Food Safety Report: Bacinos Italian Grill, 248 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, Il, USA.

Chicago, 60657 Illinois, United States

Report date: Jun 27, 2025
10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed no hand washing sign or poster near hand washing sink in bar area. Must provide and maintain.

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: observed improper cold holding temperatures of tcs foods inside walk-in cooler. Observed a container with cooked chicken wings and another container of cooked chicken breast with internal temperature ranging between 46. 5f to 48. 7f. Must maintain all cold tcs foods with internal temperature of 41. 0f or below. Manager immediately and voluntarily discarded approximately 13# of food value of $45. Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: must label food storage containers when food is not in the original container.

40. Personal cleanliness
- comments: observed employees in kitchen food preparation area preparing and serving food without wearing hair restraints. Must wear hair restraints at all times food is prepared and served.

41. Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
- comments: observed wiping cloths stored on top of prep tables. Must properly store wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when not in use.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: observed a few items stored on floor in front food storage area and rear kitchen food preparation area. Must elevate items of the floor and maintain

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed a few water damaged and missing ceiling tiles in front and rear prep area. Must repair replace tiles and maintain facility in a good repair. Observed heavy dust build up on ceiling tiles throughout premises also observed excessive amount of dust and dirt build up inside lightshields throughout premises. Must clean and maintain.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: observed burn out light bulb in front of food preparation area. Must repair provide intensity lighting at all times.

58. Allergen training as required
- comments: observed certified food service manager without the allergen training certificate instructed above that all city of chicago certified food service managers must obatin allerge training certificates.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: observed previous core violations not corrected from inspection report#2595364 on 05/29/24. #53. No covered trash receptacle in employees washroom. Must provide. Employees washroom door not self closing. Instructed manager washroom door must self close. #56. Observed accumualted grease/food build up on ventilation hood/filters. Must clean ventilation hood and filters. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov