Big Bite Sushi
Last inspected: Aug 18, 2023
95
Score
Big Bite Sushi appears in inspection records six times, starting in 2019. The most recent visit was on Aug 18, 2023. A low risk rating suggests inspectors haven't found much to be concerned about lately. The most recent inspection at Big Bite Sushi is from Aug 18, 2023, and nothing newer appears in the public record.
Things are looking better lately, with recent visits averaging around two violations compared to roughly 10 violations earlier on.
“Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable” accounts for the largest share of issues, appearing five times across the record.
Big Bite Sushi's latest score of 95 sits above the Chicago average of 81. Overall, the inspection record reads well.
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Inspections
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Aug 18, 2023
Routine
1 minor violation.
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Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Inspector notes: NOTED INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL CONDIMENT CONTAINERS WITH NO HANDLE USED FOR SCOOPING SERVING FOOD AT THE SERVICE PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TONGS, SERVING SPOONS, OR LADLE FOR SCOOPING FOOD.
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Jun 10, 2022
Complaint
1 minor violation.
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Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Inspector notes: OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD-UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
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May 18, 2021
Routine
5 minor violations.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: NOTED LEAKING FAUCET AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
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Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
Inspector notes: NOTED WASHROOMS ON-PREMISE WITH GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND NO LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE TRASH CANS WITH LIDS AT ALL WOMEN WASHROOMS AND UNISEX WASHROOMS
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Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
Inspector notes: NOTED DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS, AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS, AND PIPES/CONDUITS.
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In-use utensils: properly stored
Inspector notes: NOTED SERVING PLATES ON SHELVES AT THE SUSHI PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT, FOOD PARTICLE, GREASE.
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Aug 7, 2020
Routine
3 minor violations.
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Food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: OBSERVED LEAKY FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
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Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
Inspector notes: NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED AT THE UNISEX WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
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Jun 28, 2019
Reinspection
3 minor violations.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: 5-205.15 PIPING UNDER HAND SINK IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM REPAIRED WITH TAPE. MUST REMOVE TAPE AND PROPERLY REPAIR.
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Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
Inspector notes: 5-501.115 MUST REMOVE ALL STORED ITEMS, BUCKETS, UNUSED ITEMS FROM THE REAR PATIO/GARBAGE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORING.
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Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
Inspector notes: 6-202.11 MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD OR SHATTER PROOF BULB FOR LIGHT IN THE SERVER STATION.
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May 2, 2019
License
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 19 minor violations.
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Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
Inspector notes: OBSERVED A TWO DOOR COOLER IN THE FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA WITH AN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 43.6F. COOLER MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Inspector notes: LOW TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL DISH MACHINE NOT DISPENSING CHLORINE SANITIZER. ALSO MACHINE FLOODING WASTE WATER ONTO THE FLOOR AFTER THE FINAL RINSE. CHEMICAL DISH MACHINE MUST PROPERLY DISPENSE CHLORINE SANITIZER AND NOT FLOOD ONTO THE FLOOR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
Inspector notes: NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
Inspector notes: NO MENU AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. NO CONSUMER ADVISORY, DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER FOR FOODS. MUST PROVIDE A MENU FOR REVIEW WITH ALL CONSUMER ADVISORY REQUIREMENTS.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
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Thermometers provided & accurate
Inspector notes: MISSING INTERNAL THERMOMETER INSIDE THE SUSHI DISPLAY COOLER. MUST PROVIDE.
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Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Inspector notes: FOOD STORAGE BOX FREEZER AND TALL REACH-IN COOLER MUST NOT BE STORED IN THE HALLWAY USED FOR CUSTOMER ACCESS TO THE WASHROOMS.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN IN POOR REPAIR WITH MELTED BURNT INTERIOR PLASTIC. MUST REPLACE.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: EXTERIOR OF THE COOKS LINE TWO DOOR COOLER REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPE. MISSING LEG/WHEEL ON THE COOKS LINE COOLER AND REPLACED WITH A POT. MUST PROPERLY REPAIR COOLER WITH SMOOTH CLEANABLE MATERIAL.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: MISSING LID FOR THE ICE BIN AT THE SERVER STATION. MUST PROVIDE/REPLACE.
