Lee Chung Cafe

• official resultScore 41
• score41 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings6

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot food item not held at or above 140º F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Official wording: Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
  code 04HCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Official wording: Live roaches present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
  code 04MCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided.
  code 05DCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical

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This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.