Food Safety Report: Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, 6324-6326 N Broadway, Chicago, Il, USA.

6324 North Broadway, Chicago, 60660 Illinois, United States

Report date: Nov 10, 2022
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: the person in charge does not have a city of chicago food service sanitation certificate. Priority violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: no valid city of chicago food service sanitation certificate is posted on the premises. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: some areas inside the ice machine are in need of cleaning. Must clean and maintain.

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

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed seven live roaches in various areas of the facility. At the mop sink, kitchen hand sink, storage shelving, ice machine, bar, and rear dry storage area. Instructed to have pest control co. Service for roaches and eliminate roach activity. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(a) citation issued.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: must provide a splash guard at the kitchen hand washing sink between the hand sink and the one-compartment prep sink.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: broken/missing door handles on the doors of the tall reach-in cooler. Must replace.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: torn rubber door gaskets on the tall reach-in cooler. Must replace.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: interior of both ovens with excessive food debris. Must clean and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: floors throughout the facility with dead roaches. ----walls at the kitchen three-compartment sink, rear kitchen hallway storage at the window with dirt and food splatter. Must clean and maintain. ---- water-damaged ceiling tiles throughout the facility in the dining room, washrooms, prep area, and dry storage. Missing ceiling tile in the kitchen. Must replace all. ----washroom ceiling vents with excessive dust. ----bar floor drain dirty. Must clean and maintain all. ----must not use paper and duct tape as window covering in the dry food storage hallway, or duct tape on the washroom wall as repair. ----hole in the wall in the women's washroom. Must seal. ----missing floor tile under kitchen metal prep table on the west wall. Must replace. ----excessive ice build up on the floor of the walk-in freezer? must remove. ----soiled/dirty light shield in the rear hallway. Must clean and maintain.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: employees must not store personal belongings in the rear hallway dry food storage area.

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

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violation from report #2528623 on 8-26-21 was not corrected. #51- found no backflow prevention devices at the ice machine waterline. Must provide where it can be located and serviced. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov