Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 18, 2017
• address243 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616

Is Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc. clean?

Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 18, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 18, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • OBSERVED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF FOOD HANDLER WIPNG FOOD PARTICLES OFF BLADE OF MEAT CLEAVER WITH BARE HAND CONTAMINATING UTENSIL AND PLACING MEAT CLEAVER ON CUTTING BOARD. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZING OF UTENSILS AND CUTTING BOARDS PRIOR TO AND AFTER USE WITH NO BARE HAND CONTACT TO BLADE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).critical
  Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • OBSERVED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF FOOD HANDLER WIPNG FOOD PARTICLES OFF BLADE OF MEAT CLEAVER WITH BARE HAND CONTAMINATING UTENSIL AND PLACING MEAT CLEAVER ON CUTTING BOARD. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZING OF UTENSILS AND CUTTING BOARDS PRIOR TO AND AFTER USE WITH NO BARE HAND CONTACT TO BLADE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES IN PREP AREA: WAITRESS AT COUNTER ENTERED PREP AREA AND STARTED PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT WASHING HANDS AND THEN WENT TO GET GLOVES, PUT THEM ON WITHOUT WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER HANDWASHING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A).
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • OBSERVED COLD WATER KNOB MISSING AT EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN PREP AREA PROVIDING ONLY HOT RUNNING WATER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SO COLD RUNNING WATER IS PROVIDED. ALSO NOTED NO PAPER TOWELS AT SAME EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK. MUST PROVIDE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7- 38-030.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS, PREP TABLES AND COUNTERS, BOTTOM OF PREP TABLBES OF FOOD DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA OF FOOD DEBRIS AND STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT AND BASEMENT FLOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA OF FOOD DEBRIS AND STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT AND BASEMENT FLOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR DAMAGED CEILIG IN BASEMENT AND REMOVE DEAD BUGS IN LIGHT PANELS OF CEILING IN PREP AREA OF 1ST FLOOR.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPAIR DAMAGED CEILIG IN BASEMENT AND REMOVE DEAD BUGS IN LIGHT PANELS OF CEILING IN PREP AREA OF 1ST FLOOR.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST MEET FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • MUST MEET FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc. last inspected?

Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc. has 4 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2016.

Claypot Noodle Shop, Inc. vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.