Food Safety Report: El Pollo Cris Cris, 7025 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL, USA.

7025 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, 60629 Illinois, United States

Report date: Jun 13, 2022
6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: observed employee drinking from open coca cola bottle in rear prep area. Instructed manager to provide closed lid containers to prevent contamination of food and food contact surfaces.

25. Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
- comments: observed no consumer advisory and disclosure/reminder on dine-in menu, take-out menu, and menu board. Instructed manager to provide consumer advisory and disclosure/reminder on all menus. Priority foundation 7-38-005

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: observed food items stored on floor in prep area, walk-in cooler, walk-in freezer and storage areas. Instructed manager to elevate all food items six inches off floor.

43. In-use utensils: properly stored
- comments: observed cut plastic jug used as dispensing utensil inside large pot of beans in walk-in cooler. Instructed manager to provide proper long handle dispensing utensils to prevent contamination.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: observed single service articles not inverted in prep area. Instructed manager to invert all single service articles to protect from contamination.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: observed several pots too large to submerge in 3-compartment sink. Instructed manager to provide alternative method to wash, rinse, and sanitize all large food equipment and utensils.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed an excessive amount of grease buildup and food debris on grill tables, prep tables, steam table, fryer cabinets, wheel bases, pipes of cooking equipment, walk in cooler fan guard covers & shelving units, interior panel of ice machine, service counter shelving units. Instructed manager to clean and maintain.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: observed plastic wrapped around faucet of 3-compartment sink in rear prep area. Instructed manager to repair and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed excess water on floor, dirt and debris on floors and walls in walk-in cooler, prep and storage areas. Instructed manager to clean and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed excessive clutter in banquet storage closet. Instructed manager to remove all unnecessary items and organize storage closet to prevent pest harborage.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations not corrected from report #2546655 on 1-19-22:10-must provide a hand washing sign at hand sink in rear prep area. 53-must provide lids on garbage cans in all stalls in women's toilet room. 57-observed no food handlers training for employees. Must provide and maintain. 58-observed no food allergen training for food managers. Must provide and maintain. Priority foundation 7-42-090 citation issued

Source: chicago.gov