Cafe El Meson

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️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 MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (PREPARES SANDWICHES, SMOOTHIES). CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012 SERIOUS.
  code 21
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO INVERT SAME AND PROPERLY STORE.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR BOTTOM OF COOLERS AND INTERIOR OF STORAGE CABINETS NEED DETAILED CLEANING.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER MISSING IN REAR COOLER. PROVIDE SAME.
  code 40

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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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