Green Tea Japanese Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: : 3-304.14--- ALL PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
  Inspector note: 4-903.11(A;C)--- ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, UNDER ALL SINKS, SHELVING, REAR HALLWAY STORAGE MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  code 45
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13----MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR ON THE FOLLOWING: ALL DOORS OF SUSHI DISPLAY COOLERS, COUNTER TOPS, INSIDE SMALL COOLERS.----MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS LINER FOR SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. 4-601.11(B)----DIRTY FOOD ENCRUSTED SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE REAR TALL REACH-IN COOLER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 4-301.16--- INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A ONE COMPARTMENT FOOD PREP SINK IN THE FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA FOR FOOD PREPARATION PURPOSES AS NEEDED. : 5-205.15--- LEAK UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ONTO THE FLOOR. MUST REPAIR.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11--- WALLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH GREASE AND FOOD SPLATTER: WALL AT REAR PREP TABLE ACROSS FROM COOLERS, WOODEN/PAPER SCREEN AT REAR ENTRANCE.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.----WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES ABOVE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE.----FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, UNDER ALL SINKS, AROUND THE GREASE TRAP, ALONG ALL BASEBOARDS AND UNDER AND AROUND COOLER, FREEZERS AND PREP TABLES WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH, CLEANABLE CEILING THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT AREA ABOVE ALL BOX FREEZERS, DRY FOOD STORAGE AND TO GO CONTAINER STORAGE.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: : 2-102.13--- NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE FOR THE ABOVE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on December 5, 2023: 6 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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