RUTH KAPLAN.
2345 W ARMITAGE AVE · LOGAN SQUARE, CHICAGO
Failed 4 of 13 inspections. 2 critical violations on the cumulative record. Pattern of issues, not a one-off.
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INSPECTION HISTORY
FEB 172016PASS W/ CONDITIONS6 violationsDETAILS
MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 2-4-16,REPORT #1631348. #45FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS,RECORS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUTED TO PROVIDE. TODAY WE(MANAGER/OWNER AND I ) OBSERVED SAME VIOLATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-42-090
OBSERVED DIRTY GREASY RAGS BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE DUCT OF THE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY SEAL OPENING WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. INSIDE OF THE CABINET UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH ECCESS SPIDER WEBS ALSO THE WALL WITH EXCESS DEBRIS .INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
BROKEN CEMENT FLOOR UNDER THE COCA-COLA POP DISPENSER ACROSS FROM STEAM TABLE.OBSERVED BROKEN CEMENT,BRICKS WOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN FRON TOF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COVERED WITH CARDBOARDS,INSTRUCYED TO REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND REMOVE CARDBOARDS FROM ESTABLISHEMENT.FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER PARTIALLY BROKEN AROUND THE SOUTH BASEBOARD WALL,IN THE MIDDLE STEP ,AND AROUND THE BASEBPARD WALL BY THE DOOR OF THE UNIT MENTIONED.
BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON REPAIRED WALLS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,SOUTH WALL,PECIES OF WOOD NAILD TO WALL,UNVEN,WITH OPENINGS AND SURFACE IS NOT SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOOD,AND PROVIDE SURACE THAT IS SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE HOLES ON WALL UNDER THE STEAM TABLE / SERVING TRAYLINE AT NORTH EAST WALL,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
NO LIGHT SHIELD PROVIDED AT LIGHT ABOVE THE STEAM TABLE/SERVING AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD WITH END CAPS OR SHATTER-PROOF BULBS ARE ACCEPTABLE
VIOLATION REMAINS ON VIOLATION #29
FEB 42016FAILED13 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
NO PAPER TOWELS FOUND INSIDE THE STAFF WASHROOM,IT WAS PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST.STAFF WASHROOM NOT MAINTAINED: WE OBSERVED TOILET BOWL WITH FECES ON TOILET RIM AND INSIDE THE BOWL,ALSO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOILET BOWL DIRTY WITH ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN,SAID BOWL. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
FOOD(ICE) NOT MAINTAINED DURING STORAGE.FOUND BLACK SLIME INTERIOR OF THE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR WHERE ICE IS MADE,ALSO ON PANELS AND KNOBS OF THE INTERIOR ICE MACHINE UNIT.ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN SAID UNIT SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT PROVIDED ON PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MANAGER WAS NOTIFIED UNDER COMMENT ON 3-5-16,REPORT #1441756 SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-030
PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 3-5-2015,REPORT #1441755 #33-MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP. #34-DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREMISES ESPECIALLY UNDER AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA IS DRAINING SLOW. #38-MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. STOPPERS NEEDED AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. #41-MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM WASHROOM CLEAN AND ORGANIZE. EMPLOYEES MUST NOT STORE PERSONAL BELONINGS IN THE FOOD PREPARAION AREA. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. #43-OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND EQUIPMENT. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. #45FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS,RECORS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUTED TO PROVIDE. TODAY WE(MANAGER/OWNER AND I )OBSERVED SAME VIOLATIONS SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-42-090
OBSERVED DIRTY GREASY RAGS BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE DUCT OF THE HOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY SEAL OPENING WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. INSIDE OF THE CABINET UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH ECCESS SPIDER WEBS ALSO THE WALL WITH EXCESS DEBRIS .INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
VIOLATION UPGRADED TO VIOLATION #29
VIOLATION UPGRADED TO CITATION #29
BROKEN CEMENT FLOOR UNDER THE COCA-COLA POP DISPENSER ACROSS FROM STEAM TABLE.OBSERVED BROKEN CEMENT,BRICKS WOOD,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR WITH A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN FRON TOF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COVERED WITH CARDBOARDS,INSTRUCYED TO REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND REMOVE CARDBOARDS FROM ESTABLISHEMENT.FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER PARTIALLY BROKEN AROUND THE SOUTH BASEBOARD WALL,IN THE MIDDLE STEP ,AND AROUND THE BASEBPARD WALL BY THE DOOR OF THE UNIT MENTIONED.
BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON REPAIRED WALLS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,SOUTH WALL,PECIES OF WOOD NAILD TO WALL,UNVEN,WITH OPENINGS AND SURFACE IS NOT SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOOD,AND PROVIDE SURACE THAT IS SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE HOLES ON WALL UNDER THE STEAM TABLE / SERVING TRAYLINE AT NORTH EAST WALL,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
NO LIGHT SHIELD PROVIDED AT LIGHT ABOVE THE STEAM TABLE/SERVING AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD WITH END CAPS OR SHATTER-PROOF BULBS ARE ACCEPTABLE
VIOLATION UPGRADE TO #29
VIOLATION UPGRADED TO VIOLATION#29
VIOLATION UP GRADED TO VIOLATION#29
MAR 52015PASS W/ CONDITIONS8 violationsDETAILS
FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION, INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE OBSERVED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. MUST TURN OFF MACHINE REMOVE ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZE. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP. DETAIL CLEAN HANDWASHING SINK IN WASHROOM REMOVE
DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT PREMISES ESPECIALLY UNDER AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS. OBSERVED BROKEN FLOOR TILES INSIDE WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED CHIPPED AND PEELING PAIN TON CEILING AND WALLS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT. MUST REPAIR WASHROOM CEILING REMOVE CARDBOARD AND MAKE CEILING SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. STOPPERS NEEDED AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM WASHROOM CLEAN AND ORGANIZE. EMPLOYEES MUST NOT STORE PERSONAL BELONINGS IN THE FOOD PREPARAION AREA. MUST REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES AND EQUIPMENT. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. NO LOGS,RECORS ON SITE AS REQUIRED. INSTRUTED TO PROVIDE.
AUG 212013PASSED6 violationsDETAILS
Exhaust hood, storage shelves, soda nozzles and cooking equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize daily.
Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned or maintained. Instructed to detail clean floor daily and replace damaged and missing floor tile in front of three compartment sink and in toilet room.
Coving missing along wallbase through-out premises. Insstructed to install coving along wallbase to seal gap between floor and wallbase. Walls not maintained through-out premises. Instructed to seal all openings and gaps and repaint walls throught premises. Ceiling not maintained in toielt room. Instructed to repair ceiling and have smooth and easily cleanable. Ceiling in prep area not maintained or cleaned-excessive grease and dust built-up. Instructed to detail clean and/or paint surafce.
Light bulb in walk-in cooler not shielded. Instructed to install shatter-proof or shield bulb.
Faucet and drainline not maintained at three compartment sink. Instructed to repair to prevent leak at faucet and left side drainline. Exhaust fan not working properly in toilet room. Instructed to repair exhaust fan.
Hair restraint not provided for food handlers and employees in prep area. Instructed to provide proper hair restraints.
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AUG 202013FAILED8 violations1 CRITICALDETAILS
Foods not protected during storage or service. Observed black slimy substance around interior panel of ice machine and condensation dripping and coming into contact with fresh ice. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize ice machine and all parts to prevent possible contamination of food. Serious citation issued 7-38-0005(A). "Held for Inspection" placed on ice machine.
Outer openings not protected or rodent proofed. Rear exit screen dooris not rodent or insect proofed. Screen door has mesh wirewith rips and missing screen while rear door is being kepted open. Instructed to repair screen door and have door tight fitting to prevent rodent and insect entry. Instructed to install screen over front serving window when not serving customers to prevent insects. Serious citation issued 7-38-020.
