✕

Nori Chicago

August 16, 2016 · Fail

🪳cooked

official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings9
critical findings3

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

food received at unsafe tempscritical

Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
Inspector note: NO SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED ON BOTH EXPOSED HAND SINK,BEHIND THE FRONT PREP /SUSHI AREA ALSO REAR PREP/DISH ROOM AREA.SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
code 12Priority
sick-employee policy not followedcritical

Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE:FOUND FILLET HAMISHI AT TEMP OF 65F; SALMON AT TEMP OF 63F; SMOKED SALMON AT TEMP OF 60,3F AND INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED FRESH TUNA STEAK AT TEMP OF 69.8F TO 70.1F INSIDE THE TWO DOOR COOLER,WHICH MAINTAINS TEMP OF 40.2F.SUSHI COOLER MAINTAIN TEMP OF 37.8F; COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUNDS 14,VALUE 200 CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
code 3Priority
hand hygiene slippingcritical

Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
Inspector note: POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICE.OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS TOUCHING NON-FOOD CONTACT SUCH AS:GARBAGE CANS,PICK UP DELIVERED BOXES AND STORE THEM,WIPING DOWN TABLES AND COOLERS,THAN GOING BACK TO WORK STATION WITHOUT HAND WASHING GLOVED HANDS AND MADE A SUSHI ROLL ,A READY TO EAT FOOD.EMPLOYEES NOT WASHING HAND PRIOR TO GLOVE HANDS AFTER EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. INFORMATION GIVEN ON HAND WASHING. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-010(A)
code 6Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
Inspector note: WE OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR WITH BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING INTO WATER WHERE ICE IS MADE ALSO ON ICE CUBES.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE UNIT. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
code 16
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

Inspector note: DUCT TAPE ON HANDLE OF THE TWO DOOR RACH-IN COOLER UNDER THE SUSHI COUNTER,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE HANDLE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
code 32
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: GREASE INSIDE THE DEEP FRYER,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: DEBRIS AND GREASE ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THREE COMARTMENT SINKS. ALSO INSIDE THE FURNACE STORAGE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
code 34
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

Inspector note: DUST BUILD-UP ON VENT COVERS AND HOOD DUCT INSIDE THE DINING ROOM,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
code 35
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous

Inspector note: THERMOMETER IS NEEDED IN ALL COOLERS.NEED TO PROVIDE
code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 4, 2015: 9 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in West Town

See every restaurant in West Town →

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.