Los Altos

FOUND A LARGE POT OF COOKED BEANS AT 95.4 DEGREES. POT HAS BEEN SITTING OUT ALL NIGHT COOLING PER MANAGER. BEANS ARE BEING DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. TOTAL VALUE $150.00 60 POUNDS CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE.

HAND WASH SINK IN REAR PREP IN POOR REPAIR. NO WATER AVAILABLE TO WASH HANDS IN REAR PREP AREA. FOOD HANDLER TURNED WATER ON AT SHUT OFF VALVES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED HANDWASHING FACILITIES NOT MAINTAINED.

OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OPEN AND OVERFLOWING WITH GARBAGE AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CONTACT GARBAGE COMPANY FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020 CITATION ISSUED OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED.

WOMENS TOILET ROOM IN UNSANITARY CONDITION AT THIS TIME. FOUND FECES ON TOILET SEAT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE TOILET ROOM. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030 CITATION ISSUED TOILET ROOMS NOT MAINTAINED.

CUTTING BOARDS IN NEED OF REPLACING. WORN WITH DEEP CUTS AND DISCOLORED. FOOD GRADE BAGS MUST BE USED TO STORE FOOD PRODUCTS. MUST PROVIDE.

THE FOLLOWING IN NEED OF CLEANING: ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE SHELVES, PREP TABLES, FLAT TOP GRILL, INTERIOR OR REACH IN FREEZERS/COOLERS TO REMOVE ALL BUILD OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

FLOORS THROUGH OUT PREMISES: FRONT PREP, REAR PREP, AND WALK IN COOLER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILL AND BUILD UP. MUST REMOVE MULTI USE UTENSILS FROM FLOOR.

WALLS AT FRONT PREP AREA WITH HOLES THAT NEED TO BE SEALED. WALLS AT COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. STAINED CEILING TILES IN NEED OF REPLACING. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

MUST ADD LIGHTING TO WALK IN COOLER TO BETTER SEE AND CLEAN. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

VENTILATION NEEDED IN WASHROOMS. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.

PREP COOLER IN USE IN POOR REPAIR, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 54.1F. UNIT TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND INSTD NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND ABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. INSTD TO CONTACT HEALTH DEPT TO REQUEST REINSPECTION OF UNIT PRIOR TO USING. INSTD TO UTILIZE OTHER REFRIGERATION ON SITE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL.

STEAK (51.9F) AND BEEF TONGUE (50.9) AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN PREP COOLER. INSTD TO MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MGR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAME. APPROX 5LBS. VALUE $50. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL.

EXPOSED HANDSINK IN REAR PREP AREA NOT MAINTAINED, UNABLE TO DRAIN. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME AND UTILIZE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN FRONT AREA UNTIL REPAIRED. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 CRITICAL.

LIVE FLIES NOTED (0VER 15) NOTED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF PREMISES. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME. MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED (APPROX 20) IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.

OUTSIDE AREA NEAR GARBAGE AND STORAGE AREA NOT CLEAN OR MAINTAINED. NOTED EXCESSIVE FLIES (OVER 30) AND STANDING WASTE WATER ON SURROUNDING GROUND. EMPLOYEES ARE DISPOSING WASTE WATER FROM MOPPING ONTO SURROUNDING GROUND. INSTD TO AREA CLEAN, DRY, AND ELIMINATE FLIES. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.

3-COMPARTMENT SINK NOT MAINTAINED, LEAKING AT PIPE UNDERNEATH, FAUCET ABOVE (WRAPPED WITH PLASTIC), AND AT TOP COVER AT GREASE INTERCEPTOR. GREASE INTERCEPTOR ALSO RUSTED. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME, SO AS TO BE PROPERLY DESIGNED, MAINAINTED AND WITHOUT LEAKS. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 SERIOUS.

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 2/14/12 (670429) NOT CORRECTED: 32- CUTTING BOARDS WITH OPEN SEAMS, DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPLACE SAME. CARDBOARD LINING ON STORAGE SHELF. REMOVE SAME. RUSTY SURFACES ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES. REMOVE RUST. 33-ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT NOT CLEAN INCLUDING: FLAT TOP GRILL, BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES, INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS, LEGS, WHEELS OF ALL EQUIPMENT, SHELVING UNITS, FRYERS, MEAT SLICER, COUNTERTOP UNDERNEATH MEAT SLIDER, AND MICROWAVE. INSTD TO CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. 34-FLOOR TILES MISSING IN REAR PREP AREA. REPLACE SAME. FLOOR UNDER COOKING LINE WITH EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. 35- INTERIOR OF HOOD WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE/DUST. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. EXTERIOR/INTERIOR OF WALK-IN COOLER DOOR, REAR EXIT DOOR, AND WALLS THRU-OUT REAR PREP AREA NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN. LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME. STAINED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT. REPLACE SAME. 38-PROVIDE PROPER STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. PROVIDE SPLASHGUARD INBETWEEN EXPOSED HANDSINK AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090 SERIOUS.

DRY STORAGE CONTAINER LIDS IN POOR REPAIR, CRACKED, AND MISSING. INSTD TO REPLACE SAME. GROCERY BAGS BEING USED TO STORE FOOD IN COOLERS/FREEZERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.

EXTERIOR OF DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS, TRASH RECEPTACLES, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF FREEZERS/COOLERS, WIRE RACKS, INTERIOR OF CABINETS OF FLAT TOP GRILL IN FRONT PREP AREA, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF REAR UNUSED COOLER NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN.

FLOOR IN REAR BY EXIT DOOR WITH SOME STANDING WATER. INSTD TO KEEP CLEAN AND DRY. INSTD TO HAVE FLOOR WITH SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. FLOOR UNDER AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME.

REPLACE MISSING VENT COVERS THRU-OUT. WALLS THRU-OUT FRONT PREP AREA NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. CLEAN SAME AND PAINT IF NEEDED AFTER CLEANING SAME.

REPLACE MISSING LIGHTSHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA.

PROVIDE THERMOMETER IN FRONT PREP COOLER.

CLUTTER/UNUSED EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT BASEMENT, UNABLE TO ACCESS ALL AREAS. INSTD TO REMOVE ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE AREA.

INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER DRY STORAGE AND ICE DISPENSING UTENSILS AND STORE PROPERLY.

All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. FOUND 75LBS OF BEANS IN LARGE POT INSIDE WALK IN COOLER MAINTAINED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 119F,PREPARED 6/16/2011,TEMPERATURE ABUSE. HOWEVER AIR TEMPERATURE OF COOLER 40F. OWNER DISPOSED OF BEANS. COST $120.00. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40F OR LESS.

When toilet and lavatory facilities are provided for the patrons of food establishments, such facilities shall be adequate in number, convenient, accessible, properly designed, and installed according to the municipal code. INADEQUATE HAND WASHING FACILITIES IN WASHROOM IE-FAUCET HANDLES OF HAND SINK IN LADIES WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR. CANNOT STAY OPEN WITHOUT HELP FOM ANOTHER PARTY. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.

All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF DEEP FRYER IN REAR.

The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM FLOORS IN REAR PREP AND BASEMENT. ELEVATE STORAGE OFF FLOORS IN BOTH AREAS.

The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. MUST REPLACE SOILED CEILING TILES IN REAR PREP AREA.

All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. MUST INSTALL LIGHT SHIELDS ON LIGHT IN FRONT PREP AREA. ALSO INSTALL ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN WIC.

The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. LEAKY PIPE UNDER MIDDLE COMP OF 3-COMP SINK. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE.