Choi's Chinese Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.112 CLEAN AND REMOVE ALL DEAD INSECTS FROM THE PREP AREA AND BASEMENT.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13 CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS, GARBAGE CONTAINER, PREP TABLES, ENCRUSTED GREASE ON TOP OF THE WOK STATIONS AND 2 DOOR PREP COOLERS, STORAGE SHELF ABOVE THE MOP SINK AND CHEST FREEZERS.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.11 REPLACE THE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MUST SEAL ALL CRACKS AND CREVICES AND BASEBOARD TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. CLEAN THE FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. • 6-501.114 REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS CONTRIBUTING TO CLUTTER AND PEST HARBORAGE ISSUES IN THE BASEMENT AND FOOD PREP AREA. REMOVE ALL UNUSED CARDBOARD BOXES, EMPTY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, STYROFOAM GARBAGE, ETC.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13(B)(3) PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION FROM REPORT 2562786 ON 8/25/22 NOT CORRECTED: 38 - OBSERVED LIVE INSECT ACTIVITY AND EVIDENCE OF RODENTS ON THE PREMISES. OBSERVED 6 LIVE COCKROACHES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND BETWEEN THE WOOD SHELF AND WALL. ALSO OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 40 MOUSE DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE ALL RODENT DROPPINGS FROM THE PREMISES. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 25, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 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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