ANDY'S THAI KITCHEN.
946 W WELLINGTON AVE · LAKEVIEW, CHICAGO
Failed 4 of 14 inspections. 16 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
APR 82019PASS W/ CONDITIONS10 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
2-102.14 NO PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
NOTED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION FOLLOWING THE NEW CODE AND GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE VERIFICATION OF POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ONE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY
MANAGEMENT UNABLE TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS INSIDE SERVICE COOLERS TO BE IMPROPER:-TOFU 52.9F, GREEN VEGETABLES 55.3F, PORK 55.4F, SPRING ROLLS 59.0F, RICE 52.5F/47.5F, CHICKEN (50.7F/50.2F/58.3F), BEEF 48.2F, EGGS 55.4F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 20 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $117.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005
3-501.18 NOTED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOR SAFETY FOOD ITEMS INSIDE SERVICE COOLERS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND USED BY DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-005(A). NO CITATION ISSUED TODAY.
EQUIPMENT NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE. NOTED TEMPERATURE OF SERVICE COOLERS AT THE PREP AREA TO BE IMPROPER AT 51.4F AND 55.4F. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE EQUIPMENT UNTIL MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
NOTED TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE PREP SERVICE COOLER DOOR AT THE KITCHEN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE.
NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE CHEST FREEZERS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS INSIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS
NOTED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO STOPPERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MISSING STOPPERS
NOTED ICE BUILD UP INSIDE ALL CHEST FREEZERS AT THE PREP AREA AND BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
JAN 102018PASS W/ CONDITIONS4 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. FOUND 28# OF COOKED CHICKEN STORED IN THREE DIFFERENT COOLERS: COOLER INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 52.5F; COOKED CHICKEN INSIDE THE DISPLAY PREP COOLER AT TEMP OF 48.F;STORED COOKED CHICKEN AT TEMP OF 47.1F; 8# OF EGG ROLLS FILLED WITH COOKED MUSHROOMS, CABBAGE AND NOODLES AT TEMP OF 50.5F, 53F AND 56.7F; 4# OF YELLOW MARINATE SAUCE INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 48.2F TO 48.7F; 10# OF BBQ COOKED PORK STORED INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 52.5F TO 54.6F. COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW.INFORMATION GIVEN ON COOLING PROCESS.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED POUNDS,VALUE 50,VALUE 100 CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. OBSERVED EMPLOYEE REMOVING DIRTY POT FROM INSIDE THE EXPOSED HAND SINK,THAN WITHOUT HAND WASHING AND BARE HAND GRABBED LETTUCE(A READY TO EAT FOOD) AND PUT IT ON PLATE FOR CUSTOMER.ANOTHER EMPLOYEEAFTER HANDLING NON FOOD ITEMS WITH BARE HAND CUT TOFU AND STORED AT DISPLAY PREP COOLER.INFORMATION GIVEN ON HAND WASHING AND GLOVES PROCEDURE. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-010(A)
FOUND EXPOSED HAND SINK AT REAR NOT ACCESSIBLE,INSIDE DIRTY POT AND CLOTH.INFORMATION GIVEN EXPOSED HAND SINK MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES FOR HAND WASHING. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030
BROKEN LID LINER FOR CHEST FREEZER,AT REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. REPLACE ALL BROKEN PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND SINK
NOV 172017PASSED1 violationDETAILS
MUST REPAIR FLOOR IN REAR DRY STORAGE ROOM WHERE A SECTION OF TILE IS ELEVATED OVER THE REGULAR FLOOR, CAUSING CRACKS ALONG ITS PERIMETER THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CLEAN.
NOV 132017FAILED5 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #18 NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2103171 DATED 11/3/17 NOT CORRECTED. STILL SEEING LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY IN DRY STORAGE, COOK LINE, AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS. OVER 20 LIVE ROACHES. MUST ELIMINATE ROACH ACTIVITY. WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT. HAVE PREMISES SERVICED BY PEST CONTROL COMPANY. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-42-090.
MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD SHELF LINERS THROUGHOUT DRY STORAGE AREAS. MUST MAINTAIN ALL FOOD STORAGE AREAS TO BE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT.
MUST CLEAN RESIDUE AND DEAD INSECTS FROM COOLER GASKETS AND CORNERS OF DOOR COOLERS.
MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM BEHIND 2 DOOR UPRIGHT COOLER IN DRY STORAGE. MUST CLEAN OILY RESIDUE ACCUMULATING WHERE WALL MEETS THE FLOOR UNDER THE COOK LINE.
MUST SEAL GAP AROUND CIRCULAR HVAC VENT WHERE IT ENTERS THE WALL IN DRY STORAGE. MUST SEAL GAP IN DRY WALL WHERE IT MEETS THE CEILING IN THE CORNER OF DRY STORAGE. MUST SEAL GAPS IN AND AROUND WOODEN BEAM IN BASEMENT CEILING. MUST SEAL GAP IN CORNERS OF PLASTIC WALL COVERING ON CEILING ABOVE BASEMENT CHEST FREEZERS.
NOV 32017FAILED4 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN PREP AREA. AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AT COOK LINE, NOTED RICE, 64 DEGREES F; RICE NOODLES, 67 DEGREES F; IN PREP COOLER, TOFU AND EGG SPRING ROLLS AT 54 DEGREES F. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 5 LBS OF PRODUCT WORTH $15. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 40 DEGREES F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
OBSERVED LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY ON SITE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: APPROX. 3 ON LINEN CURTAIN PARTITION BETWEEN DISHROOM AND MAIN PREP, APPROX. 5 IN PLASTIC CURTAIN PARTITION BETWEEN DISHROOM AND DRY STORAGE, APPROX. 4 ON AND BEHIND BASEMENT CHEST FREEZERS, APPROX. 4 AT BASEBOARD UNDER BASEMENT OFFICE DESK, APPROX. 8 IN BASEMENT PAPER GOODS STORAGE AND APPROX. 1 ON THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE ALL ROACH ACTIVITY AND CLEAN AFFECTED AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO OBTAIN LICENSED PEST CONTROL SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-020
OBSERVED MIDDLE BASEMENT CHEST FREEZER LID REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPE. MUST REMOVE TAPE AND MAINTAIN FOOD EQUIPMENT TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, AS WELL AS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
MUST CLEAN GREASE ACCUMULATION BEHIND SILVER METAL CONDUIT LINE LEADING TO RED FIRE SUPPRESSION BOX AT LEFT SIDE OF COOK LINE.
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AUG 32017PASSED5 violationsDETAILS
MUST PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES TO DISPENSE BULK INGREDIENTS (RICE, SUGAR, SALT, ETC) IN DRY STORAGE.
MUST DEFROST 1ST FLOOR CHEST FREEZER
MUST CLEAN OILY DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE HOOD. MUST CLEAN GREASE BUILD UP FROM EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN ROUGH, BLACK CHAR BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF FRYING PANS.
OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BAGS AND CLOTHING STORED ON DRY GOODS STORAGE SHELVING IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED THAT EMPLOYEES MUST STORE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY AND SEPARATE FROM FOOD SERVICE GOODS.
MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO MINIMIZE MICROBIAL GROWTH.
JUL 272017FAILED6 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY ON SITE. NOTED APPROX. 6 ROACHES UNDER THE DISH MACHINE AND 1 ON FRAME OF PLASTIC CURTAINS LEADING TO DRY STORAGE AREA ADJACENT TO DISHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY AND RECOMMENDED TO OBTAIN LICENSED PEST CONTROL SERVICES. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-020
MUST PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES TO DISPENSE BULK INGREDIENTS (RICE, SUGAR, SALT, ETC) IN DRY STORAGE.
MUST DEFROST 1ST FLOOR CHEST FREEZER
MUST CLEAN OILY DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE HOOD. MUST CLEAN GREASE BUILD UP FROM EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN ROUGH, BLACK CHAR BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF FRYING PANS.
OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BAGS AND CLOTHING STORED ON DRY GOODS STORAGE SHELVING IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED THAT EMPLOYEES MUST STORE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY AND SEPARATE FROM FOOD SERVICE GOODS.
MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO MINIMIZE MICROBIAL GROWTH.
