THE GRIND CAFE passed inspection with conditions

Restaurant inspection details

Location 4613 N. Lincoln
Inspection date September 27, 2007
Name THE GRIND COMPANY
Doing business as THE GRIND CAFE
Also known as THE GRIND CAFE
Result Pass With Conditions
Violations V2: Critical: Regarding hot or cold storage facilities

All food establishments that prepare, sell, or store hot food shall have adequate hot food storage facilities. All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous food shall have adequate refrigerated food storage facilities.

V3: Critical: Regarding temperature of hot and cold food

All hot food shall be stored at a temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit or less.

V30: Minor: Regarding labeling containers and notifying of raw and undercooked animal products

All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. The licensee shall inform the public in writing of the Chicago Department of Public Health's Consumer Advisory relating to consuming raw and undercooked animal products.

V32: Minor: Regarding state of equipment and utensils

All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.

V33: Minor: Regarding cleanliness and sanitization

All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.

V34: Minor: Regarding floors

The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.

V35: Minor: Regarding walls and ceilings

The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. Use dustless cleaning methods.

V36: Minor: Regarding lighting

All rooms in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be lighted so that a minimum of 50-foot candles of light is available on all work surfaces. Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities.

V37: Minor: Regarding ventilation and living/sleeping quarters

Toilet rooms shall be completely enclosed and shall be vented to the outside air or mechanically ventilated. None of the operations connected with food establishments shall be conducted in any room used as living or sleeping quarters.

V38: Minor: Regarding airflow and plumbing

The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. 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.

V42: Minor: Regarding ice dispensing and employee garments

Only employees must dispense ice for consumer use with scoops, tongs, or other ice dispensing utensils. Customers must dispense ice through appropriate automatic self-service ice dispensing equipment. All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair. All employees must wear garments that are clean and of washable character and nature.

V44: Minor: Regarding unnecessary persons in food preparation and washing areas

The traffic of unnecessary persons through the food preparation and the utensil washing areas is prohibited.

Notes The V2 and V3 violations were corrected during the inspection.

Added to EveryBlock on November 9, 2007.

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