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Chicago Health Dept

2140 N CLYBOURN AVE · LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO

Last inspected 2024.

4 inspections on record since 2021 · Last inspected Nov 2024.

Last inspected Nov 2024. Records may not reflect current conditions.

THE NUMBERS

INSPECTIONS

VIOLATIONS

total on record

LAST INSPECTED

NOV 2024

INSPECTION HISTORY

NOV 4

2024

PASS 5 violations

Serious Sanitation

FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

4-501.12//NOTED CUTTING BOARDS IN FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP CUTS AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SANITIZE AND RESTORE TO SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

Minor Sanitation

TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

NOTED NO LIDS ON RECEPTACLES IN BOTH UNISEX BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS AND MAINTAIN.

Minor Sanitation

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

6-501.11: **C** Maintained in Good Repair, Facilities (FACILITIES NOT IN GOOD REPAIR) NOTED BROKEN AND STAINED CEILING TILE IN LOBBY. STAINS ARE INDICATIVE OF A LEAK. INSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS ISSUE AND REPAIR AND REPLACE

Minor Other

ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

2-102.13//NOTED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

Minor Documentation & Training

ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED

2-102.13//NOTED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

OCT 28

2024

FAIL 7 violations

Serious Sanitation

FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED

OBSERVED ICE MACHINES ATTACHED TO FOUNTAIN DRINK DISPENSER IN LOBBY WITH A BUILD-UP OF BLACK, BROWN AND PINK SUBSTANCE ON TOP INTERIOR OF ICE BIN, DRIPPING ONTO ICE CUBES STORED AT BELOW ICE BIN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED

Serious Sanitation

FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED

NOTED CUTTING BOARDS IN FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP CUTS AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SANITIZE AND RESTORE TO SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

Serious Sanitation

NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

NOTED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH KITCHEN FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.

Minor Sanitation

TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED

NOTED NO LIDS ON RECEPTACLES IN BOTH UNISEX BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIDS AND MAINTAIN.

Minor Sanitation

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

NOTED BROKEN AND STAINED CEILING TILE IN LOBBY. STAINS ARE INDICATIVE OF A LEAK. INSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS ISSUE AND REPAIR AND REPLACE.

Minor Other

ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING

NOTED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

Minor Documentation & Training

ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED

NOTED NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.

APR 5

2023

PASS W/ CONDITIONS 7 violations

Serious Food Temperature

PROPER COOLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE

NOTED APPROXIMATELY 5 LBS SHREDDED STEAK IN A 4" INCH DEEP METAL PAN WITH A METAL LID INSIDE THE COOKS LINE PREP COOLER AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE RANGING BETWEEN 55.4F TO 58.5F. MANAGER STATES THE PRODUCT WAS RECENTLY PREPARED AND COOLED.NO TEMPERATURE COOLING LOGS ON SITE. COOLER TEMPERATURE NOTED AT 38.1F. REVIEWED PROPER COOLING METHODS FOR PREPARED TCS FOODS. FOOD DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.

Serious Food Temperature

PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES

ASSORTED MAYONNAISE BASED DRESSINGS AND SAUCES SUCH AS PARMESAN WING SAUCE AND RANCH DRESSING HELD IN THE MENTIONED COOLER IN VIOLATION #33 NOTED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 61.7F. ALL SAUCES DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION. SEE THE ABOVE VIOLATION #20 FOR CITATION.

Minor Food Temperature

PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL

NOTED A COOKS LINE ONE DOOR REACH-IN COOLER UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE FOR ASSORTED MAYONNAISE BASED DRESSINGS AND SAUCES SUCH AS PARMESAN WING SAUCE AND RANCH DRESSING. COOLER TEMPERATURE NOTED AT 68.5F WITH DRESSING AT 61.7F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED, MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW AND C.D.P.H CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.

Minor Sanitation

WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED

WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.

Minor Sanitation

NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKS LINE EQUIPMENT WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE.----TABLE TOP CAN OPENER NOTED WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.

Serious Employee Hygiene

NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

ALL HAND WASHING SINKS WITH ACCUMULATED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON BASINS AND HANDLES.-----ALL SHELVING THROUGHOUT FACILITY WITH GREASE.-----ALL WHEEL CASTORS ON COOKS LINE EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.----MUST NOT USE PAPER AS A LINER FOR SHELVING THROUGHOUT OR CARDBOARD BOXES AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE COOLERS. MUST BE WASHABLE CONTAINERS. PLASTIC FOOD PREP INSTRUCTION CARDS MUST NOT BE ADHERED TO PREP SURFACES. PREP SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.

Minor Sanitation

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN

FLOORS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE FACILITY ALONG ALL BASEBOARDS, UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOLERS AND EQUIPMENT, UNDER ALL SINKS THE EXCESSIVE DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD ACCUMULATION.----WALL THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREAS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.----MISSING BASEBOARD WALL COVING TILE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FRONT PREP. MUST REPLACE.----POOLING LIQUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE REAR PREP AT THE METAL SAFE. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN DRY FLOORS.

OCT 29

2021

PASS · 0 violations

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