Chinese #1 Kitchen

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOW SERIOUS FROM REPORT# 1307274 DATE 01/27/2014 VIOLATION 7-42-090 #30 THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED THE LABEL THEM. ALSO LABEL AND DATE THE FROZEN FOOD CONTAINERS LOCATED IN THE DOUBLE DOOR REACHIN FREEZER. #32OBSERVED RUSTY STORAGE SHELVES IN WALK-IN COOLER AND RUSTY GREASE TRAP UNDERNEATH THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK NEED TO REMOVE THE RUST AND CLEAN AND PAINT THEM. #33 THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN EXTERIOR BULK CONTAINERS, TEA POT, REAR STORAGE SHELVES FOR DRY GOODS, AND TABLE STORAGE SHELFS,REACHIN TWO DOOR FREEZER AND ALL THE REACHIN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED THE CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL OF THEM. #34FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. #35 WALLS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE SPLATTER OF FOOD ITEMS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. #37 THE TOILET ROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. NEED TO PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE TO THE DOOR. #40 THERMOMETERS IN ANY OF THE REACHIN COOLERS OR IN THE WALKIN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS TO ALL UNITS. #41 LARGE AMOUNT OF CLUTTER BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER AND IN THE REAR AREA. MUST REMOVE THE CLUTTER AND CLEAN AND ORGNIZE SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE EXTERIOR OF THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS AND THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR INSIDE GARBAGES CANS.
  code 30
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN AND PAINT THE KITCHEN WALLS,TOILET ROOM WALLS, STORE ROOM WALLS HAS DIRT,FOOD DEBRIS ON THEM. HOLES IN WALLS REPAIR THEM.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 27, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 7 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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