Food Safety Report: Cali's Corner, 2800 W Touhy Ave, Chicago, Il, USA.

2800 West Touhy Avenue, Chicago, 60645 Illinois, United States

Report date: Feb 25, 2025
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: the person in charge does not have a city of chicago sanitation certificate. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: no valid city of chicago food service sanitation certificate posted on the premises. 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 for all employees. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010 citation issued.

5. Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
- comments: no written cleaning procedure or required equipment for a vomit/diarrhea event. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: must provide employee hand washing signage in both washrooms and the prep-bar hand washing sink.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: interior upper ice shoot of the ice machine used for consumption noted with a black slime substance on ice contact surfaces. Instructed to remove all black slime, sanitize all affected areas. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: no metal stem thermometer on site to monitor food temperatures of the cooked pizzas. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

43. In-use utensils: properly stored
- comments: ice scoop at the basement ice machine must be stored in a clean container. Not on top of the machine.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: all stored items under the bar and throughout the basement must be elevated from the floors.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: no quaternary chemical test strips on site to monitor sanitization level for the quaternary sanitizer being used at the three compartment sink. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: interior of the pizza oven with food debris. Must clean and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: unused oven stored in the basement must be removed from the premises to prevent pest harborage.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: must provide a floor drain cover for the open floor drain in the basement.

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

Source: chicago.gov