New Hong Kong Buffet

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MISSING EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINK NEAR BACK DOOR. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK MINERAL SUBSTANCE INSIDE OF SODA POP MACHINE ICE SHOOT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE. CHICKEN NUGGETS FOUND AT 92.5F AND COOKED CHICKEN FOUND AT 94.5F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER HOT HOLDING FOOD ITEMS MUST BE AT 135.0F OR HIGHER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE FOOD. ALL FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 20 LBS AT A COST OF $75.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LABELS ON BULK CONTAINERS (FLOUR, RICE, SUGAR). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMON NAME ON FOOD BULK CONTAINERS TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY.
  code 37
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY ICE BUILD UP ON FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER. MUST DEFROST.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER LEAK AT PIPE UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WHEN WATER IS BEING DRAINED LOCATED BY REAR BACK DOOR. MUST REPAIR PLUMBING ISSUE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP AT VENTILATION HOOD IN PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DIRTY FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN PREP AREA. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 23, 2020: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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