Grand Chinese Kitchen, Chicago

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 5LBS.-PRE-COOKED EGGROLLS AT 109.2F MUST HAVE HOT HOLDING FOODS AT 135.0F OR ABOVE. PRODUCT WAS DISCARDED BY MANAGER.APPX. 5LBS.$15.(PRIORITY 7-38-005)(COS)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 21
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSEREVD EVIDENCE OF APPX. 10 OR MORE LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING ON INTERIOR WALL OF LEFT WOK STATION AND CRAWLING ON LOWER WALL BEHIND RIGHT WOK STATION.APPX. 15 OR MORE MICE DROPPINGS ON LEDGE NEXT TO HOT WATER TANK IN TOILET ROOM. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 2/15/24.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS STORED IN LOBBY AREA MUST REMOVE AND STORE PROPERLY AWAY FROM CUSTOMERS TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.
  code 39
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS WEARING SOILED APRONS MUST PROVIDE CLEAN APRONS.
  code 40
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED KNIVES BEING STORED IN BETWEEN EQUIPMENT MUST STORE PROPERLY TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: MUST ELIMINATE CRATES USED FOR FOOD STORAGE THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS.MUST REMOVE RUST FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS. • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS ON 2- DOOR REACH IN COOLER.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF WOK STATION AND FAUCETS,PREP COOLERS,REACH IN COOLERS,PREP TABLES, ROLLING CARTS,FRYER CABINETS AND WHEEL BASES ,WALK IN COOLER-FAN GUARD COVERS, SHELVING UNITS
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST GROUT FLOOR UNDER WOK STATION AND UNDER ALL COOLERS AND WHERE NEEDED.MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED WALL BASES UNDER 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE FROM FLOOR UNDER,AROUND,ALONG WALL BASES THROUGHOUT INCLUDING WALK IN COOLER.MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD FROM FLOOR IN WALK IN COOLER.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 21, 2023: 8 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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