Chicago Kalbi

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK BEHIND BAR AND IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE DISH WASHING MACHINE AT IMPROPER FINAL SANITIZING RINSE AT 0 PPM CHLORINE CONCENTRATION. (DISHMACHINE NOT IN USED AT THIS TIME) INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO FIX AND MAINTAIN. A MECHANICAL DISHWASHING MACHINES SHOULD PROVIDE A FINAL SANITIZING RINSE OF EITHER 50 – 100 PPM CHLORINE (FOR CHEMICAL SANITIZING MACHINE) OR 180F FINAL RINSE (FOR HOT WATER SANITIZING MACHINE). DISHMACHINE TAGGED ‘HELD FOR INSPECTION’. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED (SEE COMMENTS BELOW). TECHNICIAN ARRIVED (CORRECTED ON SITE) FINAL SANITIZING RINSE NOW AT 100 PPM CHLORINE CONCENTRATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  code 36
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE AT FAUCET NEXT TO ICE MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING WALL TILES (BETWEEN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND DISHMACHINE) IN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO REGROUT LOOSE FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHEN (INFRONT OF THE GRILL).
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on August 30, 2022: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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