Chinatown Buffet

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE AT THE SALAD BUFFET STATION, HOT FOOD STATION AND MONGOLIAN GRILL. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE AT THE SALAD BUFFET STATION: COTTAGE CHEESE AT 46F, AND SOUR CREAM AT 49.2F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE AT THE HOT FOOD STATION: ORANGE CHICKEN AT 133.3F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN THE MONGOLIAN GRILL DISPLAY COOLER: RAW CHICKEN AT 48.7F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 4# OF FOOD WORTH $40. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED 2 CONTAINERS OF RAW CHICKEN STORED ABOVE RAW SEAFOOD ON A SHELF IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS STORE RAW CHICKEN AND POULTRY BELOW ALL OTHER FOODS TO PREVENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET FOR THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS: FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, STAINLESS STEEL SHELVING, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF DEEP FRYERS, PREP TABLES, TOP OF OVEN, CAN OPENER BLADE, INTERIOR OF PREP COOLERS, INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA ESPECIALLY AROUND WALLS AND UNDER EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE FOOD DEBRIS, SPLASH AND SPLATTER ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREAS. CLEAN OR REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 10, 2015: 6 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.

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