Mongolian Cuisine

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 27, 2018
• address4640 N Cumberland Ave, Chicago 60656

Is Mongolian Cuisine clean?

Mongolian Cuisine is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 27, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Mongolian Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010,NO CITATION ISSUED. - -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND SOAP AT HAND WASHING SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA WHILE EMPLOYEE ACTIVELY PREPARING FOODS DURING THIS INSPECTION.HAND WASHING SINK SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A SUPPLY OF HAND CLEANING LIQUID AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C),CITATION ISSUED. - COS.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS SUCH AS (MEAT BALLS,SALADS,SOUPS ETC) NOT DATE MARKED TO INDICATED THE DATE IN WHICH THE FOOD MUST BE CONSUMED OR DISCARDED. FOOD MUST BE DISCARDED WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER THE DATE IT WAS PREPARED, WITH THE DATE OF PREPARATION COUNTING AS DAY 1. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN REAR REFRIGERATOR FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS IN REFRIGERATION UNITS. • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR MONITORING FOOD TEMPERATURES AND TO MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HAND SINK NEXT TO DISHWASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND TO MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD AT HAND SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HAND SINK NEXT TO DISHWASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK IN FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH HAIR RESTRAINT AND MAINTAIN WHEN WORKING AROUND OPEN FOODS.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK IN FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD EMPLOYEE WITH HAIR RESTRAINT AND MAINTAIN WHEN WORKING AROUND OPEN FOODS.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS,POTS,PANS, TRAYS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE (HANDLES-UP).
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL CLEAN UTENSILS,POTS,PANS, TRAYS, FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED AND INVERTED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE (HANDLES-UP).
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS FOR PROPER STORING OF FOODS IN COOLERS NOT IN GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN TOILET ROOM AND TO MAINTAIN. • FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES IN NEED FOR FURTHER CLEANING TO REMOVE SPILLED FOOD DEBRIS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS ON VENTILATION COVER IN TOILET ROOM AND TO MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF DUSTS ON VENTILATION COVER IN TOILET ROOM AND TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLER WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PERSON(S) THAT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE MUST ALSO HAVE A FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING/CERTIFICATE AND MAINTAIN. - -

When was Mongolian Cuisine last inspected?

Mongolian Cuisine has 4 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2016.

Mongolian Cuisine vs Dunning

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Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.