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Staropolska Restaurant

January 16, 2018 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeCanvass
failed findings4
critical findings1

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: FOUND NO SOAP OR PAPER TOWELS AT BOTH HAND SINKS IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MANAGER PROVIDED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT BOTH HAND SINKS UPON REQUEST. ALL EXPOSED HAND SINKS ON PREMISES MUST HAVE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS WITH HOT & COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
code 12Priority
surfaces not properly sanitized

Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION ON 4 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS: (1) OBSERVED OPEN CARDBOARD AND UTENSILS USED FOR TO-GO CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY UNDER A WATER PIPE IN THE BASEMENT THAT WAS WRAPPED IN VINYL PIPE WRAP THAT IS RIPPED AND DETERIORATING DIRECTLY OVER FOOD STORAGE ITMES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE SHABBY TAPE AND EITHER REPLACE PIPE WRAP OR RELOCATE FOOD STORAGE ITEMS SEPARATE AND AWAY FROM ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS. (2) OBSERVED FOOD ON THE FLOOR IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE REAR PREP AREAS. OBSERVED A CUSHION ON THE FLOOR WHERE A FOOD HANDLER WAS SKINNING POTATOES WITH THE BUCKET OF SKINNED POTATOES ON THE FLOOR, SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF FOOD INCLUDING POTS OF MEAT, FLOUR, SOUP SEASONINGS AND INGREDIENTS, AND VARIOUS SAUCES. FOOD AND FOOD PREPARATION SHALL NOT BE ON THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ALL FOOD SHALL BE STORED AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES. (3) OBSERVED PAINT CHIPPING FROM UNDER THE CUTING BOARD ON THE HOT HOLDING UNIT ABOVE AN AREA WHERE CLEAN FRYING PANS AND DISHES ARE STORED. ON THE SIDE WALL UNDER THE SAME HOT HOLDING UNIT MENTIONED ABOVE THERE IS RUST DRIPPING NEAR THE CLEAN FRYING PANS AND DISHES MENTIONED ABOVE THAT ARE STORED UNDER THE HOT HOLDING UNIT. MUST REMOVE RUST THAT IS DRIPPING FROM THE SIDE WALL UNDER THE HOT HOLDING UNIT AND EITHER RESURFACE THE PEELING PAINT AFTER DISHES ARE RELOCATED AND NO FOOD IS BEING PREPARED, OR REPLACE HOT HOLDING UNIT. (4) ICE BINS AT THE BAR AND THE WAITER/WAITRESS STATION ARE COVERED WITH A SHEET OF PAPER. INSTRUCTED TO FIND PROPER LIDS FOR ICE BINS TO PROTECT ICE IN BETWEEN USE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
code 16
food prep surfaces dirty

Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN THE CAN OPENER AND HOLSTER TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN.
code 33
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used

Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TOP LAYER OF PAINT IN THE WALK-IN COOLER BUBBLING UP, BLISTERING, AND TEARING AWAY FROM THE FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PAINT AND RESURFACE THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER.
code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 30, 2017: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 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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