Stans Donuts
Last inspected: Feb 21, 2023
100
Score
Stans Donuts has been inspected 14 times since 2013. The latest inspection on file is from Feb 21, 2023. A low risk rating suggests inspectors haven't found much to be concerned about lately. The file hasn't been updated since Feb 21, 2023, so take the current picture with that in mind.
The picture has improved over the last few visits: recent inspections have averaged around zero violations, down from roughly four violations earlier in the record.
When inspectors have written things up, “food-contact surfaces” has been the most frequent reason, cited four times.
The city-wide average for Chicago sits at 81, putting Stans Donuts on the better side of that line. Taken together, the history is a positive one.
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Inspections
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Inspection History
Feb 21, 2023
Complaint
No violations found.
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Jun 9, 2022
Reinspection
No violations found.
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Jun 2, 2022
Routine
1 major violation.
View 1 violation
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Inspector notes: OBSERVED ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN BASEMENT WITH A BUILD-UP OF BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE, DRIPPING ONTO ICE CUBES STORED AT BELOW ICE BIN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
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May 4, 2020
Complaint
1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 3 violations
City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
Inspector notes: NO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE, INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. NO CITATION ISSUED
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Insects, rodents, & animals not present
Inspector notes: FLY TRAP LOCATED ABOVE DOUGH MIXERS, INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE AWAY FROM FOOD EQUIPMENT.
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Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
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Aug 23, 2019
Routine
3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
Inspector notes: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS HOT MILK BASE COFFEE'S DRINKS PASTRIES ASSORTED DONUTS, CAKES, MILK SHAKES ETC,. INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO OPERATE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER AT ALL TIMES FOOD IS BEING HANDLED, PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
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Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
Inspector notes: PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE AND MUST PROVIDE A HEALTH EMPLOYEE POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
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Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
Inspector notes: THE PERSON IN CHARGE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS GLOVES, MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
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Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
Inspector notes: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN REAR FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE CLEAN AND ORGANIZE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
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Dec 14, 2018
Routine
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
View 3 violations
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Inspector notes: OBSERVER THE FRONT DISH WASHING MACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. NOTED THE LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE CHEMICAL LEVEL READING AT 0PPM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER NOT TO USE EQUIPMENT WILL BE HELD FOR INSPECTION UNTIL IT WORKS CORRECTLY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WASH,RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL DISHES AND UTENSILS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY CITATION #7-38-025.
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City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
Inspector notes: NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS PASTRIES AND HOT MILK BASE COFFEE'S DRINKS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION #7-38-012.
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Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
Inspector notes: PREMISES HAS NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CODE OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-010.
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Dec 5, 2017
Routine
1 minor violation.
View 1 violation
Walls, ceilings, attached equipment constructed per code: good repair, surfaces clean and dust-less cleaning methods
Inspector notes: OBSERVED DUST BUILD ON VENT FIXTURES IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOM, AS WELL VENT FIXTURE IN REAR PREP AREA DIRECTLY ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON AND DEBRIS INSIDE LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
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Jun 20, 2016
Reinspection
5 minor violations.
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Clean multi-use utensils and single service articles properly stored: no reuse of single service articles
Inspector notes: Prepackaged pastries and gelato inside display freezer not properly labeled. Must label with source and ingredients.
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Food and non-food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed and maintained
Inspector notes: We observed food stored under the waste water pipes at east side of the wall in basement, instructed to encase pipes or relocate shelves from under pipes
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Walls, ceilings, attached equipment constructed per code: good repair, surfaces clean and dust-less cleaning methods
Inspector notes: Walls in basement areas where food is stored are dirty and in poor repair, broken and with crumbling white substance, porous materials. Repair /replace surface to be smooth, cleanable and non-absorbent surface. Holes in ceiling dry wall, included above the ice machine and storage shelves, need to be repaired. unfinished dry wall ceiling in basement. Must be finished to be easily cleanable and non absorbent.
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Lighting: required minimum foot-candles of light provided, fixtures shielded
Inspector notes: Dust build up on fan cover in walk-in cooler and ceiling vent covers in rear utensil washing and mop sink area. Instructed to clean and maintain same.
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Ventilation: rooms and equipment vented as required: plumbing: installed and maintained
Inspector notes: Middle mechanical drain at three compartment sinks is leaking. Instructed to repair. No backflow prevention device on hose bib by stairs to basement or on water supply to ice machine. Must install or provide proof of back flow prevention.
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Jun 13, 2016
Routine
8 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Sanitizing rinse for equipment and utensils: clean, proper temperature, concentration, exposure time
Inspector notes: Low temp dish machine not dispensing sanitizer, presently 0ppm. Three time dish machine was started and container of the sanitizer was changed. Still with result 0ppms. Tagged unit " Held for inspection", do not use. Instructed to use three compartment sink, to wash, rinse and sanitize. Critical violation:7-38-030.