Exhaust hood, storage shelves, soda nozzles and cooking equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize daily.
Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned or maintained. Instructed to detail clean floor daily and replace damaged and missing floor tile in front of three compartment sink and in toilet room.
Coving missing along wallbase through-out premises. Insstructed to install coving along wallbase to seal gap between floor and wallbase. Walls not maintained through-out premises. Instructed to seal all openings and gaps and repaint walls throught premises. Ceiling not maintained in toielt room. Instructed to repair ceiling and have smooth and easily cleanable. Ceiling in prep area not maintained or cleaned-excessive grease and dust built-up. Instructed to detail clean and/or paint surafce.
Light bulb in walk-in cooler not shielded. Instructed to install shatter-proof or shield bulb.
Faucet and drainline not maintained at three compartment sink. Instructed to repair to prevent leak at faucet and left side drainline. Exhaust fan not working properly in toilet room. Instructed to repair exhaust fan.
Hair restraint not provided for food handlers and employees in prep area. Instructed to provide proper hair restraints.
MAY 222012FAILED4 violationsDETAILS
PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED AS PER MUNICIPAL CODE (ISSUED 05-05-2010 INSPECTION REPORT # 233555) #33 SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION, INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE, TOP AREA OF MACHINE AND INTERIOR PANELS, APPEARS TO HAVE MOLD BUILD-UP, NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE, AND USE PRE PACKAGE ICE, UNTIL MACHINE IS CLEAN, MACHINE TAGGED, INSTRUCTED TO FAX A LETTER TO CDPH ONCE MACHINE IS PROPERLY CLEAN AND SANITIZE, AND #34 - FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AND IN POOR REPAIR IN STORAGE ROOM, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-42-090
MUST CLEAN/REPAINT WALL THROUGHOUT PREMISES
MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD ON LIGHT IN WALK-IN COOLER
MUST PROVIDE LOG STEM THERMOMETERS FOR TAKING FOOD TEMPS
OCT 42010PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE (BEHIND UPPER PANEL).
NOTED FLOORS IN REAR AREA IN POOR REPAIR (ACROSS 3 COMPARTMENT SINK). INSTRUCTED TO FIX.-----MUST CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR BOILER ROOM.
AUG 242010PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE (BEHIND UPPER PANEL).
NOTED FLOORS IN REAR AREA IN POOR REPAIR (ACROSS 3 COMPARTMENT SINK). INSTRUCTED TO FIX.-----MUST CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR BOILER ROOM.
MAY 122010PASSED2 violationsDETAILS
INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE (BEHIND UPPER PANEL).
NOTED FLOORS IN REAR AREA IN POOR REPAIR (ACROSS 3 COMPARTMENT SINK). INSTRUCTED TO FIX.-----MUST CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR BOILER ROOM.
MAY 52010FAILED7 violationsDETAILS
A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed to have been committed for each Minor violation that is not corrected upon re-inspection by the health authority. PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED AS PER MUNICIPL CODE (ISSUED 09-09-2008 INSPECTION REPORT # 147783). #34 - FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT STORAGE ROOM. #38 - FOUND NO DRAINBOARD AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. #41 - FOUND SOME UNNECESSARY CLUTTER INSIDE STORAGE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090
All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE (BEHIND UPPER PANEL).
The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. NOTED FLOORS IN REAR AREA IN POOR REPAIR (ACROSS 3 COMPARTMENT SINK). INSTRUCTED TO FIX.-----MUST CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN REAR BOILER ROOM.
The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENT COVER WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD-UP INSIDE WASHROOM.
Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. LIGHT MUST BE SHIELDED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER OR PROVIDE SHATTERPROOF LIGHT BULB.
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. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE 3 WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE THERMOMETER INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
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