Conditional

Charm Rice and Noodle

4735 N Malden St, Chicago, IL 60640

Shared Kitchen User (Long Term) ZIP 60640 Risk 1 (High)

Pass with Conditions · as of Jul 2, 2025

Charm Rice and Noodle was last inspected on July 2, 2025 with a result of “Pass w/ Conditions”. Inspectors found 8 violations, 2 of them critical.

Latest inspection

July 2, 2025 · Canvass

Conditional

Result: Pass w/ Conditions

2 critical5 general1 paperwork
  • CriticalManagement & training

    Staff weren’t trained on, or didn’t follow, the rules for reporting illness.

    Inspector’s note: No employee health policy/verification available that each food employee has been informed of their responsibility to report information about their health and activities as they relate to disease transmissible through food. Must provide and maintain verification for each food employee . Priority foundation violation 7-38-010

    Official wording (code 3)

    Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting

  • CriticalManagement & training

    No written plan or kit for cleaning up vomit or diarrhea.

    Inspector’s note: Observed no written procedures or supplies for responding to vomiting or diarrheal events. Supplies must include adequate sanitizer that eliminates norovirus. Instructed facility to provide clean up policy and supplies to properly handle bodily fluid spills on site. Priority foundation violation #7-38-005.

    Official wording (code 5)

    Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events

  • GeneralFood temperature

    Thermometers were missing or inaccurate.

    Inspector’s note: Observed no ambient air thermometers inside the prep coolers and freezers. Instructed to provide easily readable thermometers inside all refrigerator and freezer units to properly monitor the ambient air temperature of equipment.

    Official wording (code 36)

    Thermometers provided & accurate

  • GeneralFood handling

    Food wasn’t labeled or wasn’t in its original container.

    Inspector’s note: Observed food storage containers with no label. Instructed to provide label for all food storage containers identified with common name (chopped nuts, sesame seeds, salt sugar etc).

    Official wording (code 37)

    Food properly labeled; original container

  • GeneralFacility upkeep

    Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

    Inspector’s note: Instructed to remove cardboard liner at storage shelves in the kitchen. Must use proper shelf liner.

    Official wording (code 47)

    Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used

  • GeneralFacility upkeep

    Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

    Inspector’s note: Found no sanitizing test strips (for chlorine) available for determining sanitizing concentration at 3 compartment sanitizing sink. (corrected on site - manager provide chlorine sanitizing test strips) priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued

    Official wording (code 48)

    Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips

  • GeneralFacility upkeep

    Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

    Inspector’s note: Observed floor drain underneath 3-comp sink with heavy food debris. Instructed to remove buildup as a means to prevent gnats and other insects harboring in the area.

    Official wording (code 55)

    Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean

  • PaperworkManagement & training

    Not all food employees had food-handler training.

    Inspector’s note: Observed no food handler for employee. Informed pic that all employees handling food must have a valid food handler certificate.

    Official wording (code 57)

    All food employees have food handler training

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Source: Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) open data, refreshed hourly. Last inspection 16 months ago. Always confirm with the official record.