Food Safety Report: Parson's Chicken & Fish, North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA.

5721 North Clark Street, Chicago, 60660 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 4, 2022
10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: noted no soap at the hand washing sink in the employee washroom. Must provide at all times. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c) citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: no paper towels located at the hand washing sinks in the employee washroom and at the bar. Must provide paper towels at all hand washing sinks at all times. Priority foundation violation see the above citation #10 for citation.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: must install a hand washing sink with hot and cold running water, soap and paper towels at the basement coffee prep station or remove the coffee prep station. Priority foundation violation.

21. Proper hot holding temperatures
- comments: observed approximately 1 lb cooked chicken in a hot holding unit at an improper temperature of 114. 3f. Reviewed hot foods must be held at a minimum of 135f or above. Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed approximately 20 lbs assorted prepared tcs foods throughout the walk-in cooler such as cooked chicken held longer than 24 hours without proper date labeling of an expiration date no longer than 7 days. All foods discarded. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

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

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: coffee prep station in the basement noted under waste water piping. Must not have coffee prep tables/machines under waste water piping.

40. Personal cleanliness
- comments: noted all food handlers with beards must wear bear restraints.

41. Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
- comments: wiping cloths must be held in the sanitizing containers provide in between use not on prep surfaces.

45. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored & used
- comments: food scoops on the cooks line must have handles.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: missing baseboard floor/wall coving under the 1st floor kitchen 2 compartment sink. Wall with open seam/gaps. Must provide coving.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: missing floor drain cover in the employee washroom. Must replace/provide.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: raw wood wall mounting for the spray arm at the dish area three compartment sink must be painted/sealed/non-absorbent. ----excessive dust on the ceiling vents above the clean stored pots and pans and peeling/chipping paint on the wall at the same area in the 1st flr. Kitchen. Must clean and remove peeling paint. ----baseboard at threshold to the 1st floor kitchen from the dining room with deep groove/missing floor. Must seal/repair to be smooth and cleanable.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: broken/unused cooler in the basement must be removed from the premises to prevent pest harboring.

Source: chicago.gov