El Azteca

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT OR PROCEDURE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: **ESTABLISHMENT SERVING CEVICHE, EGGS, STEAK AND HAMBURGERS THAT ARE COOKED TO ORDER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CONSUMER ADVISORY ON THE MENU WITH A DISCLOSURE NOTICE AND REMINDER STATEMENT. PROVIDE AN ASTERIK ON THE MENU OF FOODS THAT ARE RAW/COOKED TO ORDER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 25
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DRY STORAGE ITEMS (CANNED SODA) STORED DIRECTLY UNDER WASTE WATER PIPES IN BASEMENT. MUST RELOCATED STORAGE ITEMS, OR COMPLETELY ENCASE WASTE WATER PIPES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. • OBSERVED SMALL AMOUNTS OF BROWN/ORANGE SLIMY MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST REMOVE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 39
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT # 2313186, DATED 10/1/19. MUST CORRECT THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED CORE VIOLATIONS: #10 OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNS IN BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. #37 OBSERVED SPICES OUT OF ORIGINAL CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL FOOD INGRIDIENT CONTAINERS WITH CONTENTS NAME. #53 OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. #58 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE, MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 1, 2019: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 8 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.