Chicago Health Dept
3320 W 55TH ST · BRIGHTON PARK, CHICAGO
Passed most recent inspection (Dec 2025).
17 inspections on record since 2011 · Last inspected Dec 2025.
OBSERVED CARDBOARD USE AS LINER ON WIRE SHELVING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
OBSERVED HOOD AND FILTERS WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF GREASE AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED LEAK AT BOTTOM PIPE OF REAR HANDSINK NEXT TO 3-COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED PEELING PAINT AND A HOLE IN WALL IN REAR HALL LEADING TO EXTERIOR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE ON FILTERS IN VENTILATION SYSTEM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED MISSING HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT FRONT HANDWASH SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED SMALL LEAK AT THREE COMPARTMENT DRAINPIPE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INST TO PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
DOOR OF TOILET ROOM (LOCATED IN PREP AREA) NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTD TO HAVE DOOR SELF CLOSING AND MAINTAIN
MISSING LIGHTSHIELDS ON LIGHTS IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
No employee health policy on site. Must provide. Priority foundation violation.
No vomit and diarrhea clean up kit/procedure on site. Must provide. Priority foundation violation.
Observed items in walk in cooler and prep coolers improperly labeled. Must label all prepped TCS foods with common name and discard date, less than 7 days from prep date. Priority foundation violation.
No proof of food handler training on site. Must provide.
OBSERVED BROKEN TOP (HELD TOGETHER WITH TAPE) TO ICECREAM FREEZER, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
OBSERVED REAR BOX FREESER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST AND CLEAN.ALSO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE REAR #10 CAN OPENER.
OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND THE FREEZERS EAST SIDE OF STORAGE/PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. ALSO CLEAN FRONT DINING AREA LIGHT SHIELDS.
LARGE CONTAINERS OF ICE CREAM, PRE-PACKAGED GELATINS, CUT FRUIT,AND FLAN, SMALL PALETAS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTD TO PROPERLY LABEL SAME.
SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY (IE, HANDLE UP).
FREEZERS WITH EXCESSIVE ICE BULID-UP. INSTD TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE. ALUMINUM FOIL ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME SO AS SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE.
BASEMENT WALLS, WALLBASE AND FLOOR SURROUNDING BUCKET OF WATER DRAINING FROM CONDENSOR WITH EXCESSIVE MOLD, MILDEW, BLACK SUBSTANCE. INSTD TO REMOVE, SAME AND HAVE ALL SURFACES, SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE
LIGHTSHIELDS AND ENDCAPS MISSING THROUGH OUT PREP AREAS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME
UTILITY SINK IN BASEMENT DISCONNECTED. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME AND HAVE FULLY OPERATIONAL. TOP LOADING ICE CREAM MACHINE WITHOUT PROPER PLUMBING ABOVE. INSTD TO PROVIDE FAUCET WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER IMMEDIATELY ABOVE UNIT. SHOWER IN BASEMENT. INSTD TO FULLY ENCLOSE WITH WALLS AND CEILING, DOOR OR REMOVE COMPLETELY FROM PREMISES. CONDENSOR LINE IN BASEMENT DRAINING INTO BUCKET WHICH IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE MOLD ON FLOOR AND WALLS AT SURROUNDING AREA. INSTD TO PROPERLY ROUTE DRAIN.
WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTION
2-DOOR UPRIGHT REFRIGERATOR CURRENTLY IN USE IN POOR REPAIR, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 55.5F. UNIT TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND INSTD NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED, ABLE TO MAINTAIN PRODUCT TEMPERATURE OF 40F AND REINSPECTED BY CDPH. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS IN COOLER THAT IS IN POOR REPAIR: 2 CONTAINERS OF SOUR CREAM AT 50.9F, 10 BLOCKS OF COJITA CHEESE AT 56.9F, 10 PACKAGES OF CHEESE AT 54.2F, CONTAINER OF MANGO YOGURT SMOOTHIE AT 52.6F. ALL PRODUCT DISPOSED OF AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 30LBS, $100 VALUE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
LARGE CONTAINERS OF ICE CREAM, PRE-PACKAGED GELATINS, CUT FRUIT,AND FLAN, SMALL PALETAS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTD TO PROPERLY LABEL SAME.
SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY (IE, HANDLE UP).
FREEZERS WITH EXCESSIVE ICE BULID-UP. INSTD TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE. ALUMINUM FOIL ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME SO AS SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE.
BASEMENT WALLS, WALLBASE AND FLOOR SURROUNDING BUCKET OF WATER DRAINING FROM CONDENSOR WITH EXCESSIVE MOLD, MILDEW, BLACK SUBSTANCE. INSTD TO REMOVE, SAME AND HAVE ALL SURFACES, SMOOTH, EVEN, AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
LIGHTSHIELDS AND ENDCAPS MISSING THROUGH OUT PREP AREAS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.
UTILITY SINK IN BASEMENT DISCONNECTED. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME AND HAVE FULLY OPERATIONAL. TOP LOADING ICE MACHINE WITHOUT PROPER PLUMBING ABOVE. INSTD TO PROVIDE FAUCET WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER IMMEDIATELY ABOVE UNIT. SHOWER IN BASEEMENT. INSTD TO FULLY ENCLOSE WITH WALLS AND CEILING, DOOR OR REMOVE COMPLETELY FROM PREMISES. CONDENSOR LINE IN BASEMENT DRAINING INTO BUCKET WHICH IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE MOLD ON FLOOR AND WALLS AT SURROUNDING AREA. INSTD TO PROPERLY ROUTE DRAIN.
WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTION.
MALE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTD TO PROPERLY DO SO.
OBSERVEDD WALL IN WALK IN COOLER IN DISREPAIR AND WATER LEAKING IN FROM WALL. INSTRUCTED OWNER TO FIX WALL AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER WITHIN REACH IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTALL THERMOMETERS WITHIN EVERY COOLER AND CHECK THERMOMTERS OFTEN TO MAKE SURE ALL THERMOMETERS ARE READING 40F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES.
OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS SHELF LINER. DO NOT USE CARDBOARD AS SHELF LINER
OBSERVED REACH IN COOLER WITH AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46.4 F. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN REACH IN COOLER AT 40F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 3 LBS OF FLAN AT 47.3 VALUED AT $25 F AND APPROXIMATELY 2 LBS OF RICE PUDDING VALUED AT $12 AT 46.3 F. ALL FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
OBSERVED REAR DOOR TO OUTSIDE NOT RODENT PROOF WITH GREATER THAN 1/4 INCH GAP AT BASE OF DOOR. RODENT PROOF DOOR AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS SHELF LINER. DO NOT USE CARDBOARD AS SHELF LINER.
SECOND EXIT DOOR OF PREMISES NEAR STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT IS NOT RODENT PROOF OPENING NOTED ALOND SIDE OF DOOR AND AT BOTTOM OF DOOR MIST REPAIR TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020
PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM INSPECTION REPORT#1202333 DATE 06-25-2012 WAS NOT CORRECTED(32)FOUND TWO RUSTY GREASE TRAPS ONE UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER THE 1-COMPARTMENT SINK INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST AND PAINT THEM (33)CLEAN THE FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS GREASE BUILD-UP(34)CLEAN FLOORS IN THE BASEMENT ALONG THE WALLS AND INTHE HAS DUST BUILDUP(35)CLEAN CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUTH HAS DUST BUILDUP INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090
MUST PRROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSE HANDSINK NEXT TO TABLE WHERE COFFEE MACHINE IS STORED BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA AND ALSO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSED HANDSINK NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR OPF PREMISES
MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA WHERE SLICED FRUITS ARE STORED
FOUND TWO RUSTY GREASE TRAPS ONE UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER THE 1- COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST AND PAINT THEM.
CLEAN THE FILTERS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS GREASE BUILDUP.
CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE BASEMENT ALONG THE WALLS AND IN THE HAS DUST BUILDUP.
CLEAN THE CEILING VENTS THROUGHOUT HAS DUST BUILDUP.
ALUMINUM FOIL ON STORAGE SHELVES AND ALSO RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES. INSTD TO REMOVE FOIL AND SEAL/PAINT RAW W00D.
INTERIOR BOTTOM OF COOLERS NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME.
THERMOMETERS MISSING IN PREP COOLERS. PROVIDE SAME.
FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST DO SO.
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