Alhambra Palace Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINES (BAR AND PREP AREA) CURRENTLY IN USE, UNABLE TO SANITIZE, 0 PPM OF CHLORINE WHEN TESTED. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 CRITICAL. UNITS TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND REINSPECTED BY CDPH. INSTD TO UTILIZE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT.
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH VISIBLE AND EXCESSIVE BLACK SLIME/MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE. INSTD TO DISPOSE OF ICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE UNIT. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A SERIOUS.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: WORN CAULKING WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE NOTED ALONG BASE OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALL, AND DISHMACHINE AND WALL. INSDT TO REPAIR SAME.
  code 32
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MISSING METAL STEM THERMOMETERS AND INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR COOLERS. PROVIDE SAME.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 19, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.