HONG KONG DELIGHT III, INC.
1238 S CANAL ST · WEST LOOP, CHICAGO
Failed 4 of 15 inspections. 7 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
JAN 232015PASSED5 violationsDETAILS
ALL COOKED AND PREPARED FOODS TAKEN OUT OF ORIGINAL CONTAINERS STORED OVER 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED.
: ALL PLASTIC FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE CLEANED, MUST BE REPLACED. ALL UNCOVERED FOODS STORED IN WALK-IN FREEZER AND COOLER IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE CONTAINERS OR BAGS.
CLEAN GREASY FILTERS ABOVE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA. REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT
DIRTY MOP HEAD IN REAR UTILITY ROOM MUST EITHER BE CLEANED OR REPLACED. ALL MOPS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED UPRIGHT WHEN NOT ON USE TO AIR DRY TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training. All food handlers Must show proof of certification. minor 7-38-010(a)
JAN 152015FAILED12 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
EVIDENCE OF RODENTS OBSERVED ON PREMISES. 10 RAT DROPPINGS OBSERVED ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH STOCK NEAR REAR EXIT DOOR, AND 2 FOUND ON FLOOR IN DISHWASHING AREA BEHIND ELEVATED BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, SEAL ALL OPENINGS FOUND IN WALLS, FLOORS, CEILINGS AND REQUEST ANOTHER VISIT FROM PEST CONTROL COMPANY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOTED 6-19-14 ON REPORT# 1467343 NOT CORRECTED: -33-MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, SINKS AND PREP SURFACES(PREP TABLES, REFFRIGERATED PREP COOLER, EXTERIOR OF GRAVY HOLDING UNIT, ALL DISHWASHING AND PREP SINKS). DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.-34-MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS(EXCESSIVE DIRT, FOOD AND DEBRIS THROUGHOUT, ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE IN THE UTILITY ROOM).-35-MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS(DIRT, FODD SPLATTERS, STAINS AND HARD WATER STAINS PRESENT).-43-MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL ICE SCOOPS(ICE SCOOP FOR LARGE ICE MACHINE IN REAR STORED IN A DIRTY BOWL UNCOVERED ON TOP OF UNIT). NON COMPLIANCE VIOLATION 7-42-090.
ALL COOKED AND PREPARED FOODS TAKEN OUT OF ORIGINAL CONTAINERS STORED OVER 24 HOURS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED.
ALL PLASTIC FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE CLEANED, MUST BE REPLACED. ALL UNCOVERED FOODS STORED IN WALK-IN FREEZER AND COOLER IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN FOOD GRADE STORAGE CONTAINERS OR BAGS.
CLEAN THE EXTERIORS OF ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN DISHWASHING AREA, LARGE ICE SCOOP, AND BOWL ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE
SEE VIOLATION #29
SEE VIOLATION #29.
SEE VIOLATION #29.
CLEAN GREASY FILTERS ABOVE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA. REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT.
DIRTY MOP HEAD IN REAR UTILITY ROOM MUST EITHER BE CLEANED OR REPLACED. ALL MOPS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED UPRIGHT WHEN NOT ON USE TO AIR DRY TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
SEE VIOLATION #29.
Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training. All food handlers Must show proof of certification. minor 7-38-010(a)
AUG 252014PASS W/ CONDITIONS5 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
REFRIGERATED FOOD STORAGE FACILITIES AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED LARGE PREP COOLER AT 51.2 DEGREES F. MUST REPAIR OR ADJUST COOLER AND MAINTAIN AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,SINKS AND PREP SURFACES. DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL ICE SCOOPS.
AUG 112014PASS W/ CONDITIONS6 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
REFRIGERATED FOOD STORAGE FACILITIES AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED LARGE PREP COOLER AT 58 DEGREES F. MUST REPAIR OR ADJUST COOLER AND MAINTAIN AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 35 LBS OF COOKED RICE,COOKED SHRIMP, COOKED CHICKEN, COOKED BEEF,RAW EGGS AND CRAB AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 53.5-74 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW OR 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,SINKS AND PREP SURFACES. DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL ICE SCOOPS.
JUL 12014PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,SINKS AND PREP SURFACES. DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL ICE SCOOPS.
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JUN 192014FAILED7 violationsDETAILS
FOOD AND FOOD CONTACT SURFACES NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED. NOTED IMPROPER STORAGE OF RAW FISH ABOVE READY TO EAT LETTUCE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS ABOVE RAW FOOD PRODUCTS. ALSO OBSERVED EMPLOYEE EMPTY A BUCKET OF DIRTY WASTE WATER INTO THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE TO PROPERLY SANITIZE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND TO EMPTY DIRTY WATER INTO THE MOP SINK. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A
DISHWASHING FACILITIES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NOTED WATER OVERFLOWING FROM THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK OPEN SITE DRAIN WHEN WATER DRAINED FROM THE SINK BASIN. MUST REPAIR FOR PROPER WASTE WATER DISPOSAL. ALSO,THE DRAIN PIPE UNDER THE 1 COMPARTMENT SINK COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED AND DRAINING INTO A BUCKET. MUST REPAIR FOR PROPER WASTE WATER DISPOSAL. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
TOILET FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYEES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. TOILET IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM NOT FLUSHING PROPERLY. TOILET BOWL HANDLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND TOILET DRAINING SLOWLY. MUST REPLACE OR REPAIR TOILET SO THAT IT FLUSHES PROPERLY. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,SINKS AND PREP SURFACES. DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO STORE ALL ICE SCOOPS.
