINK LEAKING IN THE KITCHEN WHILE WATER RUNNING

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