Benihana

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE DURING THE INSPECTION WHILE THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (CHICKEN, BEEF AND FISH) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DATA PLATE ON MECHANICAL WAREWASHING MACHINE NOT VISIBLE, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSEVED 2 COMP SINK FAUCET IN REAR PREP IN DISREPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING FROM 1ST COMPARTMENT AND FROM SOAP CONNECTION LINE, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN REAR HALL LEADING TO GARBAGE RECPTICALS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE • OBSERVED MISSING AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THE DISHWASHING AREA, BY LOW TEMP DISHWASHER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TO CREATE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES • OBSERVED IN REAR PREP COMMERCIAL STOVE MISSING OVEN DOOR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND REPLACE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 8, 2024: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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