Soul Veg City

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOKING EQUIPMENT , PREP TABLES, COLD HOLDING UNITS, NOT MAINTAINED AND CLEANED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/ MAINTAIN
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER PEST CONTROL ON PREMISES. OBSERVED 2 LIVE LARGE ROACHES CRAWLING ON FLOOR IN FURNACE ROOM AND PREP AREA, 23 MICE DROPPINGS ON PREMISES IN FURNACE ROOMS AND UNDER PAN SHELVING UNIT IN DISHWASHING AREA,65 LIVE GNATS, 9- LARGE FLIES ON WALLS, FLYING IN PREP AREAS,DISHWASHING, WAITRESS WATER STATION STORAGE AREAS, DINING ROOM, WASHROOMS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/ SANITIZE ALL WALL AREAS. RECOMMENED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OVERHEAD WATER PIPES IN MAIN KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ENCASE PIPE FOR PREVENTION OF ANY CONTAMINATION
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED UNCLEAN UNSEALED WOOD STORAGE SHELVES FOR GLASSWARE IN WAITRESS STATION. MUST REPAIR • OBSERVED EXTERIOR LEGS OF LOWER SHELF OF ALL PREP TABLES IN ALL PREP AREAS, FAUCET OF HAND SINK , STORAGE CABINETS,IN JUICE PREP AREA,ICE MACHINE,ALL STORAGE SHELVES IN WAITRESS WATER PREP STATION ETC
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: ANY WASHROOM USED BY FEMALES MUST HAVE A COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR SANITARY NAPKINS. MUST PROVIDE IN WOMENS WASHROOM.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET MOPS STORED FLOORS IN PREP AREA, INSIDEFURNACE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND PROPERLY STORED AFTER USE IN DESIGINATED MOP AREA • OBSERVED WALLS AREAS AND FLOORS AREAS NOT CLEAN OF DEBRIS, AND FOOD DEBRIS THROUGH-OUT ESTABLISHMENT PREP AREAS, DISHWASHING AREAS, REAR PORCH STORAGE AREA/STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREAS • OBSERVED CEILING DAMAGED IN MAIN PREP/ COOKING AREA OVER STEAM TABLE AND HOT HOLDING UNIT. ALSO LOWER WALL DAMAGE,( HOLE) IN HALLWAY NEAR WAITRESS STATION. MUST REPAIR.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 24, 2019: 6 findings recurred. 9 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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