KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN.
1914 W 79TH ST · AUBURN GRESHAM, CHICAGO
Failed 3 of 8 inspections. 2 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
FEB 202020PASSED9 violationsDETAILS
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 4-501.11 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED WORN DOOR GASKETS ON CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER
Inspector Comments: Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM PREP TABLES,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER.WALK IN COOLER CARTS,FAN GUARD COVERS,EXTERIOR OF GARBAGE CANS,REACH IN FREEZER,UNUSED PREP COOLER,ICE DISPENSERS AT SODA MACHINES AND COUNTER TOP UNDERNEATH MACHINE IN DINING AREA,HOT HOLDING UNITS.
Inspector Comments: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT HAND SINK NEAR REAR DRIVE THRU AREA,SLOW DRAIN AT HAND SINK IN FRONT DRIVE THRU AREA.
Violation Codes: Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-501.114 Inspector Comments: MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN WALK IN COOLER STORAGE AREA.
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-501.13 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR DRAINS.MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP FROM FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER.
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-201.11 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM MOP SINK BASIN AND WALLS NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-201.13 Inspector Comments: MUST GROUT FLOOR IN MOP SINK BASIN IN REAR AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE FLOORING IN WALK IN FREEZER.MISSING AND DAMAGED WALL BASES IN CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER AND LOBBY AREA.MUST REMOVE TAPE FROM CORNER OF WALL IN LOBBY.
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-202.11 Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD AND BURNT OUT LIGHTS IN PREP AREAS.LOOSE LIGHT FIXTURES IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS
Inspector Comments: Violation Codes: 6-501.14 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FILTERS AND HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT
FEB 182020FAILED10 violationsDETAILS
Violation Codes: 4-501.11 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED WORN DOOR GASKETS ON CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER .
Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM PREP TABLES,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER.WALK IN COOLER CARTS,FAN GUARD COVERS,EXTERIOR OF GARBAGE CANS,REACH IN FREEZER,UNUSED PREP COOLER,ICE DISPENSERS AT SODA MACHINES AND COUNTER TOP UNDERNEATH MACHINE IN DINING AREA,HOT HOLDING UNITS.
Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT HAND SINK NEAR REAR DRIVE THRU AREA,SLOW DRAIN AT HAND SINK IN FRONT DRIVE THRU AREA.
Violation Codes: 6-501.13 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR DRAINS.MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP FROM FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER.
Violation Codes: 6-201.13 Inspector Comments: MUST GROUT FLOOR IN MOP SINK BASIN IN REAR AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE FLOORING IN WALK IN FREEZER.MISSING AND DAMAGED WALL BASES IN CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER AND LOBBY AREA.MUST REMOVE TAPE FROM CORNER OF WALL IN LOBBY.
Violation Codes: 6-201.11 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM MOP SINK BASIN AND WALLS NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
Violation Codes: 6-501.114 Inspector Comments: MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN WALK IN COOLER STORAGE AREA.
Violation Codes: 6-501.14 Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FILTERS AND HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT
Violation Codes: 6-202.11 Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD AND BURNT OUT LIGHTS IN PREP AREAS.LOOSE LIGHT FIXTURES IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS.
PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 2360143 2/7/20 NOT CORRECTED #49-THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. #55- WALLS AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD BUILD UP. -THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS IN THE WALK IN COOLERS AND THROUGH OUT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY 7-42-090)
FEB 72020FAILED11 violationsDETAILS
OBSERVED TOXIC SUBSTANCE NOT PROPERLY STORED.OBSERVED A PLASTIC SPRAY BOTTLE OF CHEMICAL SANITIZING SOLUTION SITTING ON COUNTER TOP AT OPEN AIR COLD HOLDING UNIT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS STORED INSIDE SUCH AS (COLE SLAW).MUST KEEP CHEMICALS SEPERATE FROM FOOD AT ALL TIMES.MANAGER REMOVED SPRAY BOTTLE FROM AREA.(COS)(PRIORITY 7-38-005)
OBSERVED WORN DOOR GASKETS ON CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER .
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM PREP TABLES,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER.WALK IN COOLER CARTS,FAN GUARD COVERS,EXTERIOR OF GARBAGE CANS,REACH IN FREEZER,UNUSED PREP COOLER,ICE DISPENSERS AT SODA MACHINES AND COUNTER TOP UNDERNEATH MACHINE IN DINING AREA,HOT HOLDING UNITS.
MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT HAND SINK NEAR REAR DRIVE THRU AREA,SLOW DRAIN AT HAND SINK IN FRONT DRIVE THRU AREA.
MUST GROUT FLOOR IN MOP SINK BASIN IN REAR AREA.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE FLOORING IN WALK IN FREEZER.MISSING AND DAMAGED WALL BASES IN CHICKEN WALK IN COOLER AND LOBBY AREA.MUST REMOVE TAPE FROM CORNER OF WALL IN LOBBY.
MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR DRAINS.MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP FROM FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM MOP SINK BASIN AND WALLS NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
MUST ELEVATE,REMOVE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN WALK IN COOLER STORAGE AREA.
MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FILTERS AND HOOD OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.
MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD AND BURNT OUT LIGHTS IN PREP AREAS.LOOSE LIGHT FIXTURES IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS.
PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 2261616 2/6/19 NOT CORRECTED #49-THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. #55- THE WALLS BEHIND THE STORAGE RACKS IN THE REAR ACROSS FROM THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HAS A BLACK SUBSTANCE ON IT. WALLS AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD BUILD UP. -THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS IN THE WALK IN COOLERS AND THROUGH OUT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090)
FEB 62019PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
THE WALLS BEHIND THE STORAGE RACKS IN THE REAR ACROSS FROM THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HAS A BLACK SUBSTANCE ON IT. WALLS AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH THICK GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD BUILD UP. -THE FLOORS UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE CORNERS IN THE WALK IN COOLERS AND THROUGH OUT WITH THICK ENCRUSTED GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT.
