Food Safety Report: Maison Marcel, 3114 North Broadway, Chicago, IL, USA.

3114 North Broadway, Chicago, 60657 Illinois, United States

Report date: May 5, 2022
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: no person in charge was present at the time of inspection. Priority foundation violation. No citation was issued.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: noted no certified food manager on duty with the city of chicago food service certificate on-site while tcs foods (rice, chicken soups etc. ) were being prepared and served. The certified food manager with the city of chicago original food service certificate must be present at all times tcs foods prepared and served, priority foundation violation 7-38-012. Citation issued.

6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: noted employees drinking and preparing food in the kitchen prep area. Instructed management to provide a designated area for employees to drink, eat, and not at the prep areas.

8. Hands clean & properly washed
- comments: noted employee while wearing gloves - i used the wipe cloth to wipe the prep table in the kitchen - took dirty dishes to the dishwashing sink - filled to sanitizing bucket with water and sanitizing detergent, then back to the prep table to continue prepping, then finally removing gloves but not washing hands. Another employee -wipe the nose with gloves on -went to the walk-in cooler and proceeded to serve lettuce on a customer's plate, all without changing gloves or washing hands. Instructed management that gloves must be changed and hands washed when moving from one prep area to another area and when changing tasks during prepping. Priority violation #7-38-010. Citation issued.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: noted the following temperature controlled for safety food items inside walk-in cooler and refrigeration units with a used by date of 5/2/2022. Beef burger, mortadella, mozerella cheese, and onion soup. Instructed management that tcs food items must be discarded 7 days after preparing with day of preparation as day one. Priority foundation violation#7-38-005(a). Citation issued today.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: noted assorted food items inside refrigeration units not properly labeled. Instructed to properly label all food items with product names, including bulk food containers.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: food containers are stored on the floor inside and walk-in cooler/freezers. Must provide proper, raised shelving to store food containers 6' off the floor.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: see violation #60

43. In-use utensils: properly stored
- comments: noted serving plates on shelves at the kitchen prep area not properly stored. Instructed to invert all serving plates to prevent dust accumulation.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to clean and maintain floors, especially in the front prep area with coffee bean seeds and dirt.

56. Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
- comments: noted heavy dirt and grease accumulation inside, on pipes/conduits, and edges of the exhaust hood and filters above cooking equipment. Instructed to detail clean and maintain hood, filters, and pipes/conduits.

58. Allergen training as required
- comments: noted no certified food managers on duty and no allergen training certification. Instructed management that all food service managers are required to have the allergen training certification.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: 8-404. 13(b:4) noted the following previous core violations not corrected from inspection report #2524108 dated 8/16/2021 not corrected:- - 39 violation #3-307. 11 instructed to install splash guards on both sides of the front prep hand washing sink between the sink and food prep/storage area. -54 violation #5-501. 115 i noted the outside refuse area and rear patio with unnecessary items. Must remove all to prevent rodent harboring. Priority foundation violation #7-42-090 citation issued.

Source: chicago.gov