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Restaurant: New China Express
Address: 720 E 87th St, Chicago, IL 60619
Type: Restaurant
Total inspections: 7
Last inspection: Apr 2, 2012

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100

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All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.MUST REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET AT 3 COMP SINK.
Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.MUST NOT REUSE SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES IN REAR WALK IN COOLER.

All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. MUST CLEN OLD FOOD FROM CAN OPENER ON PREP TABLE AND MAINTAIN. ALSO CLEAN/SANITIZE RIGHT SIDE OF UPPER PANEL OF ICE MACHINE,NOT CLEAN.
The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM FLOOR AREAS IN REAR DOOR AREA.

The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. THE FLOOR IN THE BACK PREP AREA THICK WITH GREASE BUILDUP. INSTD. TO CLEAN AND CHANGE MOP HEADS OFTEN.
The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN THE WALLS BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT HAS FOOD DEBRIS ON THEM.
The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. CLEAN THE VENTS IN THE BACK AREA HAS DUST BULDUP.
All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOOD,FILTER AND PIPES ABOVE NOT CLEAN HAS GREASE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME.

MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL PREP TABLES,SHELVES UNDER PREP TABLES,METAL SHELVING RACKS,INTERIOR OF FRYERS,WOK STATIONS,BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS AND INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS. MUST REMOVE GREASE,FOOD DEBRIS AND CLEAN ALL ATTACHED LEGS,WHEELS,HANDLES,MOTOR HOUSING AND POWER CORDS.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL SINKS,COOKING EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES AND SODA SYRUP DISPENCERS. MUST REMOVE EXTREME FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN PREP AREAS AND REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.

FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. FOUND APPROXIMATELY 70LBS OF RAW SHRIMP AND COOKED CHICKEN AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 55-70 DEGREES F. MUST MAINTAIN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES F AND BELOW OR 140 DEGREES F AND ABOVE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
FOUND PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 3-18-2011 NOT CORRECTED. (33)MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL PREP TABLES,METAL SHELVING RACKS,INTERIOR OF FRYERS,WOK STATIONS,BULK FOOD ITEM CONTAINERS,AND INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS. MUST REMOVE GREASE,FOOD DEBRIS AND CLEAN ALL ATTACHED LEGS,WHEELS,HANDLES,MOTOR HOUSING AND POWER CORDS. (34)MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL SINKS,COOKING EQUIPMENT,PREP TABLES,AND SODA DISPENCERS. MUST REMOVE EXTREME FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE. (35)MUST DETAIL CLEAN WALLS IN PREP AREAS AND REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. MUST CORRECT ALL MINOR VIOLATIONS BY THE DATE SPECIFIED ON REPORT. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.
MUST REPAIR RUBBER GASKETS AT PREP COOLER DOORS SO THEY CLOSE PROPERLY.
REMOVE CLUTTER FROM REAR OF PREP AREA NEXT TO EXIT DOOR.
MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MULTI USE ITEM CONTAINERS USED TO STORE CONDIMENTS AND COOKING SPICES. REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GRIME.
MUST REMOVE DEAD ROACHES FROM WALLS UNDER PREP TABLE ALONG WALL NEXT TO 2 COMPARTMENT SINK AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES.

VIOLATION # 02 WAS CDI DURING INITIAL INSPECTION.
PREVIOUS VIOLATION # 29 HAS BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME.
PREVIOUS VIOLATION # 32 HAS BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME.
PREVIOUS VIOLATION # 33 HAS BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME.
PREVIOUS VIOLATION # 35 HAS BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME.
REMOVE CLUTTER FROM REAR OF PREP AREA NEXT TO EXIT DOOR.

CLEAN BOTH EXIT DOORS IN KITCHEN. CLEAN WALLS AND LEDGES SURROUNDING THE MOP SINK.
REPLACE WORN GASKET AROUND DOOR TO ICE MACHINE.
CLEAN SHELVES UNDERNEATH PREP TABLES, HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, CAN OPENER AND HOLSTER ATTACHED TO PREP TABLE IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA, AND EXTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE.
DETAIL CLEAN ALL FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

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