Tom Yum Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• 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: OBSERVED UTILITY MOP SINK BEING USED TO WASH DISHES. SINK SET UP WITH SOAPY WATER, SCRUBBING SPONGES, DISH SOAP AND A DRYING CART NEXT TO SINK WITH CLEAN DISHES IN CART. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DISH WASHING DRYING RACKS, SPONGES, DISH SOAP AND TO PROPERLY SET THE KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL BULK FOOD/SPICE CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.
  code 30
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: DIRTY BULK FOOD/SPICE CONTAINERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST NOT USE NEWS PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING THROUGHOUT. SHELVING UNDER BOTH MICROWAVE OVENS DIRTY WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. TORN RUBBER DOOR GASKET ON LEFT DOOR OF LEFT TWO DOOR COOLER. MUST REPLACE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE GREASE IN THE EXHAUST HOOD. DIRTY FOOD CART ON COOKS LINE WITH FOOD DEBRIS.EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE KITCHEN AND REAR WITH DIRT, DEBRIS AND STICKY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 19, 2015: 5 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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