Food Safety Report: De Nobili, 6350 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, Il, USA.

Chicago, 60660 Illinois, United States

Report date: Apr 4, 2025
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: person in charge at the time of inspection does not have a city of chicago food service sanitation certificate. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: no city of chicago certified food manager on site during the initial inspection while tcs foods were being prepared. Manager arrived at the end of the inspection. Reviewed a city of chicago certified food manager must be on site at all times while tcs foods such as cooked chicken, is being prepared and cooled. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: noted employees open drinking cups being stored at two separate hand washing stations in two separate food prep areas. Reviewed with management proper eating and drinking methods and locations for employees. Manager removed cups.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: some interior areas of the ice machines upper portion in need of cleaning. Must clean and maintain.

20. Proper cooling time and temperature
- comments: noted cooked chopped chicken in a cold hold buffet station at an improper temperature of 44. 9f and found to be improperly cooled. Cook stated the chicken was cooked, chopped and cooled on a metal rack inside the walk-in cooler before being put in a container for the buffet station approximately 3. 5 hours prior. Reviewed proper cooling methods and times. Tcs foods must be completely cooled to 41f or below before held in a cold hold buffet. Corrective action was taken to quick chill the chicken on display within the next 1/2 hour ton 41f. Priority violation. 7-38-005 citation issued.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: must not use plastic wrap as a guard for the wall mounted knife holder in "the olive" prep station.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: excessive ice build up on the walls and ceiling of the walk-in freezer. Must remove. ----noted grease and food debris on floors and walls under and surrounding the deep fryer in "the olive" food station also in the floor drain in the same food prep area. Must clean and maintain all.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations from report # 2603279 on 9-23-24 not corrected. #49- interior of the dishroom tray conveyor with black slime and debris. Must clean and maintain. #53-: must provide covered waste receptacles for all washrooms that offer feminine hygiene products. #55- floors under the dishroom tray conveyor with dirt and debris. Must clean and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov