V & K Restaurant Inc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS ON SITE. FOUND INSIDE TWO SEPARATE COLD HOLDING UNITS: A CARTON OF HALF AND HALF (46.0F), 2 CONTAINERS OF HAM (46.3F-48.0F), SAUSAGE LINKS (48.0F), CHICKEN (49.8F), AND SAUSAGE PATTIES (46.5F). MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 17LBS AT $110 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TWO COLD HOLDING UNITS ON SITE. FOUND A MINI COOLER AT 48.7F AND A TWO DOOR COOLER AT 50.0F BOTH UNITS WERE FOUND IN THE FRONT PREP AREA AND STOCKED WITH TCS FOODS. BOTH UNITS TAGGED, PLEASE REVIEW COMMENTS FOR TAG REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST REACH AND MAINTAIN 41.0F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER INSIDE THE MINI REFRIGERATOR AT THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SQUIRT BOTTLES AND A BULK, PLATIC CONTAINER OF BUTTER AT THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH NOT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 37

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 21, 2025: 4 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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