Chinese #1 Kitchen

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

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOILED CUTTING BOARDS IN SMOOTHIE AND REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MILK CRATES USED AS SHELVING UNITS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL MILK CRATES AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING FOR EASY CLEANING AND PEST CONTROL. • OBSERVED OPEN FOOD STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE ALL FOOD IN FOOD BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, WOK STATION, FRYERS, PREP COOLERS, STEAM TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, BULK CONTAINERS, WALK-IN COOLER AND REACH-IN FREEZER IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT STORED IN FRONT COUNTER, STORAGE AND WASHROOM AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 56
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2562315 ON 8-17-22: 38-OBSERVED OVER 10 LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING ON WALLS ALONG PREP SINK IN SMOOTHIE PREP AREA, ON BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES, ON CAN OPENER, ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, WALL BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSIDE OVEN AND FRYERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALL AN EXTERMINATOR FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AREAS.60-PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2544887 ON 12-1-21:47-OBSERVED TORN/DAMAGED RUBBER GASKETS ON DOORS OF PREP COOLER IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKET. PRIORITY 7-42-090
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 26, 2022: 6 findings recurred.

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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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