ALL FOOD HANDLERS ON SHIFT DID NOT HAVE PROOF THAT THEY MET IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE PROOF.
MAY 172018PASS W/ CONDITIONS4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED EXCESS QUANTITIES OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS SPILLING OUT OF THE OUTSIDE DUMPSTER, AND LITTERING THE FLOOR AROUND IT. THE GARBAGE WAS ALSO LITTERED THROUGHOUT THEIR SURROUNDING PARKING LOT. FACILITY CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION BY VOLUNTARILY CLEANING UP ALL DEBRIS AND GARBAGE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
OBSERVED EXCESS FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE WALLS AND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FRYER PREP AREA. OBSERVED A STICKY SUBSTANCE ON THE FLOOR, AND WALLS BY THE PREP AREA SODA MACHINE. OBSERVED EXCESS DEBRIS ON WALLS AND ALONG COVING UNDER THE EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. OBSERVED A FOUL MOLD-LIKE ODOR IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM NEXT TO THE WALK IN COOLER. OBSERVED VENT COVERS DIRTY THROUGHOUT FACILITY. OBSERVED DIRTY CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE DEBRIS, CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN AFFECTED AREAS. OBSERVED BROKEN AND MISSING CEILING IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR AND PROVIDE.
OBSERVED BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR.
OBSERVED SLOW DRAIN IN THE EXPOSED HAND SINK NEXT TO THE DRIVE THRU AREA. MUST REPAIR.
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MAR 82017PASSED5 violationsDETAILS
ALL WOODEN DOORS IN THE WASHROOMS MUST BE CLEAN AND/OR PAINTED. ALL WHITE PLASTIC SHELF LINERS ON ALL SHELVES MUST BE CLEANED OR REPLACED.
MUST CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, ALL STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT, SIDES AND INTERIORS OF THE DEEP FRYERS, OVENS, AND HOT HOLDING UNITS(HOT BOXES), COUNTER BEHIND THE POP DISPENSING UNIT IN DRIVE-THRU AREA. ALL PREP TABLES AND SHELVES UNDERNEATH WITH EXCESSIVE BUILD-UP PRESENT. CLEAN EXCESSIVE SPILAGE OF POP ON COUNTER BEHIND SELF-SERVICE POP DISPENSING UNIT IN DINING ROOM.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS OF FOOD PREP, STORAGE AND DISH WASHING AREAS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(DIRT, GREASE, AND FOOD DEBRIS OBSERVED).
CLEAN, PAINT, OR REPLACE: ALL CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT WHERE DIRT AND STAINS ARE PRESENT, ALL WALLS THROUGHOUT WERE DIRT, GREASE, AND DUST BUILD-UP ARE PRESENT, CLEAN DEBRIS AND DIRT FROM LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT.
MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED ON PREMISES.
FEB 272017FAILED8 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. BOTH GARBAGE DUMSPTERS FOUND WITH LIDS UP AND OVER FLOWING TRASH(INCLUDING BOXES THAT WERE NOT BROKEN DOWN) IN THE CONTAINERS. ALSO OBSERVED GREASE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE RECEPTACLE. ALL LIDS MUST BE KEPT CLOSED ON GARBAGE DUMSPTERS AND THE GREASE CONTAINER EXTERIOR MUST BE KEPT CLEAN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
ALL WOODEN DOORS IN THE WASHROOMS MUST BE CLEAN AND/OR PAINTED. ALL WHITE PLASTIC SHELF LINERS ON ALL SHELVES MUST BE CLEANED OR REPLACED.
MUST CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ALL COOLERS AND FREEZERS, 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, ALL STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT, SIDES AND INTERIORS OF THE DEEP FRYERS, OVENS, AND HOT HOLDING UNITS(HOT BOXES), COUNTER BEHIND THE POP DISPENSING UNIT IN DRIVE-THRU AREA. ALL PREP TABLES AND SHELVES UNDERNEATH WITH EXCESSIVE BUILD-UP PRESENT. CLEAN EXCESSIVE SPILAGE OF POP ON COUNTER BEHIND SELF-SERVICE POP DISPENSING UNIT IN DINING ROOM.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS OF FOOD PREP, STORAGE AND DISH WASHING AREAS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(DIRT, GREASE, AND FOOD DEBRIS OBSERVED).
CLEAN, PAINT, OR REPLACE: ALL CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT WHERE DIRT AND STAINS ARE PRESENT, ALL WALLS THROUGHOUT WERE DIRT, GREASE, AND DUST BUILD-UP ARE PRESENT, CLEAN DEBRIS AND DIRT FROM LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT WHERE PRESENT.
MUST PROVIDE A BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON FRESH WATER LINE OF THE POP DISPENSING UNIT IN DRIVE-THRU AREA.
MUST PROPERLY MAINTAIN REAR EMPLOYEE STORAGE AREA(ARTICLES STORED ALL OVER THE FLOOR). MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT STORED ON PREMISES.
ALL EMPLOYEES THAT FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF FOOD HANDLER AND ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST MEET IDPH REQUIREMENTS.
SEP 202016PASSED1 violationDETAILS
OBSERVED THE FLOOR UNDER THE PRESSURE COOKERS WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS, GROUT WORN DOWN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES AT THE MOP SINK AND UNDER/IN FRONT OF THE 3 COMPARTMNT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FLOORS AND PROVIDE GROUT BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES.
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