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FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK IN COOLER.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: MUST KEEP FLOORS IN REAR PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS DRY AT ALL TIMES.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS NOTED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 9LBS OF HUMMUS AND BABA GANOUJEH AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 49.8-63.5 DEGREES F. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 2LBS OF HUMMUS AT 49.8 DEGREES F AND 7LBS OF BABA GANOUJEH AT 52-63.5 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COLD FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A

ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED - Comments: EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING FACILITIES NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NO HOT RUNNING WATER AVAILABLE AT THE WASH BOWL IN THE EMPLOYEE REST ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND RESTORE HOT RUNNING WATER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN THE WALK IN COOLER.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: MUST KEEP FLOORS IN REAR PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS DRY AT ALL TIMES.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. REPLACE/REPAIR MISSING FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA AND WHERE NECESSARY.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: CLEAN/REPLACE CEILING TILE, LIGHT PANELS AT REAR AND WHERE NECESSARY OF FOOD SPILLS.

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO CITY CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (i.e. chicken, lamb ,hummus and soup) ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. MUST PROVIDE SAME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: PROPERLY STORE KNIVES IN KNIFE RACK WHEN NOT IN USE.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: CLEAN FLOOR AT REAR AND CUSTOMER DINING AREA.

ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED AND INSTALLED - Comments: DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED NO HOT WATER AT THE FRONT RESTROOM. MUST PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED #H000083344 15

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: MUST REPAIR CRACKED FLOOR TILES AT THE FRONT COOKING LINE IN FRONT OF THE STOVE.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST REPLACE VENTS COVERS LOCATED IN FRONT REAR EXIT DOOR.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REPAIR LEAK UNDER 3COMP SINK IN THE REAR AREA. MUST REPAINT RUSTY GREASE TRAP BOX.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: THE BASE AROUND THE GREASE TRAP SHOW EVIDNECE OF CORROSION, MUST REPLACE. MISSING STOPPERS AT 3-COMP. SINK MUST BE PROVIDED.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: CABINETS UNDER SODA SELF-SERVE STATION MUST BE FREE OF SPILLS/FOOD STAINS/DEBRIS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOORS IN DISHWAHING AREA MUST BE KEPT DRY AT ALL TIMES.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WATER-DAMAGED CEILING OR MISSING CEILING TILES IN BATHROOM & DISHWASHING AREA MUST BE REPLACED. WALLS BELOW A DRY STORAGE BLUE SHELF IN REAR MUST BE KEPT CLEAN ALSO.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: BATHROOM VENT NOT PROPERLY WORKING, MUST FIX.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. BACK UP PREP COOLER NOT MAINTAINED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 56.4. FOUND HUMMUS AND BABA GANOUJH HELD INSIDE COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR COOLER, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE MUST BE 40 F OR BELOW. COOLER IS TAGGED BY CDPH AT THIS TIME.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. FOUND HUMMUS AND BABA GANOUJH HELD BETWEEN 49.1 F AND 54.1 F AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. THE ABOVE ITEMS WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. FOODS DISCARDED WEIGHT- 12 LBS, VALUED AT $30.00.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOOR TILES DAMAGED AT PREP LINE BEHIND LARGE ICE BIN. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FLOOR TILES.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: 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. FRONT HANDSINK IS SLOW-DRAINING, MUST FIX.