Food Safety Report: Little Wok - Lakeview, 3144 North Broadway, Chicago, IL, USA.

3144 North Broadway, Chicago, 60657 Illinois, United States

Report date: Jan 19, 2022
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no written employee health policy on site for several employees working in the facility at the time of inspection. Must provide a verified employee health policy for all employees and make available during each health inspection. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010 citation issued.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: observed several employees eating throughout the kitchen and dishwashing area. Instructed all employee meals must be consumed in the designated dining area.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed approximately 300 lbs cooked, ready to eat tcs foods such as cooked chicken, assorted cooked meats, shrimp with no labels of any kind, no expiration dates and no written policy/procedure for identifying the expiration of such foods. All foods discarded. Reviewed all prepared tcs foods must be labeled with an expiration date no longer than 7 days. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

35. Approved thawing methods used
- comments: observed frozen fish being improperly thawed in standing water. Reviewed all methods of thawing frozen foods.

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: no metal stem thermometer on site to measure hot and cold food temperatures. Must provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

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

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

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

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: the interior of the dishwashing machine is extremely dirty with slime substance build-up and the exterior of the machine with dirt and debris. Instructed to clean and maintain.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: the following equipment was found dirty: interior/exterior all microwave ovens. Exterior/interior of all kitchen freezers and coolers with dirt and food debris, especially the door handles and inside door rubber gaskets. Exterior of all cooks line equipment with excessive grease and food debris. Must clean and maintain all.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: extremely dirty interior hand sink at the front sushi prep area. Sink with black slime substance. Must clean and maintain.

53. Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
- comments: dirty hand wash washbowls inside both washrooms. Must clean and maintain.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: soiled mop heads improperly stored inside the mop sink. Wet/soiled mops must be stored inverted at the utility service sink.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: noted extremely dirty/dusty floor fans throughout the kitchen. Must clean and maintain.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: no proof of food handler training or certificates for several employees on site during the inspection. Must provide.

58. Allergen training as required
- comments: no proof of allergen training or certificates for the above city of chicago certified food managers. Must provide.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations from report #2510386 on 5-26-21 were not corrected. #45- 4-903. 11(a; c)-- all stored items throughout the dishwashing area in the kitchen must be elevated from the floors. #47- 4-101. 11(b, c, d, e)-- must not use plastic grocery bags or cardboard boxes as food containers. Food containers must be washable, food-grade material. #49-4-602. 13- clean dish storage shelving in the dining room/sushi prep in poor repair. Noted chipping and peeling pressed wood. Must replace/repair to be smooth and cleanable. ----must not use cloth towels, cardboard, or tin foil as liner for any shelving or cooking equipment throughout. 4-601. 11(b)--excessive grease on cooks line equipment, metal rack shelving, and food cart. Must clean and maintain all. #55-: 6-201. 11-- floors throughout the facility, throughout the dishwashing area, cooks line, walk-in cooler, all floor drains throughout noted dirty with dirt, food debris, and grease. Must clean and maintain all. Priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued.

64. Public health orders
- comments: no written protocol for implementing and enforcing the order. Must provide.

64. Public health orders
- comments: no records of employee vaccination status or weekly testing.

64. Public health orders
- comments: no posting of mask requirement signage for business at entrance and inside establishment. Must provide.

64. Public health orders
- comments: observed several food handlers working in the kitchen without face masks or face coverings. Violation of rules and order 2-112-340 citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov