Borinquen 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 SLIMY PINK, ORANGE AND BLACK SLIMY MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCES ON UPPER INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALSO FOUND CALCIUM LIKE WHITE SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR OF METAL OF ICE MACHINE. ALSO FOUND WHITE THICK BUILD UP ON OPENING OF DOOR OF MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE. EQUIPMENT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD BEING PREPPED (CHICKEN, PORK, RICE, ETC). CFM/OWNER ARRIVED ON SITE APPX 45 MINUTES AFTER INSPECTION BEGAN.SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP INSIDE HOOD OVER COOKING LINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENT IN KITCHEN. INSTUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL CEILING TILES, AND VENTS.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENT COVER IN MEN'S RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED VENT IN LADIES'S ROOM NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

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Compared with Pass on November 4, 2015: 4 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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