Food Safety Report: Chim Thai Cuisine, 3254 W Montrose Ave , Chicago, Il, USA.

3254 West Montrose Avenue, Chicago, 60618 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 10, 2023
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: person in charge does not have a city of chicago sanitation certificate. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: found no certified food manager on site while tcs foods (chicken, beef, pork, soups, cooked rice etc) are being prepared and served. Instructed person in charge, a certified food manager with city of chicago foodservice sanitation certificate must be present at all times when handling tcs foods. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: found low temperature dish washing machine at improper final sanitizing rinse at 0 ppm chlorine concentration. Dishmachine not in used at this time. Instructed manager to fix and maintain. A mechanical dishwashing machines should provide a final sanitizing rinse of either 50 � 100 ppm chlorine (for chemical sanitizing machine) or 180f final rinse (for hot water sanitizing machine). Dishmachine tagged �held for inspection�. Instructed not to use until repaired (see comments below). Priority violation 7-38-025

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: instructed to provide thermometer visible inside all coolers.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed over 30 rodent (mice) droppings aon floor along the walls, behind and under coolers and freezers n rear prep/cooking area and over 15 rodent (mice) droppings along the walls in front register area. Instructed to remove, clean and sanitize the affected areas. Recommend to call licensed pest control for service. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020 (a) citation issued

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to clean and maintain floors along the walls and in all corners throughout basement storage area.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: food handlers with no proof of food handler training certificate. Instructed to provide certificate for each employee.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations not corrected from inspection report# 2546218 issued on 01-06-2022. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued #51 - backflow device not locatable on utility sink and adjacent hose bib in basement. Instructed to have and maintain back flow devices on utility sink and hose bib. #51 - no greastrap installed at beverage bar (coffee drinks, fruit smoothies etc. ) 3 compartment sink. Must install greasetrap.

61. Summary report displayed and visible to the public
- comments: found no inspection summary report posted (01-06-2022) on premise. Instructed manager, a summary report must be displayed and visible to the public. Priority foundation violation 7-42-010 (b) citation issued

Source: chicago.gov