PULASKI HOT SPOT INC

PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION CORRECTED, 7-42-090 - Comments: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED AS INSTRUCTED. EVIDENCE OF MICE ON PREMISES (DROPPINGS ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA) AND NO PEST CONTROL RECEIPT SHOWN TO VERIFY SERVICE SINCE PREVIOUS INSPECTION, NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE PRESENTED (OWNER NOW CLAIMS HE DOESN'T SELL NACHOS AND CHEESE).

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: CLEAN ALL FOOD STOCK SHELVES AND INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOORS NEED CLEANING IN REAR STORAGE, UNDER SHELVES, BEHIND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT AND IN CLOSETS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED A HOLE IN LOWER WALL IN REAR STORAGE ROOM BY BACK DOOR; SEAL. AT THIS TIME OBSERVED AN OPEN VENT IN CEILING IN REAR STORAGE ROOM; INSTRUCTED TO CLOSE. HOLES IN WALL/CEILING OF STORAGE CLOSET; SEAL ALL OPENINGS.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: EXCESSIVE CLUTTER OBSERVED THROUGHOUT STORE IN REAR STORAGE, BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AND IN CLOSETS, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT INFESTATION, NO BIRDS, TURTLES OR OTHER ANIMALS - Comments: OBSERVED A LIVE BLACK CAT ON PREMISES WHEN I OPENED BATHROOM DOOR TO INSPECT. EMPLOYEE WITNESSED AND OWNER STATES THAT IT WAS THE EMPLOYEES AFTER EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS HERE TO AVOID A PROBLEM WITH RODENTS.

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED TEN OR MORE RODENT DROPPINGS ON FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA IN CLOSET AND IN CORNER BY THREE COMP SINK. MUST CLEAN AND REMOVE. NO CURRENT PEST CONTROL RECEIPT FOR SERVICE IS ON SITE IN LOG BOOK.

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES OR PERSON ON DUTY AT TIME OF INSPECTION AS REQUIRED WHILE SELLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS.

DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED - Comments: OBSERVED BOTTLES OF SYRUP FOR ICE CUPS AND A BLACK PLASTIC BAG (CONTENTS UNKNOWN) IN ALL THREE COMPARTMENTS OF THREE COMP SINK; INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND KEEP SINK FREE OF ITEMS FOR WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZING OF DISHES.

ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED AND INSTALLED - Comments: NO EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT BEHIND COUNTER AREA WHERE NACHOS WITH CHEESE AND MEAT BEING SOLD. NO EXPOSED HANDSINK ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND HANDTOWELS IN AREA WHERE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING SOLD OR TO REFRAIN FROM SELLING THESE FOOD ITEMS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: CLEAN ALL FOOD STOCK SHELVES AND INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOORS NEED CLEANING IN REAR STORAGE, UNDER SHELVES, BEHIND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT AND IN CLOSETS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED A HOLE IN LOWER WALL IN REAR STORAGE ROOM BY BACK DOOR; SEAL.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: EXCESSIVE CLUTTER OBSERVED THROUGHOUT STORE IN REAR STORAGE, BEHIND FRONT COUNTER AND IN CLOSETS, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.