CARMINES.
1037-1043 N RUSH ST · STREETERVILLE, CHICAGO
Failed 2 of 10 inspections. 12 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
OCT 32022PASS W/ CONDITIONS6 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
No certified food service manager on site, No certificate posted while handling and serving TCS foods ( chicken, fish.... ) instructed to obtain, Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
utensils in use kept in standing water container, instructed to keep under running cold or clean dry container.
Dusty cooling unit at produce walk-in cooler, instructed to clean and maintain.
No covered receptacles in women's toilet room. instructed to provide.
Broken cooler door gasket noted, instructed to replace.
APR 82022PASSED3 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
6-202.13-Fly trap installed above coffee machine, instructed to remove to a non-food prep area.
4-904.11-Clean cutting boards stored on floor, instructed to keep all multi-use utensils off floor.
6-202.11-kitchen ceiling lights missing a shield. instructed to install
APR 42022FAILED7 violations4 CRITICALDETAILS
No valid certificate for food service manager on site while handling TCS foods ( chicken, Pasta....) instructed to obtain. priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods. Observed a food handler garbing and slicing Baguette bread with his bare hands and portioning it in an individual bags. Instructed manager not to handle ready-to-eat foods with bare hands. priority violation 7-38-010
No hot running water at main kitchen hand wash sink, 57f water temp, instructed to provide hot and cold running water to all sinks. priority violation 7-38-030(c)
Fly trap installed above coffee machine, instructed to remove to a non-food prep area.
Clean cutting boards stored on floor, instructed to keep all multi-use utensils off floor.
kitchen ceiling lights missing a shield. instructed to install
JUL 292019PASSED4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
Violation Codes: 6-301.14. Inspector Comments: - MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE BAR,IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA, AND IN THE SERVER PREP STATION.
Violation Codes: 6-501.11. Inspector Comments: - OBSERVED SOME MISSING AND BROKEN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT FACILITY. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SOME PEELING AND BUBBLING PAINT IN THE LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. MUST REMOVE PEELING BUBBLING PAINT, AND REPAIR TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
Violation Codes: 6-303.11. Inspector Comments: - OBSERVED SOME BURNT OUT LIGHT BULBS IN THE 2ND FL ICE MACHINE AREA, AND IN THE LOWER LEVEL DRY STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
Violation Codes: 6-501.14. Inspector Comments: - OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VENT BY THE 2ND FL DISH MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
JUL 192019FAILED7 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
- MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE BAR. -
SEE VIOLATION:#60.
SEE VIOLATION:#60.
- OBSERVED SOME MISSING AND BROKEN CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT FACILITY. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SOME PEELING AND BUBBLING PAINT IN THE LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. MUST REMOVE PEELING BUBBLING PAINT, AND REPAIR TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. -
- OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VENT BY THE 2ND FL DISH MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. -
- OBSERVED SOME BURNT OUT LIGHT BULBS IN THE 2ND FL ICE MACHINE AREA, AND IN THE LOWER LEVEL DRY STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. -
- OBSERVED PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM THE LAST INSPECTION#:2261595 ON 2/6/19. MUST INSTALL A SINK IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA AND IN THE LOWER LEVEL SERVER PREP STATION. MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD AT THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE LOWER LEVEL PIZZA PREP AREA. PRIORITY VIOLATION#:7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED. -
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FEB 62019PASS W/ CONDITIONS10 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
MUST INSTALL A HANDWASH SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR BREAD/COFFEE PREP AREA AND IN THE PATIO BREAD/COFFEE PREP AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED.
OBSERVED SLIGHT DIRT/DEBRIS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE 2ND FLOOR ICE MACHINE. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
OBSERVED A 1/4" GAP AT THE BOTTOM/CENTER OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR AND IN THE CEILING OF THE PATIO BREAD/COFFEE PREP AREA. MUST SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS.
MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD FOR THE HANDWASH SINK IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA.
MUST INSTALL A PREP SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR & PATIO BREAD/COFFEE PREP AREAS AND IN THE PIZZA PREP ROOM.
OBSERVED A LEAK AT THE DRAIN PIPE OF THE 2ND FLOOR FRONT PREP HAND WASH SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED RAW BRICK WALLS IN THE PATIO BREAD AND COFFEE PREP AREA. MUST SEAL WALL WITH A HIGH GLOSS PAINT TO PROVIDE A NONABSORBENT, NONCORROSIVE, SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
OBSERVED OLD FRY PANS IN THE KITCHEN THAT FACILITY STATES ARE NO LONGER IN USE. MUST REMOVE ALL UNUSED AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM PREMISE AND MAINTAIN.
MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
JUL 242018PASS W/ CONDITIONS7 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH BIOHAZARD CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST HAVE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH BIOHAZARD CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
NO DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER IN CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER ON CONSUMER ADVISORY ON MENU. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
2ND FLOOR PREP AREA 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKET NOT TIGHT FITTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST MAKE SAID DOOR GASKET TIGHT FITTED.
OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON WALLS AT AND AROUND 2ND FLOOR BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN WALLS AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED STANDING WATER AND LITTER ON FLOOR AT 2ND FLOOR BAR. MUST CLEAN FLOOR/KEEP FLOOR DRY AT 2ND FLOOR BAR.
MENS AND WOMENS EMPLOYEES WASHROOMS VENTILATION FANS NOT WORKING. MUST PROVIDE WORKING CEILING VENTILATIN FANS FOR SAID WASHROOMS.
APR 172017PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
TAKE OUT FOOD TRAYS NOT STORED PROPERLY, INSTRUCTED TO INVERT TO PREVENT DUST CONTAMINATION.
INSIDE OF ICE BIN NOT CLEAN AT FOOD SERVERS STATIONS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP ON CEILING VENT AT 2ND FLOOR KITCHEN CEILING, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. WALL WITH DAMAGED DRY WALL BEHIND BREAD STATION FOR FOOD SERVERS STAGING AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
SEVERAL PREP COOLERS AT 2ND FLOOR KITCHEN MISSING A THERMOMETER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
APR 52016PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
REMOVE OR REPLACE THE OLD CAULK AROUND THE 3-COMPARMTENT SINK THAT IS PARTIALLY RIPPED AWAY FROM THE SINK AND COVERED WITH A BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE AND MAINTAIN.
REMOVE THE FROST BUILDUP ON THE CURTAINS OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER ENTRANCE AND MAINTAIN.
DETAIL CLEAN THE FAN VENT COVER IN THE REACH-IN COOLER UNDER THE CONDIMENTS WHERE CLEAN PLATES ARE STORED- MAINTAIN.
REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND ALSO ONE ABOVE THE PIZZA PREP AREA TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
JUL 82015PASSED5 violationsDETAILS
NOTED RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLERS (PRODUCE,MEAT). INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, REPAINT WITH NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND/OR REPLACE.
NOTED HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION ENCRUSTED ON COOKING EQUIPMENT AT THE KITCHEN PREP LINE. ALSO NOTED SLIGHT DISCOLORATION INSIDE THE INNER LINING OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
NOTED MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENINGS ALONG PIPING, STAINED CEILING TILES AT THE FIRST FLOOR REAR BY THE DISH WASHER AND MISSING PANEL AT SAME AND AT THE SECOND FLOOR AT THIS DISH WASHER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE. MUST ALSO CLEAN FOOD SPILLS ON WALL BY TE PREP SINK AT THE KITCHEN LINE.....NOTED A HOLE ON WALL AT THE FIRST FLOOR DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
NOTED LIGHTS AT THE COFFEE STATION/SERVICE BAR WITH NO SHIELDS AND COVERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
NOTED HAND WASH SINK AT THE PIZZA PREP ROOM BY THE PREP TABLE WITH NO SPLASH GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD.
Data sourced from Chicago Dept. of Public Health. We'd love to link you straight to this restaurant's record — turns out Chicago considers that a luxury. The full dataset is what's on offer →