Food Safety Report: Seafood City Supermarket/grill City/crispy Town/no, 5033 N Elston Ave , Chicago, Il, USA.

5033 North Elston Avenue, Chicago, 60630 Illinois, United States

Report date: Feb 27, 2023
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: observed no person in charge with valid chicago food sanitation certificate. Instructed manager to designate person in charge during all hours of operation. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: observed no certified food manager on duty while tcs foods are being prepared,handled and served such as (fish, pork, chicken) must be on site at all times. (priority foundation 7-38-012)(citation issued)

8. Hands clean & properly washed
- comments: observed employee use toilet and walk out of toilet room without washing hands. Instructed manager to ensure all employees wash hands after using toilet. Priority violation 7-38-010 citation issued

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed several handwashing sinks with no hot water. Hand washing sinks in the following locations had no hot water: customer sink near lobster (90 f), seafood section near display (88 f), seafood section near 3 compartment sink kitchen area (79 f), men's staff toilet room (70 f) , & noodle street hand sink (80 f) instructed manager to ensure all hand washing sinks provide a minimum hot water temperature of 100 f. Priority violation 7-38-030(c) citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: found no plumbed hand washing sink in street food dispensing area. Establishment using a portable hand sink that has not been approved for use by chicago department of public health. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030 (c) no citation issued extension request granted until 3-7-2023

15. Food separated and protected
- comments: observed consumers serving themselves from raw fish and seafood display. Raw animal food including fish shall not be offered for consumer self service. Instructed manager to provide staff member to supervise display area or provide another appropriate solution. Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: observed employee washing dishes using sanitizer water with a concentration of 0ppm. Instructed manager to ensure employees are utilizing test strips to ensure a proper chemical concentration is being used. Manager replaced sanitizer. Priority violation 7-38-025 citation issued.

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: observed various cold tcs foods in seafood section held at inadequate temperatures ranging from 46-49 f. Instructed manager to ensure all cold foods are held at a temperature of 41 f and below. Manager discarded 2 pounds pork tocino, 15 pounds bbq pork, 8 pounds beef tapa, 6 pounds longaniza, 8 pounds longaniza sweet, and 1/2 pound hamonado ($300). Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed 10 drain flies near drain in rear of crispy town near coolers/ dish machine area. Instructed manager to minimize drain fly activity. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(a) citation issued.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: observed raw fish on display for consumer with no sneeze guard or barrier. Instructed manager to restore sneeze guard or barrier to ensure there is no contamination by consumer. Priority violation 7-38-005 citation issued.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed interior of ice machine with soil build up instructed manager to clean.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: observed leak from 3 compartment sink in seafood area and crispy town area; observed leak from water heater in storage area. Instructed manager to repair.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: observed outside waste/ dumpster receptacles not properly maintained with heavy grease accumulation and food debris on ground surrounding receptacles. Instructed manager to clean and maintain. Priority founation violation 7-38-020(b) citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed base coving missing from wall outside walk in cooler in seafood section instructed manager to restore base coving.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed stained ceiling tiles above 3 comp sink in crispy town. Instructed manager to replace stained ceiling tiles

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed water pooled on floor in men's staff toilet room. Instructed manager to clean and maintain.

Source: chicago.gov