Best Choice Oriental Grocery

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 08/19/13 REPORT#1319710. 33)MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL PREP TABLES,COOKING EQUIPMENT,COOLERS,SHELVES AND ALL DIRTY SURFACES THROUGHOUT PREP AND DISHWASHING AREAS. ALSO DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT(38) MUST INCREASE THE WATER PRESSURE AT THE 1ST FLOOR FISH PREPARATION AREA HAND SINK.(41) MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY CLUTTER IN BASEMENT. STORE ALL ITEMS 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR. MUST STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS IN WALK IN FREEZER ON SHELVES 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA IN FRONT OF MEAT COOLER AND BEHIND ICE MACHINE. MUST REPAIR/MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER DAMAGE CEILING TILES ABOVE 3-DOOR REACH-IN FREEZER, ABOVE CUTTING MEAT TABLES AND IN FRONT AND REAR STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 4, 2013: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 5 previous findings 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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