China Hut

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 5 LIVE COCKROACHES INSIDE OF THE OVEN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE ALL PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A). NO CITATION ISSUED. • 6-501.112 CLEAN ALL OF THE DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 38
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RUST ON THE BOTTOM INTERIOR PLATE OF BOTH 1 DOOR PREP COOLERS ACROSS FROM THE WOK STATION AND NEXT TO THE OVEN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST FROM BOTH PREP COOLER SURFACES.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, THE STEAM TABLE, WOK STATION, MICROWAVE, STORAGE SHELVES, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS, AND INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE WATER FROM THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DRAIN LEAKING ONTO THE FLOOR AROUND THE OPEN SITE FLOOR DRAIN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO EXTEND THE DRAIN PIPE SO THAT IT DOES NOT LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ON THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. • REPAIR THE MISSING GROUT AROUND THE FLOOR DRAIN AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE THE CEILING TILE AT THE FRONT OF THE PREP AREA.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13(B)(4) PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2293922 ON 6/20/19: 49 - MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FRYER CABINET, WHEEL BASES OF ALL EQUIPMENT.MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM GLASS SHELVING UNITS IN FOOD STORAGE AREA. 49 - MUST CLEAN DIRTY SHELVING IN WALK-IN COOLER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 17, 2020: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 3 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.