Thai Aroma

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE IN USE AND UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY SANITIZE (OPPM CHLORINE). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT SERVICED SO THAT IT PROPERLY SANITIZES. ONCE PROPERLY SANITIZING FAX A LETTER TO 312-746-8040 OR EMAIL TO CDPHFOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL RESINPECTED BY CDPH. MUST PROPERLY SET UP 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FOR PROPER WASHING, RINSING, AND SANITIZING. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND DRIED GREASE DRIPPING DOWN FROM THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR HOODVENT ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. HEAVY GREASE ACCUMULATION SURROUNDING COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST SERVICE HOODVENTS AND DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SURROUNDING AREAS.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: FOUND GREASE ON THE WALLS AND CEILINGS OUTSIDE OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. REPLACE BURNED CEILING TILES TO THE RIGHT OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE EMPTY BOXES ON THE FLOOR AND UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR DISHROOM.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 15, 2014: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.