Ghareeb Nawaz Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-202.16 OBSERVED DIRTY ALUMINUM FOIL PANS BEING SCRAPED IN THE SINK NEXT TO THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED NOT TO REUSE SINGLE USE ALUMINUM FOIL PANS. ALSO OBSERVED RUST ON THE STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF THE PEPSI COOLER AT THE BACK WALL OF THE RESTAURANT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE SHELVES OR SCRAPE AND REPAINT.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13 CLEAN ALL COOKING SURFACES AND TABLES THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR OF THE OVENS, PREP TABLES, 1 BURNER STOVES, DEEP FRYER, PREP COOLERS INSIDE AND OUT, FOOD STORAGE SHELVES, BOTTOM OF THE HOT HOLDING DISPLAY UNIT AT THE FRONT COUNTER, INTERIOR OF ALL MICROWAVES, THE FLOOR MIXER AND DOUGH SHEETER.
  code 49
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: 5-501.17 NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE WAS PROVIDED IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN THE TROUGH FLOOR DRAINS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WHERE FOOD IS ACCUMULATING. CLEAN THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 6-501.11 REPAIR THE OPENINGS IN THE WALLS OF THE CUSTOMER WASHROOMS. REPAIR THE CEILING IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR THE WALL AND BASEBOARD TILES BEHIND THE INTERIOR DOOR TO THE BACK HALLWAY WHERE THE WALK-IN COOLER IS LOCATED. REGROUT THE FLOOR TILES WHERE STANDING WATER IS ACCUMULATING BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES. REPLACE ANY BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. • 6-501.11 THE STAINLESS STEEL WALL SECTIONS BEHIND THE GRILL ARE NOT SEALED. REPAIR THE OPENINGS IN THE STAINLESS STEEL WALL BEHIND THE GRILL AREA SO THAT PEST HARBORAGE DOES NOT OCCUR.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 24, 2021: 4 findings recurred. 8 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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