Food Safety Report: Shadaab Restaurant, West Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA.

2309-11 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, 60659 Illinois, United States

Report date: Oct 8, 2024
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: person in charge does not have a city of chicago sanitation certificate. Priority foundation violation.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: found no certified food manager on site while tcs foods (chicken, beef, lamb, fish etc) are being prepared and served. Instructed person in charge, a certified food manager with city of chicago foodservice sanitation certificate must be present at all times that time/temperature control for safety (tcs) food is being prepared, held for service, or served. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012 citation issued

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: instructed to provide thermometer visible inside all coolers.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: instructed to properly label food storage containers identified with common name (sugar, salt, flour etc)

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: observed store made mango yogurt, sweet khir, gulab jaun in pre-packaged containers in display cooler with missing ingredients. Instructed to provide list of ingredients for each product.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: found over 30 rodent (rat) droppings along the walls and in all corners in the basement. Observed 2 live cockroaches crawling on the prep table in the kitchen. Instructed to remove, clean and sanitize the affected areas. Recommend to contact licensed pest control for service. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020 (a) citation issued

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: instructed to resurface or replace cutting board with stain and deep seams on top of prep cooler in the front cooking area

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: instructed to clean and repaint rusty metal racks inside the walk-in cooler.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: found no sanitizing test strips (for chlorine) available for determining sanitizing concentration at 3 compartment sanitizing sink. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: instructed to clean interior and exterior surfaces of all cooking equipment and coolers in the kitchen.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to detail clean and maintain basement along the walls and in all corners throughout basement. Must remove unnecessary articles to prevent peat harborage.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to replace missing ceiling tiles above 3 compartment sink (dishwashing area).

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to detail clean and maintain rear outside area with clutter and garbage on ground.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to clean and remove unused equipment (cooler, microwave, stove etc) in rear outside area.

60. Previous core violation corrected
- comments: previous core violations not corrected from inspection report# 2586709 issued on 12-11-2023 priority foundation violation 7-42-090 citation issued #47 - observed aluminum foil and cardboard being used as liners on prep tables and shelving units throughout the prep areas. Instructed the person in charge to remove aluminum foil and cardboard from shelves and prep tables and ensure all nonfood-contact surfaces remain smooth and easily cleanable. #51 - observed slow draining exposed handsink near the compartment sink in the rear prep area. Instructed the person in charge to repair so that handsink drains properly and maintain. #55 - observed food debris on floors throughout prep area and in the walk-in freezer. Instructed the person in charge to detail clean floors and maintain. #57 - observed multiple food handling employees without food handler training certificates at inspection time. Instructed the person in charge to ensure all food handling employees obtain food handler training to comply with idph food handler requirements. #58 - observed one certified food service manager without allergen awareness training certificate at the time of inspection. Instructed the person in charge to ensure that all individuals that have a city of chicago food service manager certificate obtain allergen awareness training and receive allergen awareness certificate.

Source: chicago.gov