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Restaurant: Josephine's Cookin'
Address: 436 -440 E 79th St, Chicago, IL 60619
Type: Restaurant
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: Aug 28, 2012

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50

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All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN TOP,SIDES,INSIDE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME,
THE FLOOR IN THE PREP AREA UNDER THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO CLEAN SAME.
The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. CLEAN ALL THE VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTD. TO CLEAN SAME THE EMPLOYEES TOILET IN THE BACK AREA IN POOR REPAIR. INSTD, TO REPAIR

All utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. VIOLATION CORRECTED.
VIOLATION CORRECTED.
CLEAN ALL THE VENTS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTD. TO CLEAN SAME. THE EMPLOYEES TOILET IN THE BACK AREA IN POOD REPAIR. INSTD. TO REPAIR.

AREA OF BASEMENT WHERE CHAIRS ARE STORED IS TOO CLUTTERED, UNABLE TO CLEAN, INSPECT OR SERVICE AREA, MUST STORE IN A MORE ORGANIZED MANNER.
SOUR CREAM-62.1F,CUT WATERMELON-64.1F, EGGS-52.1F, COTTAGE CHEESE-62.2F-ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED IN COOLERS MUST BE HELD AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL-7-38-005(A).
APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MICE DROPPINGS OBSERVED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ON SHELVES IN WAITRESS STATION AREA BY MAIN DINING ROOM, ON SHELVES IN WALL CABINETS IN AREA BY FOOD PREP AREA, SCATTERED ON FLOOR BASES IN BASEMENT AREA, IN LINEN ROOM, AND IN STORAGE AREAS ON BANQUET SIDE OF PREMISES. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-020.
DISH MACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING IN FINAL RINSE CYCLE, NO RESIDUAL READING ON TEST STRIP WHEN TESTED AFTER CYCLE IS COMPLETED. MUST HAVE UNIT SERVICED. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-030.
WALK-IN PRODUCE COOLER IN BASEMENT AND 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN AREA OUTSIDE FOOD PREP AREA HOLDING AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPS RECORDED AT 49.1F & 62.4F. BOTH UNITS REQUIRE SERVICING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
ALL COOKED FOODS STORED IN COOLERS & FREEZERS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED TO HELP IN DETERMINING WHETHER ITEMS ARE COOLED WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME FRAME(140 TO 70 IN 2 HOURS, 70 TO 40 IN 4 HOURS).
ALL RUSTY SHELVES & STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT AND SURFACES IN WALK-IN COOLERS IN THE BASEMENT MUST BE PAINTED OR REPLACED.
CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: ALL SHELVES, STORAGE RACKS, CABINET INTERIORS, COOKING STOVES, SIDES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WHERE FOOD PARTICLES ARE FOUND.
PUDDLES OF WATER ON FLOORS IN BASEMENT AND IN FOOD PREP AREA-MUST KEEP THESE AREAS FREE OF EXCESS WATER. DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT EVERY ROOM (INCLUDING BASEMENT ALL SECTIONS OF THE BASEMENT).
CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN DOORS & LIGHT SWITCHES THROUGHOUT. REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES IN WASHROOM(S). SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS WHERE NOTICED. LARGE SECTION OF CEILING IN FOOD PREP AREA BY EXPOSED HAND SINK IN POOR REPAIR, LEAKING HEAVILY AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN ON 8-13-12. MUST REPAIR.
REPLACE BLOWN LIGHTS IN PREP AREA IN THE BASEMENT.

NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON PREMISES AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-012.
DISH MACHINE PROPERLY SANITIZING.
CORRECTED.
CLUTTER REMOVED FROM REAR SECTION OF BASEMENT.
BLOWN LIGHTS REPLACED IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.
CLEAN ALL UNCLEAN DOORS & LIGHT SWITCHES THROUGHOUT. REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES IN WASHROOM(S). SEAL ALL OPENINGS IN WALLS WHERE NOTICED. LARGE SECTION OF CEILING IN FOOD PREP AREA BY EXPOSED HAND SINK IN POOR REPAIR, LEAKING HEAVILY AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN ON 8-13-12. MUST REPAIR.
DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT EVERY ROOM (INCLUDING BASEMENT ALL SECTIONS OF THE BASEMENT).
EQUIPMENT CLEANED.
ALL RUSTY SHELVES & STORAGE RACKS THROUGHOUT AND SURFACES IN WALK-IN COOLERS IN THE BASEMENT MUST BE PAINTED OR REPLACED.
ALL COOKED FOODS STORED IN COOLERS & FREEZERS MUST BE LABELED AND DATED TO HELP IN DETERMINING WHETHER ITEMS ARE COOLED WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME FRAME(140 TO 70 IN 2 HOURS, 70 TO 40 IN 4 HOURS).

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