Wasabi Cafe

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING PREP AND STORAGE.FOUND FLIES GLUE STICK HANGING FROM CEILING(WITH FLIES ON IT) ABOVE OPENED LID AT PREP COOLER AND ABOVE REACH-IN COOLER IN THE KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A) OWNER REMOVED BOTH FLIES GLUE STICKS.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT SUSHI AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. PLASTIC STRING FROM GROCERY BAGS USED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND METAL LEG OF THE DISH MACHINE NEED TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY REPAIR ISSUE. ALSO FILTHY PLASTIC ON SANITIZER SOLUTION HOSE,SOAP AND FINAL RINSE AGENT. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE FAUCET AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE KITCHEN WAS REPAIRED WITH EXCESS POROUS WHITE UNKNOWN MATERIAL,UNABLE TO CLEAN, GRIMES AND BLACK SLIME AROUND SAID FAUCET,REMOVE WHITE MATERIAL AND REPAIR SAID FAUCET. ALSO REMOVE DIRTY,GRIMED, POROUS EXCESS CAULKING AT BASE OF THE TOILET BOWL IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE SEALER AND MAINTAIN. EMPLOYEE USING CARDBOARD ON FLOOR UNDER THE FEET IN PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE A FLOOR MAT. SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN SUSHI AND JUICE AREA BOTH SIDES.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: REMOVE DEBRIS INSIDE THE CHEST FREEZER AT REAR STORAGE AREA
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: STANDING WATER BETWEEN FLOOR TILES ON REMOVED GROUT FROM FLOOR IN FRONT OF PREP TABLE IN THE KITCHEN INSTRUCTED TO RE-GROUT AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: BROKEN WALL UNDER THE SUSHI PREP COUNTER,MISSING CEILING AT DRY STORAGE ABOVE THREE WHITE CHEST FREEZER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SAID CEILING OR RELOCATE MENTIONED ITEMS.REPAIRED WALL BY THE EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE KITCHEN REPAIRED WITH TAPE.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TAPE AND RE-SEAL WITH SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ONE COMPARTMENT SINK UNDER CITY PLUMBING CODE AT SUSHI AREA.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 26, 2017: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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