Borinquen Lounge

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT (2) HANDSINK IN PREP/DISHWASHING AREA.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: FOUND INCOMPLETE VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL SPILL KIT ( MISSING ITEM APPROPRIATE SANITIZER THAT KILLS NOROVIRUS). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COMPLETE SPILL KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THERMOMETER VISIBLE INSIDE ALL COOLERS.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER IDENTIFIED WITH COMMON NAME (BREAD).
  code 37
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF TOP PREP COOLER LID/COVER WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION IN PREP/COOKING AREA.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR STRIPPED FAUCET (HOT) HANDLE AT HANDSINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR INSIDE BOILER CLOSET (BY THE WASHROOM).
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT# 2454012 ISSUED ON 10-28-2020 #55 - OPEN HOLES AND LARGE CREVICES IN WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN. MUST REPAIR ALL TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, NO OPENINGS, HOLES THROUGHOUT. RAW WOODEN WALL AT THE REAR KITCHEN CLEAN POT STORAGE. MUST PAINT/SEAL.----CRACKED/DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR KITCHEN. MUST REPLACE/REPAIR.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2020: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 4 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.

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