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10556 S INDIANAPOLIS AVE · SOUTH CHICAGO, CHICAGO
Failed 4 of 16 inspections. 9 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
MAR 272024PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
BSERVED FOOD DEBRIS, SPILLS AND GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS, HOLDING UNITS, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOLERS, FREEEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS AND DUST BUILDUP ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS AND ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, DISH WASHING, WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
MAR 202024FAILED7 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH VALID CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE PERSON IN CHARGE DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
OBSERVED NO CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN TCS FOOD (CHICKEN 159.7F) PREPARED AND SERVED. A CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AND VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED AT ALL TIMES TCS FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
OBSERVED OVER 30 MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON FLOOR ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS BEHIND SODA DISPENSER UNITS IN PREP AREA, 20 MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON FLOOR ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN OFFICE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALL AN EXTERMINATOR FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED
OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS, SPILLS AND GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS, HOLDING UNITS, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOLERS, FREEEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS AND DUST BUILDUP ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS AND ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, DISH WASHING, WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.
FEB 72024FAILED3 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED HOT WATER ABOVE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 120F AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN MEN WASHROOM (134.7F) AND WOMEN WASHROOM (132.8F). INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MAINTAIN HOT WATER AT 100F-120F AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, HOLDIING UNITS, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS, AND INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS IN PREP, DISH WASHING AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
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JAN 192023FAILED6 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
STILL OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 60 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS IN VARIOUS AREAS SUCH AS ON FLOOR AT SERVICE COUNTER AND MOTOR,DINING AREA UNDER CHAIR,DRIVE-THRU SODA COUNTER AND ON FLOOR IN SAME AREA,INSIDE OF FRYER CABINET,ON FLOOR UNDER CHICKEN PREP TABLE,UNDER REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE SHELF ,SODA CADDY AND MEN'S TOILET ROOM.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS,MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 1/19/23.(PRIORITY 7-38-020(A)
Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE ,FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS & WHEEL BASES, LEDGES OF ALL EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER,COMPRESSOR UNIT AND FAN GUARDS IN WALK IN COOLER,REACH IN COOLER AND FREEZERS.
Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE SEVERAL SMALL HOLES IN LOWER WALL BASES THROUGHOUT, AND GAPS IN BETWEEN FLOOR AND WALL BASES IN REAR STORAGE AREA .MUST GROUT FLOOR NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT AND WHERE NEEDED.
Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE,FLOUR AND FOOD SPLATTER FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES AND WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER.
Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE,FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER AND FLOOR DRAINS WHERE NEEDED.
Inspector Comments: OBSERVED LOW LIGHTING THROUGHOUT DISH AREA,REAR STORAGE/ELECTRICAL AREAS,WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
JAN 122023FAILED12 violations3 CRITICALDETAILS
OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010)(CITATION ISSUED)
OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)(CITATION ISSUED)
OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER FOR WALK IN COOLER MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED AN INFESTATION OF APPX. 500 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT PREMISES SUCH AS MIXED IN WITH GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP ALONG WALL BASES BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT,MOTORS AT SODA MACHINES FOR DRIVE-THRU AND SELF SERVICE,SERVICE COUNTER,ALONG WALL BASES AND EVERY CORNER OF PREP TABLES, SODA SUPPLY CADDY,3- COMPARTMENT SINK,ON LEDGE OF PREP TABLE,WALL OUTLETS ,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,ON TOPSIDE OF BAIT BOX UNDER PREP TABLE,DINING AREA AT BOOTH SEATS,GARBAGE CORRAL IN DINING AREA,IN MEN'S & WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM,ON LEDGES IN BETWEEN COOLER AND EQUIPMENT,CHEMICAL STORAGE CLOSET ON FLOOR AND ON TOP OF ARTICLES IN SAME,DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA AND ELECTRICAL.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS .MUST HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 1/12/23.(PRIORITY 7-38-020(A)(CITATION ISSUED)
MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE MISSING DOOR HANDLES ON HOT HOLDING UNITS.
MUST REMOVE RUST FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE ,FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF FRYERS & WHEEL BASES, LEDGES OF ALL EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES,PIPES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,SHELVING UNITS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER,COMPRESSOR UNIT AND FAN GUARDS IN WALK IN COOLER,REACH IN COOLER AND FREEZERS.
MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED & MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER,LOOSE AND DAMAGED WALL BASES AND PANELS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING COOLER & FREEZER.SEVERAL SMALL HOLES IN LOWER WALL BASES THROUGHOUT, AND GAPS IN BETWEEN FLOOR AND WALL BASES IN REAR STORAGE AREA .MUST GROUT FLOOR NEAR COOKING EQUIPMENT AND WHERE NEEDED.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE,FLOUR AND FOOD SPLATTER FROM WALLS THROUGHOUT PREMISES AND WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER.
MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE,FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT PREMISES INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER AND FLOOR DRAINS WHERE NEEDED.
OBSERVED LOW LIGHTING THROUGHOUT DISH AREA,REAR STORAGE/ELECTRICAL AREAS,WALK IN COOLER & FREEZER MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED MISSING AND EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
OCT 252021PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND ICE BUILDUP ON THE FLOOR OF THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST REMOVE EXCESS ICE, DETAIL CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE LOBBY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE STAINED CEILING TILES.
OBSERVED A FLICKERING LIGHT IN THE LOBBY. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE LIGHTING BULB FOR ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
AUG 122020PASS W/ CONDITIONS4 violationsDETAILS
OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS AND HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED MISSING GROUT ON FLOOR TILES IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO GROUT FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2294126 ON 6-24-19:58-OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
JUN 242019PASS W/ CONDITIONS4 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
2-501.11 OBSERVED NO ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE (*SUPPLIES LISTED ON VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL SUPPLIES LISTED ON THE VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
6-501.13 OBSERVED FLOORS THRU OUT WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS.
2-102.13 OBSERVED ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
MAY 142018PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR BOTTOMS OF THE FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS AND INTERIORS OF HOT HOLDING UNITS AT BOTTOM.
MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDERNEATH AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER THREE COMP SINK, UNDER STORAGE SHELVES IN REAR AND IN UTILITY SINK AREA AND INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED MISSING OR CRACKED FLOOR TILE IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, ON THE FLOOR BY THE FRYERS AND ONE BY THE MIXER NEAR THE UTILITY SINK AREA; REPLACE ALL FLOOR TILE WHERE NEEDED AND GROUT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAINS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: MOP SINK AREA, BY DRIVE THRU BEVERAGE STATION, UNDER HOT HOLDING STATION AND BY HANDSINK.
OBSERVED SOME WATER STAINED CEILING TILE IN THE DINING AREA; REPLACE CEILING TILE WHERE NEEDED IN DINING AREA.
APR 72017PASSED4 violationsDETAILS
MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT OF GREASE BUILD-UP,ESPECIALLY BOTTOM COMPARTMENTS OF DEEP FRYERS,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
MUST CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
MUST CLEAN WALLS IN THE DISHWASHING AREA,ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOP SINK,HAS DIRT BUILD-UP,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA
MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
NOV 182016PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
FLOORS AND FLOOR DRAINS NEED DETAIL CLEANING THROUGH OUT REAR PREP AREA TO REMOVE GREASE,SPILLS AND DEBRIS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE WALLS AND PIPING BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND DEBRIS.
MAR 162016PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
FLOORS DIRTY IN THE REAR PREP AREA AND INSIDE THE STORAGE CLOSET IN THE HALLWAY NEXT TO RESTROOMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
NOTED A FEW CEILING TILES IN THE DINING AREA IN POOR REPAIR (WATER STAINED). MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. ALSO NOTED THE WEATHER STRIP AT THE REAR EXIT DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. INTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
NOTED CLUTTER IN THE STORAGE CLOSET IN THE HALLWAY NEXT TO THE RESTROOM. MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS AND ORGANIZE THE REST TO PREVENT HARBORAGE.
OCT 22015PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
CLEAN ALL DEEP FRYERS OF GREASE BUILD-UP,ESPECIALLY INSIDE COMPARTMENTS OF DEEP FRYERS,INSTRUUCTTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAINEQUIPMENT
CLEAN FLOORS IN REAR AND INSIDE STORAGE CLOSET NEXT TO WASHROOM,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
NOV 42013PASSED3 violationsDETAILS
INTERIOR CABINETS UNDER POP MACHINE NOT CLEAN.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAINED.
PREP AREA FLOOR THRU-OUT IN POOR REPAIR,IE NEED RE-GROUTING THRU OUT KITCHEN,COOKING,REAR AND DISH WASHING ROOM AREA.FOOD,GREASE AND WATER TRAPPED IN FLOOR AREAS.MUST REPAIR ENTIRE FLOOR.ALSO BASEBOARDS IN POOR REPAIR IN SEVERAL AREAS,DISH,PREP ETC.MUST REPAIR/SEAL.
FAUCET OF 3- COMP SINK LEAKY AT HEAD OF FAUCET ON RIGHT OF SINK.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.
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