China Palace

December 27, 2018 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeShort Form Complaint
failed findings14
critical findings3

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

handwashing sink blocked or barecritical

Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
Inspector note: OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK NEEDED IN REAR CONTAINING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND FOOD PREP TABLE. MUST INSTALL EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)
code 10Priority
sick-employee policy not followedcritical

Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
Inspector note: 2-201.11 NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
code 3Priority
staff working while sickcritical

Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
Inspector note: 2-501.11 NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
code 5Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
Inspector note: OBSERVED PITTED CUTTING BOARD WITH DARK GROOVES. MUST DISPOSE OF CUTTING BOARD. OBSERVED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF MICROWAVES UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE EVERY 4 HOURS. OBSERVED UNCLEAN CUTTING BOARDS AND UTENSILS ANS STRAINER WITH HEAVY GREASE ACCUMUALTION STORED UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT TO THE LEFT OF 2 COMPARTMENT SINK.
code 16
cold food not cold enough

Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
Inspector note: OBSERVED 1 LB OF CHICKEN AND 1 LB OF BEEF VALUED AT $10 IMPROPERLY STORED WITHIN COLD HOLD UNIT AT 51.0F CHICKEN AND BEEF WERE DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
code 22
food not cooled down right

Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
Inspector note: 3-501.17 INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST LABEL AND PROVIDE SELL BY DATE FOR REFRIGERATED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS THAT ARE PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
code 23
Approved Thawing Methods Used

Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING OF FISH SOAKING IN WATER IN A BOWL. MUST THAW FOOD PROPERLY UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER, FROM FREEZER TO REFRIGERATOR OR AS PART OF THE COOKING PROCESS.
code 35
thermometers missing

Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
Inspector note: OBSERVED BROKEN THERMOMETER WITHIN COOLERS. MUST HAVE FULLY FUNCTIONING THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
code 36
food improperly labeled

Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
Inspector note: 3-302.12 OBSERVED SOME BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN DRY STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
code 37
Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display

Inspector note: OBSERVED A BUCKET OF SOAKING UNCOOKED RICE ON FLOOR UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. RICE WAS DISCARDED DURING INSPECTION.
code 39
plumbing acting up

Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
Inspector note: 4-602.13 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF PREP AREA REACH IN COOLER (ALONG COOKLINE), CAN OPENER WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD BUILD UP, FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF ALL SINKS ALSO OBSERVED ALUMINUM TIN FOIL ON WALL BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ALONG SOUTH WALL. MUST CLEAN REMOVE ALUMINIUM TIN FOIL ON WALL ALSO MUST CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
code 49
bathroom / plumbing issues

Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
Inspector note: OBSERVED BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NEEDED ON MOP SINK. MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED GREASE TRAP NEXT TO 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IMPROPERLY MAINTAINED WITH HOLE AT BOTTOM OF GREASE TRAP LEAKING ONTO FLOOR. MUST REPAIR GREASE TRAP AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)
code 51
floors, walls, or ceilings grimy

Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
Inspector note: 6-501.114 STORAGE ROOM FLOOR CLUTTERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR. • OBSERVED WALLS UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN DISREPAIR. MUST REPAIR WALLS AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED WALLS AND COVING IN DRY STORAGE ROOM NEAR FOOD PREP AREA IN DISREPAIR. MUST REPAIR WALLS AND COVING AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT FACILITY WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN ALL FLOORS IN DETAIL. OBSERVED ALL FLOORS AROUND MOP SINK UNCLEAN WITH EXCESSIVE DIRT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
code 55
allergen training missing

Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
Inspector note: PA 100-0367 NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.
code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 10, 2018: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 7 findings recurred.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Edgewater

See every restaurant in Edgewater →

About this record

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.