JUN 232017PASS W/ CONDITIONS8 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED 4-5 EMPLOYEES EATING MEALS IN THE DISH ROOM ON THE TABLE TO THE LEFT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED THAT EMPLOYEES MUST NOT EAT IN THE KITCHEN, INCLUDING FOOD PREP AREAS, DISHWASHING AREAS OR FOOD/EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREAS. EMPLOYEES DISCONTINUED EATING AND REMOVED MEALS FROM DISHWASHING AREA. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-010(A)
OBSERVED DISH MACHINE IN USE (MACHINE TURNED ON, WITH RACK OF DISHES INSIDE THAT HAD JUST BEEN WASHED) WITHOUT PROPER SANITIZER LEVELS. WITH TEST STRIPS, NOTED CHLORINE AT 0 PPM AFTER THE FINAL RINSE CYCLE. NOTED THAT THE PUMP FOR CHLORINE IS INOPERABLE AND NOT RUNNING AT ANY POINT DURING MACHINE CYCLE. INSTRUCTED THAT MACHINE MUST PROVIDE 50-100 PPM CHLORINE DURING FINAL RINSE CYCLE TO PROPERLY SANITIZE DISHES. REPAIR SERVICE CAME DURING INSPECTION AND FIXED THE MACHINE. AT END OF INSPECTION, FINAL RINSE CYCLE TESTED AT 50 PPM. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030
MUST PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES TO DISPENSE BULK INGREDIENTS (RICE, SUGAR, SALT, ETC) IN DRY STORAGE.
MUST DEFROST 1ST FLOOR CHEST FREEZER.
MUST CLEAN OILY DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE HOOD. MUST CLEAN GREASE BUILD UP FROM EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP. MUST CLEAN ROUGH, BLACK CHAR BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF FRYING PANS.
MUST REPAIR SLOW DRAIN AT WOMEN'S RESTROOM HANDSINK. OPERATOR REPAIRED DRAIN DURING INSPECTION.
OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BAGS AND CLOTHING STORED ON DRY GOODS STORAGE SHELVING IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED THAT EMPLOYEES MUST STORE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY AND SEPARATE FROM FOOD SERVICE GOODS.
MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO MINIMIZE MICROBIAL GROWTH.
JUN 162016PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
FOUND BULK FOOD NOT LABELED FLOUR, SUGAR,ETC. MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD.
FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT WOK AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
JUL 212015PASS W/ CONDITIONS3 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED THE WALK IN COOLER WITH AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 49.3F. TAGGED MACHINE HELD FOR INSPECTION BY CDPH. INSTRUCTED FACILITY THAT ALL REFRIGERATION MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE WALK IN COOLER: 45LBS OF CHICKEN AT 50.9F, 40LBS OF CRISPY PORK AT 52.6F, 28LBS OF TOFU AT 51.3F, 6LBS OF DUCK AT 53.4F, 8LBS OF MILK AT 51.3F, 10LBS OF NOODLES AT 53.8F, 30LBS OF EGG NOODLES AT 50.6F, AND 1 POUND OF SHRIMP AT 47.5F. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAID FOODS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 40F OR BELOW OR 140F OR ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
OBSERVED THE WALK IN COOLER LEAKING FROM THE CONDENSER VENT. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
JUL 242014PASSED1 violationDETAILS
FROZEN MEATS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS INSIDE OF CHEST FREEZERS IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO USE A FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS.
JUL 232014PASS W/ CONDITIONS5 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES.OBSERVED AIR TEMPERATURE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AT 48.7F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/ADJUST AND MAINTAINT TEMPERATURE OF 40.0F OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED HELFD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES. FOUND ESAN SAUSAGES AT 47.2F, RAW CHICKEN AT 48.7F, RAW BEEF AT 48.6F, BBQ PORK 45.2F,49.2 COOKED CHICKEN AT 49.2F. MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELLY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURATED ALL FOOD ITEMS 82LBS OF FOOD VALUE OF $293.57 CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
MUST LABEL AND DATE ALL COOKED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE ALL PREP COOLERS.
FROZEN MEATS STORED IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS INSIDE OF CHEST FREEZERS IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO USE A FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS.
WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
NOV 62013PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
REPLACE BURNT-OUT LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE 1 DOOR COOLER NEAR THE HOT COOKING EQUIPMENTS.
A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE IS NEEDED FOR THE ICE MAKER.
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