Food Safety Report: Adoro Fusion Kitchen + Bar, 2509 W North Ave, Chicago, Il, USA.

Chicago, 60647 Illinois, United States

Report date: Aug 20, 2025
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: observed person in charge without proof of food safety management training during time of inspection. Must provide.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: observed facility food handlers preparing and handling�time and temperature control for safety(tcs) foods without original city of chicago food service manager and certificate on site. Informed person in charge city of chicago original food service certificate must remain posted on site and certified manager on site during tcs food prep, cooking, serving and operating hours. Priority foundation violation #7-38-012. Citation issued.

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: observed no written employee health policy on site. Instructed facility to establish an appropriate employee health policy and maintain with verifiable signed copies on site for all food employees in acknowledgment of reporting agreement. Priority foundation violation #7-38-010. Citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: observed low temperature dish washing machine in use at bar not properly sanitizing. Sanitizing strength of sanitizer (chlorine) at the time of inspection was 0 ppm. Equipment must properly sanitize at a minimum of 50 ppm. Instructed not to use unit until reinspected by chicago department of health (cdph). Tagged unit. Priority violation #7-38-025. Citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: observed a white panel inside the ice machine that touched ice filled with a black mold-like substance. Instructed manager to wash, clean, sanitize and maintain. Ice is used for human consumption. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-005. Citation issued.

21. Proper hot holding temperatures
- comments: observed the following food not meeting require temperature of 135f degrees or above in the designated hot-holding unit: rice at 66. 2f and beans at 66. 1f manager immediately and voluntarily disposed of 4 lbs of products worth $50. 00 through denaturing process. Priority violation #7-38-005. Citation issued.

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: noted internal temperatures of the following time/temperature control for safety food items inside thecold holding unit to be improper: shredded chicken at 54. 4f, diced tomato at 54. 2f, and sliced tomato at 55. 7f manager immediately and voluntarily disposed of 6 lbs of products worth $75. 00 through denaturing process. Priority violation #7-38-005. Citation combioned with above violation.

25. Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
- comments: observed no disclosure and reminder on the menu for all animal food products that can be ordered raw or undercooked. Instructed to provide a disclosure by asterick on the menu for all items (beef burgers, eggs any style, steak) that can be ordered undercooked or raw and add a footnote reminder statement on the menu that reads *these items can be ordered undercooked or raw. Consuming undercooked or raw foods can increase your risk of foodborne illness. (refer to cdph consumer advisory guide on cdph website) priority foundation violation #7-38-005. Citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: observed food storage containers without labels containing the common name of foods. Instructed to provide.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: observed aluminum foil used as liner on food prep equipment. Instructed to remove.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: observed no irreversible test strips/testing device on site to ensure the utensil surface temperature (160f) after the final rinse for high temp dish machine. Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation #7-38-005.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed grease buildup on cooking equipment, walls, surrounding floors and shelving units in the kitchen/prep areas. Instructed to degrease, clean and sanitize.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed clutter stored on floor near ice machine and utility sink area. Instructed manager to remove all unused articles and equipment to prevent pest harborage.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: observed no proof of training for all food handlers. Instructed to provide and maintain records at all times.

58. Allergen training as required
- comments: observed no certified food manager on site and no other pic with allergen training. Instructed any persons with the city of chicago food sanitation certificate to comply with completion of training. Must provide documentation.

Source: chicago.gov