Chai Asian Bistro

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

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 6 LIVE ROACHES IN CRACK/CREVICE IN PREP AREA BETWEEN UNUSED 3-DOOR COOLER AND TABLE TOP. MUST REMOVE ALL LIVE ROACH ACTIVITY BY DATE OF REINSPECTION. ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE UNUSED 3-DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: SOME FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED. MUST UPDATE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATES.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 14, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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