RUSSIAN TEA TIME

PROPER EATING, TASTING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE - Comments: OBSERVED MALE WAITER DRINKING FROM AN OPEN CUP IN REAR PREP AREA INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LID AND A STRAW TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.(COS)

HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED - Comments: OBSERVED POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES BY SEVERAL FOOD HANDLERS SUCH AS THE FEMALE DISH WASHER HANDLING DIRTY DISHES AND THEN REMOVING CLEAN DISHES FROM DISH MACHINE,MALE EMPLOYEE HAD ON PLASTIC GLOVES AND PLACED HIS HANDS ON SHOULDER AND ROTATED HIS ARM AROUND,FEMALE EMPLOYEE IN REAR PREP AREA SCRATCHED HER HEAD WITH PLASTIC GLOVES ON AND THEN HANDLED VEGETABLES TO CUT,MALE FOOD HANDLER IN REAR PREP AREA HAD ON PLASTIC GLOVES BOUGHT DIRTY DISH TO DISH MACHINE DRAIN BOARD AND WENT BACK TO PREP AREA OPENED A PLASTIC BAG REMOVED ITEMS AND THEN HE GOT ONIONS AND STRARTED PEELING AND SLICING THEM NOT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WASH THERE HANDS AFTER EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.(PRIORITY 7-38-010)(CITATION ISSUED)(COS)

NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWED - Comments: OBSERVED BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS SUCH AS A FEMALE COOK REACHED INTO A PLASTIC BIN AND REMOVED TWO BUNS AND PLACED THEM ON A PLATE TO MAKE A SANDWICH.PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED BY EMPLOYEE. MUST PROVIDE A BARRIER,PLASTIC GLOVES OR UTENSILS TO HANDLE READY TO EAT FOODS.(PRIORITY 7-38-010)(COS)(CITATION ISSUED)

UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: MUST INVERT MULTI-USE UTENSILS ON ALL DISH STORAGE SHELVES IN DISH WASHING AREA AND PREP AREAS.

GLOVES USED PROPERLY - Comments: IMPROPER USAGE OF PLASTIC GLOVES BY EMPLOYEES.

FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED SOME CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP GROOVES MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE TO BE GOOD IN GOOD REPAIR.

NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP ON LOWER HOT & COLD HOLDING UNITS ON SERVING LINE.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR ALONG WALL BASE IN DISH WASHING AREA AND DEAD INSECTS FROM FLOOR IN BASEMENT AROUND MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BOXES STORED ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT STORAGE AREA.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE WALL BASE NEAR MOPSINK.

ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: OBSERVED CHIPPING PAINT ON HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA MUST MAKE SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED - Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP ON HOOD & FILTERS AT COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FRONT PREP AREA.

PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION CORRECTED - Comments: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2619941 7/1/25 NOT CORRECTED-#47-4-101.19 : OBSERVED BOXES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM AND BOXES STORED ON MILK CRATE IN WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090)(CITATION ISSUED)

ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN BAR. INSTRUCTED TO POST CLEARLY VISIBLE SIGNAGE THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES.

PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 46.0-60.4F. OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, GARLIC IN OIL(59.5F), BUTTER(53.4F), COOKED ONIONS AND CARROTS(46.0F), HALF AND HALF(55.9F) AND SLICED TOMATO(60.4F) HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD VALUED AT $2 WEIGHING 2LBS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.

FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: OBSERVED BOXES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM AND BOXES STORED ON MILK CRATE IN WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED ADEQUATE SHELVING TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.

PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: OBSERVED RIGHT HANDWASHING SINK IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM AT IMPROPER MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 82.2F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR RIGHT HANDWASHING SINK IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM, INSTRUCTED A HANDWASHING SINK SHALL BE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 100F THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET(NOTE: THERE IS ONE OTHER HANDWASHING SINK IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM AT PROPER TEMPERATURE.)

ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE PROVIDED AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED WET MOPS STORED IN THE UTILITY SINK AND IN MOP BUCKETS IN THE REAR UTILITY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS WHEN NOT IN USE TO ALLOW TO DRY.

CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY - Comments: Mop sink next to food storage rack with no space or a shield, Instructed to install a barrier.

IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP LAYING ON TOP OF ICE IN BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ICE SCOOP HANDLE UP ABOVE ICE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.

ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED - Comments: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATES MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES

PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: FOUND FRIED THICK WEDGES OF FRIED POTATOES HELD AT TOP OF COOLER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AT 77.3F, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AT 41F OR LOWER , 135F OR HIGHER, FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $5. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: FOOD PREP TABLE PLACED NEXT TO OPEN STAIR CASE, INSTRUCTED TO TO INSTALL A BARRIER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: DAMAGED INSULATION AT UTILITY LINES ABOVE PREP TABLE, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR INSULATION.

MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7.38.010. NO CITATION ISSUED.

ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE - Comments: FOUND EMPLOYEE WASHROOM HANDWASHING SINK WATER TEMPERATURE AT 70F. MUST PROVIDE A MINIMUM HOT WATER TEMPERATURE OF 100F AT ALL TIME. PRIORITY. NO CITATION ISSUED.

ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES HAVE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING - Comments: FOUND MULTIPLE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED TO UPDATE.