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Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
Inspector notes: MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR ON THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK, WOODEN COUNTER TOP AT ENTRANCE OF THE KITCHEN, LIGHTING ABOVE COOKS LINE. REMOVE TINFOIL AS REPAIR ON SAME LIGHTING.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT WITH GREASE AND ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS: ALL COOKS LINE STOVES AND WOK, TOASTER OVEN AT SUSHI PREP, BOTH MICROWAVE OVENS, ALL COOLERS, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE DISH MACHINE, FOOD WEIGH SCALE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
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Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: WOODEN SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE SERVER STATION AND KITCHEN IN POOR REPAIR, CHIPPING AND PEELING PRESSED WOOD. MUST REPLACE. DIRTY SHELVING UNDER MICROWAVE IN KITCHEN. DIRTY/STAINED CLOTH CURTAINS AT THE ENTRANCE/EXIT TO THE KITCHEN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: PIPING UNDER HAND SINK IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM REPAIRED WITH TAPE. MUST REMOVE TAPE AND PROPERLY REPAIR.
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Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Inspector notes: ONE COMPARTMENT FOOD PREP SINK NEEDED IN THE FRONT SUSHI PREP AREA. MUST INSTALL WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND PROPERLY DISPOSING OF WASTE WATER.
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Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
Inspector notes: MUST REMOVE ALL STORED ITEMS, BUCKETS, UNUSED ITEMS FROM THE REAR PATIO/GARBAGE AREA TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORING.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: ALL UNUSED COOLERS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: EXCESSIVE GREASE ON THE WALL FAN ABOVE THE DISH MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM AND ABOVE THE MOP SINK. MUST REPLACE.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: ALL OPENINGS AND HOLES SURROUNDING PIPING IN THE HAND SINK CABINETS IN THE WASHROOMS MUST BE SEALED.----MISSING, DAMAGED, CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN THE WOMAN'S WASHROOM AND AT THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REPLACE.----MUST REMOVE CARPETING UNDER THE MOP SINK AND THROUGHOUT THE SERVER STATION.
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Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
Inspector notes: THE FOLLOWING FLOORS AND WALLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WITH DIRT, DEBRIS AND GREASE: UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, AROUND THE SAME SINK GREASE TRAP, UNDER THE WOK COOKING LINE, BEHIND THE WOK LINE, AT THE COUNTER/ENTRANCE OF THE KITCHEN, AT THE KITCHEN HAND SINK AND WALLS ABOVE, AROUND AND ON KITCHEN ELECTRICAL SOCKETS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
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Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
Inspector notes: INOPERABLE VENTILATION IN THE MEN'S WASHROOM AND REPAIRED WITH DUCT TAPE. MUST PROPERLY REPAIR/REPLACE.
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Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used
Inspector notes: MISSING LIGHT SHIELD END CAPS ABOVE THE COOKS LINE. MUST REPLACE.MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD OR SHATTER PROOF BULB FOR LIGHT IN THE SERVER STATION AND BULBS ABOVE THE SUSHI DISPLAY PREP AREA. DIRTY LIGHT SHIELD WITH DEAD INSECTS IN THE WOMAN'S WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN.
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Compliance with clean indoor air ordinance
Inspector notes: MUST POST A VISIBLE NO SMOKING SIGN AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Big Bite Sushi last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Big Bite Sushi on file is from Aug 18, 2023. The public record contains six inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Big Bite Sushi?
Across the inspection record, “food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Big Bite Sushi.
Has Big Bite Sushi's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Big Bite Sushi have averaged around two violations per visit, down from roughly 10 earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Big Bite Sushi means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
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