KIMURA SUSHI.

Chicago Health Dept

1422 W TAYLOR ST · WEST LOOP, CHICAGO

Last inspected 2017.

4 inspections on record since 2016 · Last inspected Jul 2017.

Last inspected Jul 2017. Records may not reflect current conditions.

THE NUMBERS

INSPECTIONS
4
VIOLATIONS
14
total on record
LAST INSPECTED
JUL 2017

INSPECTION HISTORY

JUL 21
2017
PASS W/ CONDITIONS 0 violations
JUL 14
2017
FAIL 8 violations 3 CRITICAL
Critical Food Temperature
FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE

PREP COOLER IN POOR REPAIR, NOT MAINTAINING COLD TEMPS 40'F AND BELOW, COOLER READING 50'F, ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO HAVE REPAIR, AND MAINTAIN TEMPS 40'F AND BELOW, COOLER TAGGED, INSTRUCTED TO RESTRICT USE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS, CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)

Critical Food Temperature
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE

OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN, CHEESE, EGGS (5) DOZEN, SWEET POTATOES, SPRING ROLLS, ALL AT IMPROPER TEMP, READING 50-60'F, APPROX., 20 POUNDS TOTAL, ALL PRODUCT DUMPED AND DENATURED AT A COST OF $150.00, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD FOODS 40'F AND BELOW, CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030

Critical Employee Hygiene
ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED

EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR HAND WASHING, POTS BEING STORED INSIDE SINK, INSTRUCTED TO RESTRICT STORING POTS, PANS OR UTENSILS INSIDE SINK, CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030

Serious Other
DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED

THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR, SINK BACKING UP FROM MIDDLE SINK INTO OTHER COMPARTMENTS WHEN WASTEWATER IS DRAINING, SINK NOT BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-030

Minor Sanitation
FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS

COOKING EQUIPMENT AND VENTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,

Minor Sanitation
FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED

FLOORS NOT CLEAN UNDER AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT, THROUGHOUT PREMISES, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DAILY,

Minor Sanitation
PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED

CLUTTER IN ALL STORAGE AREAS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND BETTER ORGANIZE,

Minor Documentation & Training
FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET

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.

OCT 18
2016
PASS · 0 violations
SEP 28
2016
FAIL 6 violations 3 CRITICAL
Critical Food Temperature
FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE

SUSHI REFIGERATED CASES NOT ON. INSTD TO BE ON AND MAINTAIN 40F OR BELOW.

Critical Other
WATER SOURCE: SAFE, HOT & COLD UNDER CITY PRESSURE

NO HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ANY SINKS. INSTD TO PROVIDE.

Critical Other
ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED

EXPOSED HANDSINK IMPROPERLY DRAINING, STANDING WATER IN BASIN. INSTD TO REPAIR PROPERLY.

Minor Sanitation
FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED

RUSTY SURFACES ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST. RAW WOOD STORAGE UNIT UNDER FRONT COUNTER LINE. INSTD TO SEAL RAW WOOD.

Minor Sanitation
WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS

WALL BASE IN POOR REPAIR UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME SO AS TO BE A SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.

Minor Facility Condition
LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED

LIGHTSHIELDS MISSING IN PREP AREA. PROVIDE SAME.

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