GODDESS AND THE BAKER Fails Health Inspection - Chicago Restaurant

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: OBSERVED A 3 DOOR PREP COOLER, WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE, NOT MAINTAINING THE PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW. DURING THE INSPECTION THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF SAID PREP COOLER WAS 60F. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS AT 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION SAID COOLER WAS AT 39F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

Lack of certification indicates potential gaps in food safety knowledge, increasing risk of improper food handling and foodborne illness.

Valid City of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate required and must be posted.

Certificate must be: Current and valid; Posted conspicuously in public view; Held by person in charge during all operating hours; Renewed before expiration date.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES; 6 LBS OF DELI MEAT AT 59.1F, 5 LBS OF TUNA AT 57.0F, 1 DOZEN BOILED EGGS AT 52.7F, 2 LBS OF CHICK PEAS AT 58.8F, 13 LBS OF HUMMUS AT 51.4F-58F, 20 LBS OF CHOPPED GREENS AT 51F, 5 LBS OF CHEESE AT 53F, 2 LBS OF DICED TOMATOES AT 51.4F, 2 LBS OF SLICED TOMATOES AT 52F, AND 9 LBS OF CREAMY SALAD DRESSING CONTAINERS AT 55.6F IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. OBSERVED 6 LBS OF CHICKEN SOUP AT 120F IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. TOTAL PRICE OF FOODS DISCARDED WAS $1316.67 INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE ALL SAID POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AND TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL HOT HOLDING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 140F OR ABOVE AND ALL COLD HOLDING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

Ill food workers cause 70% of foodborne outbreaks. Proper reporting prevents transmission of Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Salmonella, and other serious diseases.

All food employees must understand and follow health reporting requirements and food safety responsibilities.

Employees must: Report illness symptoms and exposures; Be excluded/restricted when ill; Understand their role in preventing foodborne illness; Follow proper hygiene practices; Have signed health policy on file.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD PROPERLY THAWED - Comments: OBSERVED 20 LBS OF REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGED COOKED CHICKEN IN A CONTAINER OF WATER AND AT AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 67.3F, EMPLOYEE STATES THAT THE PACKAGES OF CHICKEN WERE BEING DEFROSTED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD AND DENATURE SAID ITEMS AND TO ALWAYS PROPERLY THAW ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS EITHER UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER OR IN A COLD HOLDING UNIT. THAWING OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS CAN NOT BE DONE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).

Improper thawing allows surface bacteria to multiply while interior remains frozen.

Time/temperature control foods must be thawed safely.

Approved thawing methods: Under refrigeration; Under cold running water; In microwave if immediately cooked; As part of cooking. Never at room temperature.

DISH MACHINES: PROVIDED WITH ACCURATE THERMOMETERS, CHEMICAL TEST KITS AND SUITABLE GAUGE COCK - Comments: OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO PROPERLY TEST THE SANITIZING CONCENTRATION OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE PROPER CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.

Temperatures below 135°F allow bacteria to multiply, especially spore-formers that survive cooking.

Hot foods must be held at 135°F or above.

Maintain 135°F or above; Check temperatures regularly; Proper hot holding equipment; Cannot reheat in hot holding units.

DISH MACHINES: PROVIDED WITH ACCURATE THERMOMETERS, CHEMICAL TEST KITS AND SUITABLE GAUGE COCK - Comments: OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO PROPERLY TEST THE SANITIZING CONCENTRATION OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE PROPER CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.

Temperatures below 135°F allow bacteria to multiply, especially spore-formers that survive cooking.

Hot foods must be held at 135°F or above.

Maintain 135°F or above; Check temperatures regularly; Proper hot holding equipment; Cannot reheat in hot holding units.