LOTUS CAFE & BANH MI SANDWICHES.

INSTRUCTED TO LABEL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY.

THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY WRITTEN BY THE ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT HAVE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION AND THERE IS NO VERIFCATION OF EMPLOYEES SIGNING FORMS OR OTHER VERIFICATION OF TRAINING; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 ISSUED.

FOUND A PROCEDURE ON PREMISES BUT NO SUPPLIES AS REQUIRED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL REQUIRED NECESSARY SUPPLIES MUST BE OBTAINED AND MAINTAINED ON PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENTS. ADDITIONAL TIME GRANTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.

INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE GREASE.

INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR AROUND AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN CEILING VENTILATION FANS IN BOTH WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST BUILD UP.

NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED

2-501.11 NO CLEAN-UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN-UP PROCEDURE AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

All WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

RUBBER GASKETS IN POOR REPAIR ON REACH IN COOLERS. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO PROPERLY MEASURE SANITIZER FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MANAGER QUICKLY OBTAIN STRIPS FROM ANOTHER LOCATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.

ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

ALL NON FOOD SHELVES FOR STORAGE AND CUSTOMER SPACES IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

LEAK AT PTRAP AT HAND SINK AT FRONT COUNTER NEAR ICE MACHINE. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS AND WALLS IN DINING AREA AND REAR PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD AND DEBRIS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

LIGHTS IN REAR PREP AREA IN NEED OF REPLACING AND SHEILDS CORRECTED. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

PA 100-0367 THE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER DID NOT HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING

MUST PAINT OR STAIN RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN REAR STORAGE AREA.

MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM FLOORS UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND IN CORNERS THROUGHOUT BOTH PREP AREAS.

MUST REPAIR PEELING PAINT ON WALLS THROUGHOUT DINING AREA, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. ALSO, CLEAN DUST ACCUMULATION FROM CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES.

MUST REPAIR DETACHED LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR PREP AREA. ALSO, REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHTS IN SAID AREA.

OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING FOOD.

OBSERVED COOLER GASKETS, IN FRONT SERVICE AREA WITH FOOD AND DEBRIS. ALSO OBSERVED RIGHT COOLER GASKET IN NEED OF REPAIR. INSTRD MANAGER TO CLEAN, REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

OBSERVED INDUSTRIAL FOOD PEELER IN REAR STORAGE AREA WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR AREAS. INSTRCD MANAGER TO CLEAN, MAINTAIN AND COVER DUE TO STORAGE IN REAR AREA.

SMALL DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTD TO PROPERLY LABEL.

MISSING DOOR HANDLE ON UPRIGHT 2 DOOR COOLER. REPLACE HANDLE.

INTERIOR OF HOOD AND FILTERS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

3-COMPARTMENT SINK SLOW DRAINING. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

FRONT EXPOSED HANDSINK NOT MAINTAINED, PLUMBING DISCONNECTED UNDERNEATH, WATER DRAINING INTO BUCKET. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME AND UTILIZE REAR EXPOSED HANDSINK UNTIL REPAIRED. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 CRITICAL.

FRONT DOUBLE ENTRANCE DOORS NOT RODENT PROOF, APPROX 1 INCH GAP NOTED AT BOTTOM INBETWEEN DOORS. INSTD TO RODENT PROOF DOORS SO AS TO BE TIGHT FITTING. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.

FLOOR IN CORNERS AND ALONG WALLBASE NEED DETAILED CLEANING, FREE OF DEBRIS.

MISSING OUTLET COVER AT WALL IN DINING ROOM, LARGE HOLE. INSTD TO REPAIR HOLE/PROVIDE OUTLET COVER.

MISSING METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PROVIDE SAME.

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.

POTENTIALLY HAZRDOUS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. SPRING ROLLS-60.5F, SHRIMP SPRING ROLLS-51.1F, FRIED TOFU-57.7F, PORK EGG ROLLS-70-3F, AND REFRIGERATED TOFU-60.4F. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST STORED AND/OR HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW COLD, HELD AT 140 DEGREES OR ABOVE HOT, AND/OR COOLED IN SHALLOW CONTAINERS WITHIN 6 HOURS(140-70F IN 2 HOURS AND FROM 70-40F IN 4 HOURS) UNDER REFRIGERATION OF 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION-7-38-005(A).

IMPROPER PEST CONTROL NOTED ON PREMISES. 25 MICE DROPPINGS FOUND ON FLOOR INSIDE HOT WATER TANK CLOSET ADJACENT TO REAR FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, SEAL UP ALL OPENINGS FOUND AND ALLOW PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN ACCESS TO SERVICE AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.

NO CERTIFIED MGR. ON PREMISES AT THE START OF THEIS INVESITIGATION WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED(SPRING EGG ROLLS, STEAK SANWICHES, TOFU). SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012(A)

ALL COOKED AND/OR PREPARED FOODS STORED IN COOLERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED AND DATED IF HELD OVER 24 HOURS.

CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF SMALL TOASTER OVEN IN FRONT PREP AREA.

DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL FOOD PREP, STORAGE CLOSET, AND STORAGE AREAS ALONG ALL BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(DIRT, DEBRIS, DROPPINGS).

CLEAN DIRT BUILD-UP FROM CEILING TILES IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN ALL DEBRIS AND DIRT FROM ALL LIGHT SHIELDS THROUGHOUT. CLEAN AND/OR PAINT EXTERIOR OF DOOR TO HOT WATER TANK CLOSET. CLEAN ALL DUST BUILD-UP FROM ALL CEILING VENTS. CLEAN GREASY BUILD-UP FROM HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN BOTTOM INTERIOR SHELF OF PLASTIC STORAGE BIN IN REAR OUTSIDE HALLWAY WHERE CORNSTARCH IS STORED.

ALL EMPLOYEES,REGARDLESS OF TITLE, HANDLING OPEN FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.

ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED INSIDE LARGE ICE MACHINE IN REAR, MUST STORE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.

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.

MUST PROPERLY LABEL ALL COOKED FOOD ITEMS.

MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES AND SINKS. DETAIL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF GARBAGE CANS IN PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.

MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER SINKS, ALONG WALLS AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.

MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS AND THE DOOR TO THE HOT WATER TANK CLOSET ADJACENT TO THE MAIN PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE EXCESSIVE FOOD SPILLS.

MUST PROVIDE SANITARY CONTAINERS TO PROPERLY STORE ALL ICE DISPENSING UTENSILS.

LABEL BULK STORAGE CONTAINER IN KITCHEN WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE.

SMALL SECTION OF DOOR SWEEP ON REAR KITCHEN DOOR LEADING TO COMMON AREA FOR NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES TO GET TO DISPOSAL AREA IS LOOSE; REATTACH. NO LIGHT VISIBLE AT THIS TIME AT BOTTOM OF DOOR.

MUST REPAIR LEAKS AT PIPE UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN KITCHEN. PIPE LEAKING IN TWO PLACES.