Aodake Asian Bistro

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 29, 2015
• address4650-4652 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Aodake Asian Bistro clean?

Aodake Asian Bistro is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Aodake Asian Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE RICE USED FOR SUSHI IN A HOT HOLD UNIT AT 74.3F. ON THE LAST INSPECTION REPORT, REPORT #1107092 ON 3/11/2014 THE PREVIOUS INSPECTOR COMMENTED IN THE NOTES SECTION "RECOMMENDED TO CONTACT MR.O'CONNOR FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING SUSHI RICE.PHONE # 312-746-7971". FOUND NO LETTER ON SITE FROM A CERTIFIED LAB APPROVING THE USE OF SUSHI RICE OUTSIDE OF TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PATRICK O'CONNOR BY PHONE AT #312-746-7971 FOR A LIST OF LABS TO HAVE THE SUSHI RICE TESTED. AFTER THE RICE IS TESTED AND APPROVED IN THE LAB, A LETTER FROM THE LAB MUST BE KEPT ONSITE AT ALL TIMES. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 5# OF RICE WORTH $10. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time • FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN USE AND UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY SANITIZE (OPPM-CHLORINE) INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT SERVICED SO THAT IT PROPERLY SANITZES. ONCE PROPERLY SANITIZING MUST FAX A LETTER TO 312-746-4240 OR EMAIL TO [email protected]. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. MUST PROPERLY SET UP 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FOR PROPER WASHING, RINSING, AND SANITIZING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE OR MANAGER ON SITE WHILE SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (I.E. SUSHI, CHICKEN, BEEF, RICE, ETC) INSRTUCTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ONSITE AT ALL TIMES AND CERTIFICATE MUST BE CONSPICOUSLY POSTED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN THE KITCHEN. THE COOLER IS UNPLUGGED AND NO FOOD IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED INSIDE OF THE UNIT. EMPLOYEE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE COOLER WITH A NEW REFRIGERATION UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE COOLER FROM KITCHEN OR DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE WHILE WEARING PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (I.E. FACE MASK) AND MAINTIAN WHILE ONSITE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN THE KITCHEN. THE COOLER IS UNPLUGGED AND NO FOOD IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED INSIDE OF THE UNIT. EMPLOYEE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE COOLER WITH A NEW REFRIGERATION UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE COOLER FROM KITCHEN OR DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR SURFACE WHILE WEARING PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (I.E. FACE MASK) AND MAINTIAN WHILE ONSITE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPLACE THE BROKEN HANDLE ON THE WASHBOWL SINK IN THE MEN'S CUSTOMER BATHROOM AND MAINTAIN. THE SINK IS CURRENTLY OUT OF USE DUE TO THE BROKEN HANDLE BUT THE 2ND SINK IS PROPERLY FUNCTIONING AT THIS TIME.

When was Aodake Asian Bistro last inspected?

Aodake Asian Bistro has 4 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2014.

Aodake Asian Bistro vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 29, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.