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B Won restaurant in Champaign on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

39 restaurants fail inspections over 10 month period; 11 establishments closed for violations

Post author:Claire Hettinger / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 26, 2016
Post category:Food Public Health

Ants on the wall, a live cockroach next to a meat grinder, fruit flies “too numerous to count” and a bucket of bloody juice were some of the worst violations over a ten-month period in Champaign County restaurants. In total, 39 restaurants in Champaign County failed health inspections - several more than once – from June 2015 to April 2016, according to a review of inspection records. An additional 7 restaurants failed and were temporarily closed. Four others were closed because of non-payment of annual fees or missing paperwork

Six food establishments closed for not paying, renewing permits

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:June 8, 2015
Post category:Food Public Health

In the past four months, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District shut down seven restaurantsbecause of issues that put customers at risk. But it also shut down six food establishments because owners or managers did not pay health permit fees or submit a permit application. One restaurant is still closed.

Read more about the article Health inspectors temporarily shut down seven Champaign County restaurants, failed seven others

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Ichiban Buffett, 105 N. Mattis, Champaign, Illinois on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Health inspectors temporarily shut down seven Champaign County restaurants, failed seven others

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:June 2, 2015
Post category:Food Public Health

A Champaign restaurant received one of the worst health inspection scores on record after inspectors found dried meat and blood on its wall in April. Inspectors closed Ichiban Buffet, located at 105 N. Mattis Avenue in Champaign, after it received a -56 out of 100 on its April 27 health inspection.

Read more about the article Cockroaches, stray knife among complaints against restaurants in the past six months

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The McDonalds restaurant at Neil and Marketview in Champaign on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Cockroaches, stray knife among complaints against restaurants in the past six months

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:March 20, 2015
Post category:Food Public Health

Restaurant complaints filed in Champaign County over the past six months have ranged from a restaurant running out of napkins to a cockroach crawling out of a customer’s food.

A screen shot from the Champaign Urbana Public Health District's webpage - http://www.c-uphd.org/submit-food-service-complaint.html

How to file a restaurant complaint

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:March 20, 2015
Post category:Food Public Health

Restaurant goers in Champaign County can call the Champaign Urbana Public Health District at (217) 373-7900 to file a complaint against the business if it’s located in the twin cities, or (217) 363-3269 if it’s in the county.

Restaurant App

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:March 10, 2015
Post category:Food Public Health

Our new restaurant app is here! Check out this new mobile-friendly tool that allows you to see the health inspection scores of all the restaurants inspected in Champaign County.

Read more about the article County opposition to placards grows stronger

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The photo illustration shows examples of health inspection compliance posters required to be prominently displayed in food establishments within the Champaign-Urbana city limits. The posters indicate to the public the results of the latest health inspection. The Champaign County Board again struck down the proposal in a 14-5 vote to expand the mandate throughout the county this week.

County opposition to placards grows stronger

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:October 17, 2014
Post category:Food Public Health

Claire Everett/CU-CitizenAccess.org — The Champaign County Board is continuing its opposition to the mandatory posting of health inspection placards for county food establishments outside the cities of Urbana and Champaign. The most recent vote against mandatory posting was by a much greater margin this week, with 14 members opposing and 5 supporting.

Read more about the article Complaints about restaurants on the rise

Champaign Urbana Public Health Department

Photograph submitted to the Champaign Urbana Public Health Department within a complaint about "a clump of hair attached to another object," found in the bottom of a cup, July 15, 2014.

Complaints about restaurants on the rise

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess and Emma Weissmann / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 8, 2014
Post category:Food Public Health

Clumps of hair at the bottom of coffee cups and green slime leaking out of meat sandwiches were among the more extreme examples of complaints filed by customers and restaurant employees against food establishments this year.

Read more about the article Health inspections temporarily close three restaurants

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Ichiban Buffett, 105 N. Mattis, Champaign, Illinois on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

Health inspections temporarily close three restaurants

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:October 2, 2014
Post category:Article Food Public Health

Claire Everett/CU-CitizenAccess.org — Raw sewage in the kitchen preparation area closed down the Aroma Curry House in Champaign in August for two days. Health inspectors…

Read more about the article Champaign-Urbana Public Health District makes health inspection reports available online

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The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District now allows site visitors to view restaurant inspection reports online. According to director of environmental health Jim Roberts, this new online feature went live on Monday, September 15, 2014.

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District makes health inspection reports available online

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 18, 2014
Post category:Article Food Public Health

By Emma Weissmann/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- After five years of trying to get restaurant inspection reports on their Web site, public health officials finally succeeded this month. The site — http://c-uphd.org/foodinspections.html — now delivers a wealth of information on the inspections, including the inspection history and scores for more than 1,000 food establishments. The health department opened the Web site earlier this month, but did not announce it until Thursday.