Four Champaign Co. restaurants receive yellow alerts in health inspections

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04-04-2025

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — In the latest round of health inspections, four Champaign County restaurants received less than satisfactory results.
On March 27, Tenkyu, located at 301 N Neil St. in Champaign, received a yellow food safety alert after a routine health inspection. The inspector found seven risk factor/intervention violations, two of which were repeated violations.
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This included a container of raw squid that was stored above several containers of ready-to-eat sauces in the make table reach-in coolers near the fryers. Another violation was three containers of raw beef and two containers of raw chicken that were stored above containers of cooked rice, cooked chicken, sauce, soup and containers of tofu in the walk-in cooler.
This is the third consecutive inspection that cross-contamination violations have been documented, which resulted in a yellow food safety alert being posted.
Another violation that was repeated for a third time was a consumer advisory-disclosure and reminder violation. In this inspection, an asterisk was not provided for the tuna in the 'Tenkyu Roll,' for the tuna in the 'In N Out Roll,' for the tuna, salmon and flying fish roe in the 'Tuna sandwich,' or for the specific animal derived foods in the 'Sushi' section of the menu.
Other notable violations include a container of cigarettes that was stored next to clean utensils and several packages of raw beef and quail that were 50°F to 54°F and not submerged under cold running water or kept below 41°F during the thawing process. A follow-up inspection will take place in 5-7 business days from that date to ensure corrections have been made.
ET's Downtown Rantoul, located at 107 E Sangamon Ave. in Rantoul, received a yellow food safety alert on March 28. A health inspector found a total of six risk factor/intervention violations, two of which were repeated violations.
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A cold holding 41°F or less violation was found for the fourth consecutive time during a routine checkup, resulting in a yellow food safety alert being posted and a compliance meeting being scheduled. During the latest inspection, the following were above 41°F in the top portion of the make table cooler:
Three containers of cut lettuce (45.3°F, 53.2°F, 51.1°F)
One container of pico de gallo (46.9°F)
Two containers of cut tomatoes (45.5°F and 48°F)
One container of shredded cheese (45°F to 48°F)
One container of coleslaw (46.8°F)
One container of cut spinach (52.9°F)
There were six separate violations found under this category alone, including a number of foods that were over the necessary cooling temperatures.
The other repeat violation that was found was a cooling-cooked time/temperature control for safety foods violation, which was observed for the second consecutive routine inspection. In this inspection, cooked chicken wings (prepared the day before) were 44.1°F in the walk-in cooler. According to an employee, the chicken wings had remained in the cooler since the previous day.
The compliance meeting was scheduled for April 2 at 10:30 a.m. A number of discussion notes were also posted at the bottom of the report.
On March 31, H Mart, located at 220 N Broadway Ave in Urbana, received a yellow food safety alert. While no risk factor/intervention violations were found in the inspection, a violation correction form (VCF) was not completed by its due date.
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This form was issued during the routine inspection on Feb. 28 in response to a food package labeling violation for several facility-packaged food items that were not labeled with the major allergens they contained. Adequate food labels for the facility-packaged foods were not received by the VCF extended due date of March 28 at 4 p.m.
As a result, a yellow food safety alert was posted. In addition, if adequate food labels for facility-packaged foods are not received by 4 p.m. on April 11, the health permit will be suspended, and H Mart will receive a red 'Closed' placard.
Urbana Country Club, located at 100 E Country Club Road in Urbana, received a yellow food safety alert on April 1. Four risk factor/intervention violations were found, one of which was a repeat violation during the inspection.
A cold holding 41°F or less violation was found during the third consecutive routine inspection, which resulted in the yellow food safety alert being issued. In this particular inspection, the following items were found inside in the 'Turbo-air' make-table cooler on the left side of the pizza oven: Hard-boiled eggs (48.2°F) inside the top part, chicken salad (46.2°F) and cut melons (44.6°F) inside the reach-in part.
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Additionally, the following items were found inside the pull-out coolers opposite the grill on the cookline:
Chili (46°F)
Pulled short ribs (62.4°F)
Corned beef (48.5°F)
Diced ham (46.2°F)
Cooked pasta (43.8°F)
Mushroom cream sauce (46.7°F)
Shredded cheddar cheese (46.5°F)
An employee said that the chili was thawed under cold running water for 45 minutes and was added to the pull-out cooler approximately 2.5 hours before, the short rib was pulled, portioned and added to the pull-out cooler approximately 2.5 hours prior, corned beef was portioned and added to the pull-out cooler approximately 3 hours prior, ham, pasta and mushroom cream sauce were moved from the walk-in cooler to the pull-out cooler approximately 4 hours prior and the cheese was sitting in the cooler since the week before.
As a result of the repeated violation, a Repeat P & Pf Root Cause Questionnaire was scheduled for April 2 at 9 a.m. and a follow-up inspection will be conducted to verify the long-term violation correction in 5-7 business days after the questionnaire is completed. Adequate checklists for the cold holding violation must be sent to the Champaign County Health Department by 8 a.m. on April 8.
For more information on other recent restaurant inspections, visit the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's website.
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