Boca Loca Cantina

• 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 LIQUID SEEPING FROM EXPOSED WASTEWATER PIPE DIRECTLY ONTO DRY FOODS IN DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK IN WASTE WATER PIPE AND INSTRUCTED THAT FOOD MUST NOT BE STORED DIRECTLY UNDER EXPOSED WASTE WATER LINES. ALSO INSTRUCTED TO WASH AND SANITIZE SEEPAGE STAINS FROM SHELVING. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 10 LBS OF PRODUCT WORTH $30. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HEAVY LAYER OF DUST ACCUMULATING ON THE CEILING VENT ABOVE THE SERVER'S STATION. MUST CLEAN.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LIGHT FIXTURE ABOVE SALAD PREP AREA NOT SHIELDED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD OR SHATTER PROOF BULBS.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COFFEE AND CAPPUCCINO MACHINES IN KITCHEN WITHOUT PROPER BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON WATER LINES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 27, 2017: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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.

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