Lao Ma La Chinese Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, SLICER ON PREP TABLE, PREP TABLE TOPS AND BOTTOMS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOORS IN WASHROOMS, AT BAR, IN CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN UNDER DISHMACHINE AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN VENT FANS ON CEILINGS OF WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. SOME CLEANING TO VENTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEEDED AND VARIOUS VENTS IN DINING AREA TO REMOVE DUST.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE TO REMOVE LIME BUILD-UP. CLEAN INTERIOR OF MOP SINK TO REMOVE DIRT.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE OF MOPS AND BROOMS: ADVISED TO PROVIDE A HANGING RACK TO STORE THEM ON AND NOT STORE INSIDE OF UTILITY SINK OR MOP BUCKET.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 26, 2013: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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