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Food protected during storage, preparation, display, service and transportation
Inspector notes: We observed ice machine with black slime at interior of water reservoir were ice is made, also all panels of the unit. Observed pieces of broken dry wall from ceiling inside the ice machine. Instructed to clean, sanitize and maintain mentioned unit. We observed food stored under the waste water pipes at east side of the wall in basement, instructed to encase pipes or relocate shelves from under pipes. Serious violation:7-38-005(A).
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Previous minor violation(s) corrected 7-42-090
Inspector notes: Previous minor violations not corrected from 3-13-15,report #1453841 #41-ANY UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF REMOVING AND OR ORGANIZING. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. #42-ALL FOOD HANDLERS, SERVERS IN NEED OF HAIR RESTRAINTS. HAIR TIED BACK NO LOOSE HAIR. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN Today 6-13-16, observed same violations. Serious violation 7-42-090.
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Clean multi-use utensils and single service articles properly stored: no reuse of single service articles
Inspector notes: Prepackaged pastries and gelato inside display freezer not properly labeled. Must label with source and ingredients.
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Food and non-food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed and maintained
Inspector notes: Paper dispenser installed above the one compartment sink at front prep area must be relocated by the exposed hand sink to minimize contamination
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Walls, ceilings, attached equipment constructed per code: good repair, surfaces clean and dust-less cleaning methods
Inspector notes: Walls in basement areas where food is stored are dirty and in poor repair, broken and with crumbling white substance, porous materials. Repair /replace surface to be smooth, cleanable and non-absorbent surface. Holes in ceiling dry wall, included above the ice machine and storage shelves, need to be repaired. unfinished dry wall ceiling in basement. Must be finished to be easily cleanable an nonabsorbent.
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Lighting: required minimum foot-candles of light provided, fixtures shielded
Inspector notes: Dust build up on fan cover in walk-in cooler and ceiling vent covers in rear utensil washing and mop sink area. Instructed to clean and maintain same.
36
Ventilation: rooms and equipment vented as required: plumbing: installed and maintained
Inspector notes: Middle mechanical drain at three compartment sinks is leaking. Instructed to repair. No backflow prevention device on hose bib by stairs to basement or on water supply to ice machine. Must install or provide proof of back flow prevention.
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Mar 23, 2015
Reinspection
5 minor violations.
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Food and non-food contact equipment utensils clean, free of abrasive detergents
Inspector notes: ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAY CASES, RACKS, AND PREP TABLES IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES
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Floors: constructed per code, cleaned, good repair, coving installed, dust-less cleaning methods used
Inspector notes: FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING IN CORNERS AND UNDER EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES
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Premises maintained free of litter, unnecessary articles, cleaning equipment properly stored
Inspector notes: ANY UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF REMOVING AND OR ORGANIZING. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
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Appropriate method of handling of food (ice) hair restraints and clean apparel worn
Inspector notes: ALL FOOD HANDLERS, SERVERS IN NEED OF HAIR RESTRAINTS. HAIR TIED BACK NO LOOSE HAIR. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
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Food handler requirements met
Inspector notes: NO ONE ON SITE WITH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. LEFT INFORMATION WITH MANAGER TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES.
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Mar 13, 2015
Complaint
6 minor violations.
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Food protected during storage, preparation, display, service and transportation
Inspector notes: FOUND 3 DOZEN OF DONUTS ON DISPLAY UNPROTECTED FROM CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ADD SNEEZE GUARD TO PROTECT FROM ELEMENTS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
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Food and non-food contact equipment utensils clean, free of abrasive detergents
Inspector notes: ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAY CASES, RACKS, AND PREP TABLES IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
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Floors: constructed per code, cleaned, good repair, coving installed, dust-less cleaning methods used
Inspector notes: FLOORS THROUGH OUT IN NEED OF CLEANING IN CORNERS AND UNDER EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
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Premises maintained free of litter, unnecessary articles, cleaning equipment properly stored
Inspector notes: ANY UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN BASEMENT IN NEED OF REMOVING AND OR ORGANIZING. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
41
Appropriate method of handling of food (ice) hair restraints and clean apparel worn
Inspector notes: ALL FOOD HANDLERS, SERVERS IN NEED OF HAIR RESTRAINTS. HAIR TIED BACK NO LOOSE HAIR. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
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Food handler requirements met
Inspector notes: NO ONE ON SITE WITH FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. LEFT INFORMATION WITH MANAGER TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES.
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Feb 4, 2014
License
2 minor violations.
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Food in original container, properly labeled: customer advisory posted as needed
Inspector notes: LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS IN PREP AREA.
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Walls, ceilings, attached equipment constructed per code: good repair, surfaces clean and dust-less cleaning methods
Inspector notes: SEAL BRICK WALLS IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. WALLS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
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Dec 20, 2013
License
No violations found.
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Nov 18, 2013
License
No violations found.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Stans Donuts last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Stans Donuts on file is from Feb 21, 2023. The public record contains 14 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Stans Donuts?
Across the inspection record, “food-contact surfaces” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Stans Donuts.
Has Stans Donuts' inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Stans Donuts have averaged around zero violations per visit, down from roughly four earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Stans Donuts means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
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