Lee Wing Wah

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #1493952 DATED 8-22-14 FOR VIOLATION #(34)MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND UNDER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GREASE, DIRT, FOOD PARTICLES AND OTHER ITEMS. CLEAN UNDER SINKS TO REMOVE MOLDY LIKE SUBSTANCE AND BUILD UP FROM WATER AND DIRT. REPAIR BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN PANTRY IN REAR KITCHEN UNDER BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT IS HOLDING STANDING WATER AND GIVING OFF AN ODOR. CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT ON SECOND FLOOR IN PREP AREA. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL SHELVES IN CLOSETS WHERE MOUSE DROPPINGS OBSERVED.(33)MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS, WOK STATION SURFACES, PREP TABLE TOPS AND BOTTOMS, INTERIORS OF ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS AND SHELVES INSIDE OF UNITS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES. CLEAN STORAGE CONTAINERS AT COOKING STATION STORING SAUCES, GARLIC, AND SEASONINGS AND MAINTAIN. INSTRUCTED MGR TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS WITHIN GIVEN TIME FRAME. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MISSING A VACUUM BREAKER AT MOP SINK FAUCET, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL • WALK-IN COOLER FAN COVERS NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on March 5, 2015: 2 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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