Cozy Noodles & Rice

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: WE OBSERVED BLACK AND PINK SLIME SUBSTANCE AT UPPER PART OF THE ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR AND AT WHITE PLASTIC PANEL OF ICE BIN.ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005,CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: WHITE CHEST FREEZER STORED UNDER THE WASTE WATER PIPE IN BASEMENT STORAGE MUST BE RELOCATED OR ENCASE SAID PIPE • SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN PREP COUNTER AND HANDWASHING SINK,AT FRONT PREP AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER,REPAIR/REPLACE. • BROKEN LID WITH EXPOSED INSULATION AT INTERIOR OF CHEST FREEZER IN BASEMENT AREA .UNIT WAS REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPES AND BROKE AGAIN. MUST REPLACE SAID LIDS.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. • WATER BETWEEN COUNTER TOP TILES,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL.WAITRESS/COFFEE AREA
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: ENCRUSTED FOODS AND DEBRIS ON RUBBER GASKETS INSIDE COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN.ALSO REMOVE ICE BUILD-UP AND CLEAN CHEST FREEZERS IN BASEMENT AREA,
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 31, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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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