Carmelita's Taqueria

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: BEGINING OF MINERAL BUILD-UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE AT FRONT PANEL OF ICE BIN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: BROKEN THERMOMETERS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS AT FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: PREPACKAGED DESSERTS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST LABEL PACKAGES WITH FOOD NAME, INGREDIENTS, NET CONTENTS, SOURCE, AND LIST OF ALLERGENS.
  code 37
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARDS WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS IN BASEMENT PREP AREA, MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE. • DEBRIS ON CAN OPENER HELD FROM A NYLON DIRTY STRING, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED ICE BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER ON THE FLOOR AND SHELVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE CONDENSATION UNIT. • TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE PREP SERVICE COOLER BY THE POP COOLER AT FIRST FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN OR REPLACE. THE DOOR OF PREP COOLER DOOR HINGES ARE BROKEN, FIRST FLOOR. REPAIR. MISSING RELEASE KNOB FROM INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT, MUST BE REPLACE.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: PLASTIC BASEBOARD DETACHED FROM WALL UNDER THE DOOR OF WALK-IN COOLER. RE-SEAL. • CRACKED CAULKING BETWEEN WALL AND HANDWASHING SINK AT FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA,NEED TO REPAIR. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANBLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 4, 2020: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 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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