Cesar's Tacos

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• 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: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATIONDURING STORAGE. FOUND INSIDE OF ICE MACHINES BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE IN THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO TURN OFF ICE MACHINES REMOVE ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZED. ICE MACHINES WERE CLEAN AND SANITIZE DURING INSPECTION.SERIOUS CITATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.MUST REMOVE GREASE BUILD-UP. DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF BEER COOLER IN BASEMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE SMOOTH EASILY AND CLEANABLE CEILING ABOVE ICE MACHINES IN BASEMENT.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN 1ST FLOOR SOUTH SIDE BAR IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR/MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 3, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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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.