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* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NOTED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISIS FROM 11:15AM TO 12:35PM WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS PORK STEW,BEEF STEW AND BEAN ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SERIOOS VIOLATION7-38-012

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: NOTED INTERIOR OF ROTISSERIE GREASY AND INTERIOR OF FRYER CABINETS NEED CLEANING. SHELVING IN WALK-IN COOLER NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE BLOOD.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOOR TILE MISSING ADJACENT TO FRYER.FLOOR TILE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FLOORS NEED CLEANING IN THE BASEMENT AND UNDER CHEAST FREEZERS AT FIRST FLOOR KITCHEN AREA.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WALK IN COOLER WALL HAS PEELING PAINT.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: OBSERVED PREPACKAGED FOOD; COOKED VEGETABLES, FISH, CREAM, AND CHEESE ITEMS, IN MEAT DISPLAY COOLER WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE INGREDIENTS LABELS AND SELL BY DATES ON ALL PREPACKAGE FOOD BEING SOLD, AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED CONTACT SURFACES BEHIND THE MEAT COUNTER IN REAR NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL CONTACT SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA NOT CLEAN; INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE, LOWER SURFACES ON PREP TABLES, STORAGE RACKS, AND WALL VENTS WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN FRONT AND REAR AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STORE. FLOORS NOT CLEAN IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS; REAR PREP, REAR DRY STORAGE, WALK IN COOLER, STAFF TOILET ROOMS ON 1ST FLOOR AND IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS AND REPAIR CRACKED FLOOR TILES THROUGHOUT STORE AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON WALLS IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED LARGE POTS BEING USED TO COOK FOOD; 3-COMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE POTS IN SINK FOR PROPER CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USING LARGE POTS OR INSTALL LARGER 3-COMP SINK TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER POTS.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE ITEMS 6" OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED CLUTTER IN THE OUTSIDE GANGWAY, AND IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ITEMS NOT BEING USED, AND REMOVE ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD, RAW CHICKEN, UNCOVERED, STORED UNDER BLOODY BEEF IN THE WALK IN COOLER. ALSO, MORE CHICKEN WAS STORED, UNCOVERED, UNDER CONDENSER IN THE WALK IN COOLER, WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ON FAN COVERS AND LEAKING WATER FROM CONDENSER. POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. MANAGER VOLUTARILY DISCARDED FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD PROPERLY TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090 - Comments: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSP#1482837, DATED 7/6/2015. VIOLATION #32; FOUND CARDBOARD AND ALUMINUM FOIL THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.ALL SHELVES IN BASEMENT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. PREMISES WAS FOUND WITH ALUMINUM FOIL AND CARDBOARD, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: OBSERVED SOME FOOD CONTAINERS IN REAR PREP WITHOUT LABELS, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: OBSERVED KNIVES BEING STORED IMPROPERLY IN THE REAR PREP AREA, STUCK BETWEEN PREP TABLE AND WALL. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN KNIFE RACK AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FOLLOWING FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT; GRILL, FRYER, OVEN, PREP TABLES, MICROWAVE, AND STORAGE RACK ABOVE PREP TABLE. ALSO, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT, AND THE INTERIOR OF ALL DEEP FREEZERS ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED FLOORS IN REAR PREP AND BASEMENT WITH EXCESSIVE DEBRIS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILE IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE. HOOD AND FILTERS HAVE GREASE BUILD. FAN COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER HAVE EXCESSIVE DUST. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED CLUTTER IN THE OUTSIDE GANGWAY, AND IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ITEMS NOT BEING USED, AND REMOVE ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: FOUND CARDBOARD AND ALUMINUM FOIL THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.ALL SHELVES IN BASEMENT SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DEBRIS ON FLOOR AT REAR AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.BROKEN FLOOR CEMENT AT HALLWAY BY THE TWO WHITE CHEST FREEZER,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR WITH SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: MISSING END CAPS AT LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP AND PRODUCE AREA INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: ADDITIONAL STOPPERS IS NEED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS,PRESENTLY ONE STOPPER

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: FOUND SHELVING UNITS NOT CLEAN AT MAIN KITCHEN AREAS.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: FOUND SMALL LEAK AT FAUCET AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: FOUND CLUTTER AT BASEMENT THAT MUST BE REMOVED.(BOXES, TOOLS,ETC.)

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: FOUND NO LIGHT SHIELD FOR FIXTURE INSIDE PORK SKIN HOLDING UNIT.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: FOUND MOPS AND BROOMS NOT STORED PROPERLY.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: FOUND WASH CLOTHS NOT STORED PROPERLY.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: FOODS NOT LABELED IN CONTAINERS/BAGS HELD ON TOP OF DELI CASE (LARD, CHICARRONES). INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST LABEL LARD AND CHICARRONES, LABEL MUST INCLUDE ALL INGRIDENTS, STORE NAME AND ADDRESS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED WOODEN SHELF ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH TAPED ON SURFACE PEELING. MUST REMOVE PEELING SURFACE AND PAINT/SEAL WOODEN SHELF, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED DIRT/FOOD BUILD UP ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN UNDER HOT HOLDING UNIT. MUST CLEAN FLOOR THROUGHOUT OUT KITCHEN AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED RAW PLYWOOD WALL BEHIND MEAT SAW IN KITCHEN. MUST PAINT/MAKE SURFACE OF WALL SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: NO LIGHT SHIELD END CAPS ABOVE PRODUCE COOLER. MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD END CAPS.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: PREP EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL, ON NORTH WALL, WATER LEAKING AT END OF FAUCET ALSO OBSERVED WATER CONDENSATION DRIPPING FROM VENTILATION HOOD ABOVE PREP EXPOSED HANDWASH BOWL ON SOUTH WALL. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK AND VENTILATION HOOD.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities. COOLERS NOT TURNED ON FOR INSPECTION ,NOT ABLE TO CHECK TEMPERATURES AT THIS TIME.NO CITATION ISSUED NO FOOD ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO TURN ON COOLERS BY LICENSE REINSPECTION.

WATER SOURCE: SAFE, HOT & COLD UNDER CITY PRESSURE - Comments: All food establishments shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water under pressure properly connected to the city water supply. NO HOT WATER ON PREMISES,NO CITATION ISSUED INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HOT WATER ON BY LICENSE REINSPECTION.NOT OPEN OR OPERATING,NO FOOD ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME.

OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED - Comments: The area outside of the establishment used for the storage of garbage shall be clean at all times and shall not constitute a nuisance. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DUMPSTER CONTAINER OUTSIDE.NO CITATION ISSUED.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD ON EXPOSE HAND SINK BY PREP TABLE.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN STAINS ON 3 COMP.SINK,EXPOSE HAND SINKS IN KITCHEN,MOP SINK,AND TOILET BOWL.

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. REPLACE FLOOR TILES MISSING IN REAR BEHIND WALK IN COOLER AND AT FRONT BY THE DOOR AND ALONG WINDOWS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. REPAIR OPENING ON WALLS IN STORE AND IN THE BASEMENT,AND WATER STAINED CEILING TILES.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OUT LIGHT IN WALK IN COOLER, AND ELSEWHERE AS NEEDED.

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. REPLACE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MISSING ON FAUCETS IN KICTHEN.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: 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. PROVIDE THERMOMETER INSIDE ALL COOLERS