Yummy Buffet

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: EVIDENCE OF INSECT ACTIVITY FOUND ON PREMISES. OBSERVED LIVE ROACH CRAWLING FROM UNDER HIBACHI GRIL AND TWO ADDITIONAL ROACHES UNDER SUSHI PREP AREA AND UNDER FLAT GRILL TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE LICENSED PEST CONTROL SERVICE PREMISES. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT(PLATES) UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: STORAGE CABINETS UNDER BUFFETS (HOT AND COLD), EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS, UNDER ALL PREP COUNTER AND TABLES, ALONG SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, COOLERS AND COOLER DOOR LEDGE, AND INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR ALONG SIDES OF EQUIPMENT AND ALONG WALLBASE THROUGH-OUT PREP AREAS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY, REMOVE EXCESSIVE WATER AND FOOD DEBRIS. FLOOR TILE IN REA NOT MAINTAINED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL BROKEN FLLOR TILE AND RESEAL GROUT IN FLOOR CRACKS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: LIGHT COVERS IN PREP AREA NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER NOT WORKING INISDE SUSHI PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BROKEN THERMOMETER.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 29, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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