Aranda Mexican Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STEAK MEAT AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE AT 56F INSIDE OF REAR REFRIGERATOR. OBSERVED PORK AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE AT 57F. TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW INSIDE OF A COLD HOLDING UNIT. EMPLOYEE DISCARDED FOOD. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 15 LBS AT A COST OF $100.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF REAR REFRIGERATOR AT 58F. PROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF A COLD HOLDING UNIT MUST BE AT 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ONE LIVE COCKROACH TRAPPED ON GLUEBOARD AT BAR AREA. MUST REMOVE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRTY POTS AND PANS STORED IN GARBAGE CONTAINER IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND STORE IN CLEAN AND DRY LOCATION TO PREVENT ANY SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TAPED GASKET ON BOTTOM OF REFRIGERATOR DOOR IN REAR. MUST REPAIR.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MINOR LEAK AT PIPE BELOW 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN KITCHEN(RIGHT SIDE) AND AT BAR ON RIGHT SIDE HAND SINK WHEN WATER IS RUNNING. MUST REPAIR.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 26, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.

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