Failing the inspection can result in a temporary shutdown. Like all restaurants, Polygon Cafe undergoes a yearly health inspection by the city. Credit: Joe Ward/Block Club Chicago Polygon Cafe in Andersonville had its license suspended after a failed health inspection.
Representatives for the business could not immediately be reached for comment. Polygon remained closed as of Monday afternoon. This is the fourth failed health inspection for Polygon since 2015, including when officials also found bugs in the facility last year, health department records show. Polygon opened on Clark Street in 2012, according to DNAinfo. Polygon’s food handler and food allergen certifications were also expired, records show. Inspectors immediately threw out all the improperly stored foods, records show. Department of Agriculture.Ĭooked crab and shrimp, raw flounder and salmon, fish eggs, spicy mayonnaise, and prepped mushrooms all were stored at incorrect temperature, the report said. Raw fish should be stored at 40 degrees or less, according to the U.S. Raw octopus was found stored at 58 degrees and raw eel at 55.5 degrees, among other improperly stored raw foods, according to the inspection.
Inspectors also found Polygon’s reach-in sushi cooler was at 58 degrees, above the mandated temperature of 41 degrees or below. They include a pest infestation after a health inspector saw more than 25 live roaches in a reach-in cooler and other food preparation areas, plus more than 50 rat droppings in the basement, the inspection report states.
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The restaurant was hit with seven health code violations. Clark St., had its business license suspended Thursday by the Chicago Department of Public Health after a failed health inspection that same day, according to the department’s inspection records. ANDERSONVILLE - City officials closed down a Thai and sushi restaurant in Andersonville after health inspectors discovered live roaches, rat droppings and raw fish that was not properly refrigerated, records show.