BRASSERIE/ PIETISSERIE / WALDORF ROOM SERVICE

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED THE ICE SCOOP BEING STORED ON TOP OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP IN A MANNER THAT PREVENTS CONTAMINATION OF THE SCOOP.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOODS NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE AND PREPARATION. OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD ITEMS (BEEF, CHICKEN, PORK, SHRIMP STOCK AND SOUS VIDE ITEMS)STORED IN VACUUM PACKAGED PLASTIC IN WALK-IN FREEZER/COOLER ON 5TH AND 3RD FL. A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ON PREMISES WITHOUT AN APPROVED HACCP PLAN FOR VACUUM PACKAGING. MACHINE WAS TAGGED AND ALSO 2 CIRCULATORS FOR SOUS VIDE MACHINE ONE IN USE AT MAIN KITCHEN AREA. MANAGER STATED THAT THE FOODS IN QUESTION WERE VACUUM PACKAGED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROX. 36LBS OF VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS AND APPROX. 245LBS OF FROZEN FOOD ITEMS WERE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. TOTAL APPROX. VALUE $1500.00. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED 30 SMALL FLYING INSECTS ON CEILING IN BANQUET KITCHEN AREA AND DISHROOM LEADING TO DISHWARE STORAGE AREA.

OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED - Comments: OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA NOT MAINTAINED WITH DEBRIS ON COMPACTOR AND GROUND AROUND IT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020. NO CITATION ISSUED.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: CLEAN FLOOR IN BETWEEN AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT COFFEE STATION OF FOOD DEBRIS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE AND BREEDING.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: CLEAN FLOOR IN DISHWARE STORAGE AREA OF DEBRIS UNDER SHELVING, ALONG WALLBASE AND AT CORNERS.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED LEAK UNDER 3-COMP SINK AT PIPE IN DISH ROOM. MUST REPAIR.

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER IN THE PREP AREA CHOPPING COOKED BACON EAT SOME OF THE BACON AND CONTINUED TO CHOP BACON. INSTRUCTED TO NOT EAT IN THE PREP AREA AND TO WASH HANDS AFTER EATING AND BEFORE HANDLING FOOD. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A)

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER OVENS ON THE COOK LINE WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED WALLS THROUGHOUT DRY STORAGE AND THE KITCHEN/PREP AREA DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WALLS.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: OBSERVED A BLOWN LIGHT BULB IN THE PROTEIN WALK IN COOLER AND A MISSING LIGHT BULB IN THE PASTRY WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING.

OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED - Comments: FOUND OUTSIDE DUMPSTER AREAS NOT CLEAN. FOUND GARBAGE OVERFLOWING ONTO FLOORS. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-020.

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.

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

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. CHIPPED WALLS BEHIND DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND NEXT TO PREP TABLE, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.

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. LEAKY PIPE UNDER HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.