Lotus Cafe & Banh Mi Sandwiches

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND HOT TCS FOOD AT IMPROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE; OBSERVED COOKED RICE INSIDE A HOT HOLDING UNIT AT 128F. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL HOT-HOLDING FOODS MUST BE AT 135F OR ABOVE AT ALL TIMES. FOOD DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND COLD TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES INSIDE THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE GRILL. FOUND COOKED TOFU AND COOKED NOODLES AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 54F TO 55F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD-HOLDING TCS FOODS AT OR BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. REFER TO VIOLATION #21 FOR CITATION. FOOD DISCARDED.
  code 22
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: NOTED THE LEFT DOOR ON THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER LOCATED IN THE FRONT PREP AREA BROKEN. MUST REPAIR/REATTACH THE DOOR TO THE COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 2, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

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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