MAR 182014FAILED9 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
FOUL SEWAGE SMELL COMING FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK/GREASE TRAP AREA. FLOOR DRAIN NOT SEALED LEAKING AT SIDE OF DRAIN CUP. MUST CORRECT AND REMOVE ODOR.
MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS.
MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL KNIVES AND MULTI USE ITEMS. (DO NOT STORE BETWEEN THE WALL AND COOLER.)ALSO CLEAN AND SANITIZE CONDIMENT CONTAINERS,ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS AND CAN OPENER.
MUST SEAL RAW WOOD ON TOP AND UNDERNEATH FRONT PREP TABLE. REPAIR BROKEN PANEL ON INTERIOR OF REAR PREP COOLER. SEAL SMALL OPENING ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THE HOODS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLERS,PREP TABLES,SHELVES AND SINKS. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE GREASE AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL LIGHT SHIELDS AS NEEDED AND REMOVE DEBRIS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN CUTTING BOARDS
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES,SINKS, ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE.
MUST REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
MUST REPAIR SLOW DRAIN AT THE REAR WASHROOM WASHBOWL AND AT THE FRONT PREP AREA HAND SINK.
MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL SOILED WASH CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
MAR 132014FAILED10 violations2 CRITICALDETAILS
TOILET FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYEES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NOTED TOILET BROKEN AND DISCONNECTED. EMPLOYEES COMPLETELY UNABLE TO USE TOILET FACILITIES ON SITE. MUST REPAIR TOILET AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYEES.
REAR EXIT DOOR NOT RODENT PROOF. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 INCH GAP ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR. MUST REPAIR DOOR AND MAKE INSECT AND RODENT PROOF. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS.
MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL KNIVES AND MULTI USE ITEMS. (DO NOT STORE BETWEEN THE WALL AND COOLER.)ALSO CLEAN AND SANITIZE CONDIMENT CONTAINERS,ALL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS AND CAN OPENER.
MUST SEAL RAW WOOD ON TOP AND UNDERNEATH FRONT PREP TABLE. REPAIR BROKEN PANEL ON INTERIOR OF REAR PREP COOLER. SEAL SMALL OPENING ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS, ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THE HOODS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLERS,PREP TABLES,SHELVES AND SINKS. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE GREASE AND OTHER FOOD DEBRIS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL LIGHT SHIELDS AS NEEDED AND REMOVE DEBRIS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN CUTTING BOARDS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES,SINKS, ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE.
MUST REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS.
MUST REPAIR SLOW DRAIN AT THE REAR WASHROOM WASHBOWL AND AT THE FRONT PREP AREA HAND SINK.
MUST PROPERLY STORE ALL SOILED WASH CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
FEB 202013PASSED6 violationsDETAILS
MUST USE FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS FOR FOOD STORAGE. CAN NOT USE ORIGINAL CANS. ALSO MUST LABEL PRECOOKED AND PREPARED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS.
MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL SERVICE COOLERS TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS.
FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE,SPILLS AND DEBRIS FROM AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
NOTED DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN FRONT DINING AREA. MUST REPLACE.
NOTED MISSING LIGHT SHIELD INSIDE WALK IN COOLER. MUST REPLACE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FILTERS AND HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DUST.
MAY 72012PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
MUST STORE FOOD NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS IN FOOD GRADE BAGS PROPERLY LABELED AT ALL TIMES.
MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS AT FRONT SERVICE AREA AND AT KTICHEN TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS FROM SHELVING. MUST CLEAN EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS AT KITCHEN TO REMOVE EXCESS GREASE BUILD-UP.
MUST CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
MUST PROPERLY STORE WASH CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION AT ALL TIMES.
DEC 212011PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
FLOORS THRU-OUT THE MOP/BOILER ROOM, BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT & UNDER PREP TABLE, MUST BE FREE OF HEAVY FOOD DEBRIS/DIRT. The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.
MISSING CEILING TILES BY THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE REPLACED. ANY DUSTY/FOOD-STAINED WALLS AROUND SINKS OR PREP TABLES MUST BE KEPT CLEAN. The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.
OCT 72011PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. THE CAN OPENER AND WALK IN COOLER FLOOR ARE DIRTY, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT CLEAN AND SANITARY.
The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. THE FLOORS HAVE GREASE BUILDUP UNDER THE SINK AND WOK AREAS, CLEAN THE FLOORS IN DETAIL FROM CORNER TO CORNER.
The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. THE CEILING HAS OPEN TILES, REPLACE THE CEILING TILES SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND SANITARY.
THE WOK LINE DRAIN IS DIRTY, CLEAN THE DRAINS.
AUG 52010PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. Clean and sanitize the ice machine inside and out.
The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. Replace the soiled ceiling tiles in the dining room.
Clean and maintain the rear sink drain area clean and free of buildup.
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