Cantina Laredo

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• 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 FOOD MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (SHRIMP, BEEF, ETC.) IS PREPARED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: 1ST FLOOR VEGETABLE REACH IN COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKET DOES NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. MUST REATTACH DOOR RUBBER GASKET/DOOR MUST COMPLETELY CLOSE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT CALCIUM BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE ALSO OBSERVED FOOD BUILD UP ON LOWER SIDE OF DISHMACHINE DRAINBOARDS AND FOOD SPILLS ON LOWER SIDE OF 2ND FLOOR BAR COUNTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT AND BAR COUNTER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BOTTLE CAPS BUILD UP ON FLOOR AT 1ST FLOOR BAR ALONG CORNERS. MUST CLEAN BAR FLOOR.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ONE CEILING LIGHT COVER LOOSE AT PREP AREA ABOVE CHIPS BIN. MUST REATTACH CEILING LIGHT COVER/MUST TIGHT FIT.
  code 36
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS THERMOMETERS MISSING. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 12, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.