Slice of Cheesie's, 964 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

of chicago certified food manager on site during initial inspection while tcs foods were being prepared and served. Manager arrived one hour and five minutes after inspection began. Reviewed a city of chicago certified manager must be on site at all times tcs foods are being prepared and served. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued.

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no written employee health policy on-site or available for for review for all employees. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010. No citation issued at this time.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: noted employees beverage on the cooks line prep cooler. Instructed to provide a designated area away from food preparation for employees refreshments.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: no paper towels located at the hand washing sinks located in the basement food prep area and the bar where customers were noted eating and drinking. Management provided towels during inspection. Paper towels must be available and accessible at all hand washing sinks at all times. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c) citation issed.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed prepared tcs foods held longer than 24 hours such as cooked chicken, cooked macaroni and cheese, beef stock noted throughout several coolers and walk-in coolers without an expiration date. Some foods noted with preparation dates only and others with no date labeling. Instructed all prepared tcs foods held longer than 24 hours must be date labeled with an expiration date no longer than 7 days. All foods discarded. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: all bulk food containers must be properly labeled with the product common name.

44. Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled
- comments: noted an open mesh bag of soiled linens stored on the outdoor patio. Must properly store soiled linens in a sealed container.

44. Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled
- comments: clean stored mixing bowls in the west side kitchen must be inverted.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: small cutting board noted at the hot holding soup area in poor repair, chipped and with deep cut grooves. Instructed to replace.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: must not use cardboard boxes as food containers throughout coolers. Food containers must be washable.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: excessive ice build up inside the tall reach-in freezer. Must remove and maintain. -----must not use duct tape as a means of repair or for lining for all equipment. Equipment surfaces must be smooth and cleanable.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: leak under the west kitchen three compartment sink into a bucket. Must repair.

53. Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
- comments: extremely dirty interior of the basement employee washroom bathtub. Tub noted with dried, encrusted waste water debris. Must clean and maintain.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: observed excessive amounts of food containers, food waste, bags of garbage on the grounds surrounding the outside waste containers. Instructed to remove all waste from the ground surrounding the containers and maintain clean. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(b) citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: unused ice machine in the kitchen, unused dirty coffee pots and microwave oven in the east basement dry food storage and all unnecessary items throughout the west side basement must be removed from the premises. Needed items throughout the basement must be organized and elevated.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: excessive dirt and food debris at the rear mop sink area and under/around the unused ice machine at the east side kitchen. ----pooling liquid on the floor of the beer keg walk-in cooler. ----dirty floor drain under the west kitchen three compartment sink. -----extremely dirty floor with caked mud on the floor of the west kitchen walk-in cooler. Must clean and maintain all. ----missing wall at the eastside kitchen rear prep. Must replace. ----metal floor of the west kitchen rear walk-in cooler in poor repair. Noted buckled with open/broken seam. Must repair to be smooth and cleanable.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: no proof of food handler training or certificates for all required employees. Must provide.

64. Public health nuisance
- comments: observed two employees (cooks) in the kitchen not wearing face coverings properly. Employees were noted wearing their masks under their nose, exposing their noses. Employees must properly wear face coverings covering both their nose and mouth. Citation issued 7-28-060.

Source: chicago.gov

CLEANING UP VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ONE INCLUDING THE CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
> NOTED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOR SAFETY FOOD ITEMS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AND REFRIGERATION UNITS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS WITH PRODUCT NAME AND USED BY DATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
> ALL BULK AND WORKING FOOD INGREDIENT CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH CONTENTS NAME
> NOTED TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE DOOR OF CHEST WALK IN COOLER AT THE PIZZA SIDE PREP AREA KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE.
> NOTED RUSTY AND DIRTY SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AT THE PIZZA FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, REPAINT WITH NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND/OR REPLACE. -
> NOTED LID COVER OF CHEST FREEZER AT THE BASEMENT PREP AREA BROKEN IN PARTS AND HELD TOGETHER WITH SCOTCH TAPES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE -
> NOTED THE FOLLOWING:- -FLOORS ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BY THE ICE MACHINE AREA/UTILITY SINK AT THE FIRST FLOOR. -WALLS WITH FOOD DIRT AND FOOD SPILLS AT THE SAME AREA. -CRACKS ON THE WALLS AND MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENINGS AT THE CEILING AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP/ DISH WASHING AREA/FOOD STORAGE INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN CEILING, WALLS WITH CRACKS AND SPILLS.
> NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS
> NOTED PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION
Source: Chicago Health Dept.  | Symptoms: Diarrhea