Taj Mahal

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN, RICE, ETC). INSTD TO HAVE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012A SERIOUS.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: COOKED FOODS AND PREPARED SAUCES IN COOLERS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTD TO PROPERLY LABEL AND DATE SAME.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF CHEST FREEZER WITH EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD-UP. INSTD TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE ICE AND MAINTAIN. EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP WITH RUST. INSTD TO PAINT SAME. CONDENSER LINE OF PREP COOLER CAUSING WATER ACCUMULATION AT BOTTOM INTERIOR SHELF. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME IMPROPER CONTACT SURFACE FOR BREAD STORAGE, USING UNSMOOTH CLOTH TO WRAP BREAD. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE EQUIPMENT. RUSTY WIRE RACKS IN COOLERS. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: UNCLEAN CONTAINERS BEING USED FOR STORING VARIETY OF PREPARED SAUCES. INSTD TO USE CLEAN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE, INTERIOR OF COOLERS, AND UNDERNEATH COOLER DOOR HANDLES NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR UNDER PREP COOLER WITH SOME WATER ACCUMULATION, TOWELS ON FLOOR. INSTD TO KEEP FLOOR CLEAN AND DRY.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: ALL DOORS, DOOR HANDLES AND LIGHTSWITCHES THROUGH OUT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: LEAK AT PIPE AT REAR EXPOSED HANDSINK. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETERS MISSING IN COOLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 9, 2016: 8 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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