Mehrab Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (COOKED RICE, COOKED CHIC PEAS, ETC.) ARE PREPARED. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012.
  code 2Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: SOME PREP ARE COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED MUST PROVIDE AND MAKE VISIBLE WORKING THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
  code 36
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOILED INTERIOR IN ALL PREP COOLER AND FREEZER CHESTS LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES. • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED ICE BUILD UP ON REAR OF WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. MUST REMOVE ALL ICE BUILD UP ON WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: REAR STORAGE AREA HANDWASH SINK COLD WATER HANDLE STRIPPED ALSO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING STOPPERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID HANDWASH SINK AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE IN EMPLOYEES WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN WALL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 2, 2024: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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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