Zaitoon House

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS ITEMS PREPARED ON-SITE HELD IN THE STATED LOCATIONS WITH NO DATE MARKING: YOGURT AND CHICKEN IN 2 DOOR PREP COOLER AND LAMB AND RICE IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO MARK ALL TCS ITEMS WITH 7 DAY DISPOSAL DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 20 LIVE ROACHES IN REAR PREP AREA IN CORNER BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, IN AND AROUND WATER HEATER, AND UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE AND MAINTAIN FACILITY FREE OF PESTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE AND GRIME ON FLOORS AND WALLS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION. • OBSERVED AN UNUSED BUFFET WARMING TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM AND AN UNUSED REFRIGERATOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM PREMISES. • OBSERVED SEVERAL SMALL HOLES AND CRACKS IN WALL AND BASEBOARD BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND WATER HEATER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SMALL HOLE IN BASEBOARD OF WALL NEAR CUSTOMER RESTROOM IN DINING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 18, 2019: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 8 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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