Chen's Garden

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NOTED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED (CHICKEN, PORK, BEEF ETC). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS STORED IN GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD ITEMS INSIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS WITH TIGHT FITTING LIDS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SHELVING WITH GREASE STAINS, DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST ALSO CLEAN ALL GASKET LINING AT DOORS OF SERVICE COOLERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: NOTED THICK GREASE AND GRIME EMBEDDED ON FLOOR ALONG WALL BASE BEHIND COOKING STOVE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NOTED LEAKING FAUCETS AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN....MUST ALSO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WATER PRESSURE OF HAND WASH SINK (HOT WATER FAUCET) AT THE BATHROOM.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 20, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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