Azul 18Th Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A PINK AND BLACK SUBSTANCE IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE BY THE ICE MAKER AND ON THE SIDES, ICE MACHINE IS LOCATED IN THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (CHICKEN) BEING STORED IN GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS FOR ALL FOODS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND MAINTAIN.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A DUST/DIRT ACCUMULATION ON THE KNIFE RACK LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION ON THE VENTS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOM AND IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 20, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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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