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Cafe Beograd, Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL, USA

3 years ago

Cafe Beograd, Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL, USA

2933-39 Irving Park Road, Chicago, 60618 Illinois, United States

Report date: Jun 17, 2020
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no written employee health policy for all employees. Must provide a verified, written employee health policy for every employee. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010. No citation issued.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: observed a table and chairs inside the main kitchen with food and beverage at the table for staff. Instructed to remove the table and chairs. Employees must have employee meals in the dining room.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: no paper towels located at the dish machine hand washing sink. Management provided during the inspection. Must provide at all times. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c). No citation issued.

15. Food separated and protected
- comments: observed raw pork being stored on top shelving directly above cooked soup and cooked cabbage inside the walk-in cooler. Instructed all raw, animal origin foods must be stored separated from prepared ready to eat foods and protected at all times. Foods discarded. Priority violation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed tcs prepared ready to eat foods not labeled. Foods such as cooked soup, cooked beef in the walk-in cooler, sliced assorted deli meats inside a prep cooler and prepared cheese sauce. Instructed to date label all tcs prepared ready to eat foods held longer than 24 hours with an expiration date no longer than 7 days. All foods discarded. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

28. Toxic substances properly identified, stored, & used
- comments: observed a can of 'raid' brand ant & roach insecticide at the kitchen three compartment sink labeled for household use only. Must not use for retail establishments. Insecticide discarded. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

29. Compliance with variance/specialized process/haccp
- comments: variance required for yogurt making on the premises. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

32. Variance obtained for specialized processing methods
- comments: must obtain variance approval by c. D. P. H. For yogurt making on premises. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

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

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: must install splash guards on both sides of the kitchen three compartment sink between the sink, clean dish storage and clean dish drying rack.

41. Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
- comments: all wiping cloths in all prep areas must be held in a container with a sanitizing solution between use.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: all stored items throughout various areas throughout the basement and in the outdoor garage must be elevated and organized from the floors.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: interior door of the kitchen tall reach-in freezer in poor repair with exposed insulation. Must replace/repair to be smooth and cleanable. ----wooden food storage cabinet in the bakery prep in poor repair with peeling, broken wood. Must replace/repair.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: must not use tin foil as liner for equipment shelving. Must be smooth, cleanable, non-peeling surface.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: no back flow preventor located on the wall water nozzle with attached hose in the basement unused prep area. Must provide.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: baseboard floor coving under the kitchen three compartment sink with open holes, missing damaged ceramic coving tiles. Instructed to seal/repair/replace.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: all raw wood in the following areas must be painted/sealed to be non-absorbent, smooth and cleanable: raw wood back splash of the bar three compartment sink and at the kitchen three compartment sink, raw wood platform shelving under the bulk onion storage and platform under the white, tall reach-in freezer. Raw wood wall mount for the water dispenser behind the bar. -----wall at the bakery prep area repaired with drywall. Must replace with a smooth, cleanable wall. ----must provide a smooth, cleanable ceiling above the basement ice machine.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: must not use cardboard as matting for the floor in the walk-in cooler. Must use washable mats.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: paint gallons stored noted on the floor in the pastry display prep area. Hydrolic oil gallons stored on the floor next to the floor stand mixers in the bakery prep area. Must not store in food preparation areas-----all unnecessary items stored throughout various areas of the basement and the outdoor garage must be removed to prevent rodent harboring.

Source: chicago.gov

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