CHINA CAFE.
2300 S WENTWORTH AVE · CHINATOWN, CHICAGO
Failed 8 of 13 inspections. 13 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
THE NUMBERS
INSPECTION HISTORY
JUL 142017FAILED2 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY (7) STILL SEEN ON PREMISES IN KITCHEN AREA. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE NEEDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090
CLEAN THE ENCRUSTED GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
JUL 32017FAILED4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
LIVE COCKROACH ACTIVITY WAS STILL OBSERVED IN THE KITCHEN AREA. 20 LIVE COCKROACHES WERE OBSERVED IN THE KITCHEN. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.
CLEAN THE GREASE AND DEAD INSECTS OFF OF THE WOK STATION.
CLEAN THE GREASE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE KITCHEN AREA UNDER THE DEEP FRYERS AND OVENS.
CLEAN THE ENCRUSTED GREASE ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS. MUST SEAL ALL GAPS IN THE STAINLESS STEEL WALLS BEHIND THE WOK STATION AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
JUN 292017FAILED1 violation1 CRITICALDETAILS
PREVIOUS CRITICAL VIOLATION FROM REPORT# 2065112 DATED 6/27/2017 NOT CORRECTED. STILL OBSERVING LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY. OBSERVED 7 ROACHES IN KITCHEN PREP AREA AND 4 IN BASEMENT.
JUN 272017FAILED4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
PREVIOUS CRITICAL VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2064502 DATED 6/27/2017 NOT CORRECTED: DURING TODAYS INSPECTION STILL OBSERVING ROACH ACTIVITY: OBSERVED 9 CRAWLING ROACHES; 6 IN UPSTAIRS PREP AREA ON FLOOR AND WALL AND 3 IN BASEMENTON WALL,EQUIPMENT AND OVERHEAD PIPING. MUST REMOVE.
VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED. MUST ENCASE ALL OVERHEAD EXPOSED PIPING IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS, THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, THE LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP AREAS, CABINETS, AND SHELVING. MUST CLEAN THE MOTOR HOUSING OF ALL FREZZERS AND COOLERS AND REMOVE ALL INSECTS. MUST ALSO CLEAN ALL ATTAHCED LEGS, WHEELS,POWER CORDS AND HANDLES OF ALL MENTIONED EQUIPMENT.
CLEAN WALL ABOVE DOOR LEADING TO PREP AREA ON PREP AREA SIDE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND AT CEILING.
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JUN 192017FAILED9 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
MUST PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN THE 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA NEAR DISHWASHING AND THE REAR PREP AREA. ALSO INSTALL A HANDWASH SINK IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA NEXT TO 2-COMP SINK ON NORTHEAST SIDE OUTSIDE OF OFFICE AREA. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030. NO CITATION ISSUED.
PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION FROM REPORT# 2060075 DATED 6/12/2017 NOT CORRECTED: #18 OBSERVED LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 5 ON WALL IN PREP AREA OVER COLD PREP STATION, 10 OR MORE ON FLOOR UNDER/AROUND DISH MACHINE AND SEVERAL CRAWLING IN AND OUT OF FLOOR FROM CRACK AROUND PLATFORM OF DISH MACHINE. MUST REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020. TODAY DURING RE-INSPECTION OBSERVED ROACH ACTIVITY, NOTED 9 IN KITCHEN PREP AREA, 1 UNDER PREP TABLE, 2 ON WALL BY 3-COMP SINK, 1 ON FLOOR BY WOK STATION, 3 ON FLOOR BY WALL NEXT TO DISHMACHINE AND 2 COMING IN AND OUT OF CRACK BY PLATFORM UNDER DISHMACHINE. ALSO OBSERVED IN BASEMENT PREP AREA 1 ROACH ON PIPE AT CEILING, 8 CRAWLING ON FLOOR UNDER TABLE, 10 CRAWLING OVER/UNDER AND AROUND LIDS OF BULK CONTAINERS AND RACK THEY WERE ON WHERE SUGAR AND FLOUR ARE STORED. ALSO NOTED OVER 35 ROACHES CRAWLING IN AND OUT OF MOTOR HOUSING, ON TOP AND DOWN THE FRONT/BACK OF CHEST FREEZER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND BOXES ON SHELVES STORED IN BASEMENT. OBSERVED SEVERAL ROACHES CRAWLING FROM UNDER FISH TANK ON TABLE. MUST REMOVE INSECTS,ROACH INFESTED EQUIPMENT,ROACH INFESTED BOXES AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. ALSO REMOVE ALL ROACHES UNDER THE BOARD LOCATED UNDER THE DISH MACHINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.
MUST PROPERLY ENCASE ALL OVERHEAD/EXPOSED PIPING IN BASEMENT.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS, THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, THE LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE PREP AREAS, CABINETS, AND SHELVING. MUST CLEAN THE MOTOR HOUSING OF ALL FREZZERS AND COOLERS AND REMOVE ALL INSECTS. MUST ALSO CLEAN ALL ATTAHCED LEGS, WHEELS,POWER CORDS AND HANDLES OF ALL MENTIONED EQUIPMENT.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS IN PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS, UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER SINKS, ALONG WALLS, IN CORNERS, AND THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. MUST REMOVE WATER ON FLOORS IN BASEMENT
CLEAN WALL ABOVE DOOR LEADING TO PREP AREA ON PREP AREA SIDE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND AT CEILING. MUST SEAL ALL OPENINGS INTO WALL AROUND PLUMBING AT BASEMENT WHERE NECESSARY. MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS BEHIND COOK LINE, UNDER SINKS, UNDER DISH MACHINE AND THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AREAS.
LIGHT SHIELD MISSING AT ENCLOSED WALK-IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR.
MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT AND OF 1ST FLOOR STORAGE AREAS WHERE NEEDED. REMOVE BOXES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WILL NOT BE USED FOR BUSSINESS PURPOSES AND THAT MAY CONTAIN LIVE ROACHES.
JUN 122017FAILED6 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
NO HOT RUNNING WATER THROUGHOUT FOOD ESTABLISHMENT (63.7F) FOR PROPER HANDWASHING, ADEQUATE DISHWASHING AND CLEANING. MUST PROVIDE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
OBSERVED LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 5 ON WALL IN PREP AREA OVER COLD PREP STATION, 10 OR MORE ON FLOOR UNDER/AROUND DISH MACHINE AND SEVERAL CRAWLING IN AND OUT OF FLOOR FROM CRACK AROUND PLATFORM OF DISH MACHINE. MUST REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
CLEAN WALL ABOVE DOOR LEADING TO PREP AREA ON PREP AREA SIDE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND AT CEILING.
LIGHT SHIELD MISSING AT ENCLOSED WALK-IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR.
MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT AND OF 1ST FLOOR STORAGE AREAS WHERE NEEDED.
APR 202017PASSED6 violationsDETAILS
MUST CLEAN AND MAINTTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE WOK STATIONS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED, EXTERIOR SURFACE OF FRYER, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES AND STORAGE SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE, SINKS AND IN STORAGE AREAS.
MUST CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. CLEAN WALL ABOVE DOOR LEADING TO PREP AREA ON PREP AREA SIDE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND AT CEILING.
LIGHT SHIELD MISSING AT ENCLOSED WALK-IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR.
MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT AND OF 1ST FLOOR STORAGE AREAS WHERE NEEDED.
APR 112017FAILED9 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED NO SOAP OR PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN REAR PREP AREA, NO PAPER TOWELS BEHIND FRONT COUNTER PREP AREA WHERE DIM SUM IS PREPARED AND SAME SINK BLOCKED WITH PANS INSIDE, UNACCESSIBBLE FOR HAND WASHING. MUST PROVIDE SOAP AND PAPER TILES, UNBLOCK EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
QBSERVED OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER WITH GREASE HEAVILY ENCRUSTED ON LID AND LIP OF GREASE CONTAINER DRIPPING TO GROUND BELOW. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
OBSERVED KNIVES STORED BETWEEN WALL AND PREP TABLES. MUST CLEAN/SANITIZE MULTI-USE UTENSILS AFTER USE AND PROPERLY STORE.
MUST CLEAN AND MAINTTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE WOK STATIONS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED, EXTERIOR SURFACE OF FRYER, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES AND STORAGE SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE, SINKS AND IN STORAGE AREAS.
MUST CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. CLEAN WALL ABOVE DOOR LEADING TO PREP AREA ON PREP AREA SIDE OF HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP AND AT CEILING.
LIGHT SHIELD MISSING AT ENCLOSED WALK-IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE.
OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR.
MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT AND OF 1ST FLOOR STORAGE AREAS WHERE NEEDED.
JUN 72016PASSED1 violationDETAILS
LEAK OBSERVED AT THE TWO COMP SINK IN THE BASEMENT FROM THE PIPE UNDERNEATH AND A CONSTANT DRIP FROM THE FAUCET OF THIS SINK; REPAIR SAME.
MAY 102016PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
MUST CLEAN AND MAINTTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE WOK STATIONS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED, EXTERIOR SURFACE OF FRYER, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES AND STORAGE SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE, SINKS AND IN STORAGE AREAS.
MUST CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. CLEAN CEILING VENTS IN WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED IN MAIN KITCHEN.
A LEAK OBSERVED AT THE TWO COMP SINK IN THE BASEMENT FROM THE PIPE UNDERNEATH AND A CONSTANT DRIP FROM THE FAUCET OF THIS SINK; REPAIR SAME.
MAY 32016FAILED6 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
FOUND NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER DISPENSING FROM THE LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE IN THE MAIN KITCHEN; INSTRUCTED THAT THE SANITIZING AGENT (CHLORINE) MUST DISPENSE AT 100PPM. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL IT IS DISPENSING PROPERLY AND IS REINSPECTED BY THE CHICAGO DEPT. OF HEALTH. FAX A LETTER TO 312 746-4240 TO REQUEST THAT THE TAG BE REMOVED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 ISSUED.
OBSERVED FIFTY MOUSE DROPPINGS IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AND SIDE PREP AREA ON THE FLOOR, ON A POLE AND UNDER A SHELF. MUST CLEAN ALL AFFECTED AREAS. RECENT SERVICE (5/2/16) BY THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY INDICATED NO ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 ISSUED.
MUST CLEAN AND MAINTTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE WOK STATIONS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED, EXTERIOR SURFACE OF FRYER, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES AND STORAGE SHELVES WHERE NEEDED.
MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE, SINKS AND IN STORAGE AREAS.
MUST CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. CLEAN CEILING VENTS IN WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED IN MAIN KITCHEN.
TWO DRAIN STOPPERS AT THREE COMP SINK; MUST HAVE THREE TO PROPERLY SET UP SINK TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE. A LEAK OBSERVED AT THE TWO COMP SINK IN THE BASEMENT FROM THE PIPE UNDERNEATH AND A CONSTANT DRIP FROM THE FAUCET OF THIS SINK; REPAIR SAME.
AUG 242015PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
HAND SINK TOO CLOSE TO PREP TABLE IN REAR KITCHEN AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD.
SHELVES AND COUNTER TOPS NOT CLEAN GREASE AND DIRT NOTED ON SHELVES AND COUNTER TOPS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
FLOORS NOT CLEAN BEHIND PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
CRACKS AND HOLES NOTED ON KITCHEN WALLS, INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.
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