BASANT.
1939-1943 W BYRON ST · LAKEVIEW, CHICAGO
3 of 8 inspections passed, 2 failed, 3 passed with conditions. 8 critical violations across the record.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
AUG 202025PASSED4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT BAR AREA. MUST PROVIDE A HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS.
OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE THREE CHEST FREEZERS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN INTERIOR SURFACES O FREEZERS.
OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNEESSARY ITEMS IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS CLEAN AND ORGANIZE BASEMENT.
MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.
SEP 232024PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
OBSERVED EQUIPMENT AND FOOD SERVICE ITEMS SUCH AS POTS, PANS, AND SERVING ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN BASEMENT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN SIDE STAIRS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT ITEMS OFF THE FLOOR.
OBSERVED VARIOUS NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AND BAR TO HAVE PARTIALLY TORN PROTECTIVE PLASTIC LINING ON STAINLESS STEEL EQUIPMENT. EQUIPMENT INCLUDES SIDES OF TWO REACH IN COOLERS, ONE DRAIN COMPARTMENT IN THE BAR, AND SIDE OF SHELVES IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL PREOTECTIVE LININGS TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MANAGER HAD MAINTENANCE REMOVE ALL LINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION.
OBSERVED ONE OF MULTIPLE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON SITE WITHOUT PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE EACH CERTIFIED MANAGER ALSO OBTAINS PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING.
OCT 32023PASS W/ CONDITIONS5 violationsDETAILS
NOTED PREMISE MAKING YOGURT WITH NO HACCP PLAN OR VARIANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY ORDINANCE. MUST USE COMMERCIALLY PREPARED YOGURT UNTIL A HACCP PLAN APPROVAL IS OBTAINED.MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 62 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $40.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005(A). CITATION ISSUED.
8-103.11. NO DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TO THE CDPH FOR VARIANCE APPROVAL TO MAKE YOGURT. INSTRUCTED TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTATION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005(A). CITATION ISSUED CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION #29
NOTED SERVING PLATES ON SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
NOTED SOME SHELVES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA LINED WITH FOIL PAPER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE FOIL PAPER TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.
NOTED OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER NOT MAINTAINED WITH THICK GREASE ON TOP OF CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GREASE CONTAINER AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-020(B).
NOV 72022PASSED8 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK AT THE BAR AND THE MEN AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FACILITY.
6-202.15 OBSERVED A SMALL OPENING AT THE SIDE OF THE EXIT DOOR GOING TO THE OUTDOOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF SAID DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
3-307.11 OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK IS BEHIND A DISH CLEANING DEVICE USED FOR CLEANING THE BAR UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED TO COVER THE DISH CLEANING DEVICE IN FRONT OF THE HANDWASHING SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
3-307.11 OBSERVED THE DEEP-FRYING UNIT WITH GREASE UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER SAID DEEP-FRYING UNIT WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
4-903.11 (A;B;D) OBSERVED ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK SPOONS AND FORKS NOT INVERTED. ALSO, UNDER THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA THERE WERE PANS AND TO- GO CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED INVERT ALL SAID EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
4-101.17 OBSERVED IN THE BASEMENT IN THE DRY GOODS STORAGE CLOSET, FOR THE BAR AREA, THE SHELVING UNITS WERE RAW WOOD. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT WITH FOOD-GRADE PAINT TO MAKE THE SAID SHELVING UNITS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE, AND MAINTAINED.
4-602.13 OBSERVED THE EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD WITH FOOD SPLATTERS AND DRIED FOOD RESIDUE ON THE SIDE OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID COOKING EQUIPMENT.
6-201.11 OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD-UP ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE EQUIPMENT AT THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID FLOORS.
NOV 22022FAILED9 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
NOTED NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT EMPLOYEE (MEN AND WOMEN) BATHROOM HANDWASHING SINKS. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER WAS 64.5F AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE HOT AND COLD RUNNING AT ALL HAND WASH SINKS. ALSO, INSTRUCTED TO HAVE EMPLOYEES WASH THEIR HANDS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AFTER USING THE BATHROOM. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C), CITATION ISSUED.
OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASHING SINK AT THE BAR AND THE MEN AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE FACILITY.
OBSERVED A SMALL OPENING AT THE SIDE OF THE EXIT DOOR GOING TO THE OUTDOOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF SAID DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK IS BEHIND A DISH CLEANING DEVICE USED FOR CLEANING THE BAR UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED TO COVER THE DISH CLEANING DEVICE IN FRONT OF THE HANDWASHING SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
OBSERVED THE DEEP-FRYING UNIT WITH GREASE UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD NOT COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO COVER SAID DEEP-FRYING UNIT WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
OBSERVED ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK SPOONS AND FORKS NOT INVERTED. ALSO, UNDER THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA THERE WERE PANS AND TO- GO CONTAINERS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED INVERT ALL SAID EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED IN THE BASEMENT IN THE DRY GOODS STORAGE CLOSET, FOR THE BAR AREA, THE SHELVING UNITS WERE RAW WOOD. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT WITH FOOD-GRADE PAINT TO MAKE THE SAID SHELVING UNITS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE, AND MAINTAINED.
OBSERVED THE EQUIPMENT UNDER THE VENTILATION HOOD WITH FOOD SPLATTERS AND DRIED FOOD RESIDUE ON THE SIDE OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID COOKING EQUIPMENT.
OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD-UP ON THE FLOORS UNDER THE EQUIPMENT AT THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID FLOORS.
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NOV 172021PASS W/ CONDITIONS2 violationsDETAILS
NOTED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ON-SITE AND SOME FOOD ITEMS (LAMB)INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER VACUUM PACKAGED WITH NO PROOF OF HACCP OR VARIANCE PER HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DISCONTINUE THE VACUUM PACKAGING PROCESS UNTIL A VARIANCE AND HACCP ARE APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE FOLLOWING FOOD ITEMS THAT WERE VACUUM PACKAGED WERE ALSO TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION lAMP CHOPS WITH APPROXIMATELY 12 LBS OF PRODUCTS. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED TODAY.
NOTED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ON-SITE AND SOME FOOD ITEMS (LAMB CHOPS) INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER VACUUM PACKAGED WITH NO PROOF OF HACCP OR VARIANCE PER HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DISCONTINUE THE VACUUM PACKAGING PROCESS UNTIL A VARIANCE AND HACCP ARE APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE FOOD ITEMS THAT WAS VACUUM PACKAGED WAS ALSO TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION LAMB CHOPS ABOUT 12 LBS CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION #29. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.
AUG 312021FAILED3 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-010.MUST PROVIDE.
FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN: EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, AND TABLES. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 12-22-20 INSPECTION # 2464008. VIOLATION 55.FOUND WALLS AND CEILING NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AT BASEMENT DRY STORAGE.(EXPOSED BRICK).MUST SEAL USING DRY WALL ETC. VIOLATION 56.FOUND CEILING EXHAUST OUT OF ORDER INSIDE MEN AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS.MUST REPAIR/REPLACE. VIOLATION 58.FOOD SANITATION MANAGERS WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION.NO CITATION ISSUED.7-42-090. MUST CORRECT VIOLATIONS MENTIONED.
DEC 222020PASS W/ CONDITIONS4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEANUP PROCEDURE WITH SPILL KIT.(DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS). PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
FOUND WALLS AND CEILING NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AT BASEMENT DRY STORAGE.(EXPOSED BRICK).MUST SEAL USING DRY WALL ETC.
FOUND CEILING EXHAUST OUT OF ORDER INSIDE MEN AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS.MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.
FOOD SANITATION MANAGERS WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE.
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