El Buen Valle Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPOET 1631355, DATE 2/20/2016. CORRECT BY DATE 4/22/2016. OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HAS COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER GIVEN ON 1/22/2016. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TWO BOX FREEZER TOPS BEOKEN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE. ALSO CLEAN UNUSED COOLER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR, ALSO WET RUGS, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUGS, AND STANDING WATER.OBSERVED FLOOR IN POOR REPAIR IN FRONT OF MENS ROOM , INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE FLOOR/ BROKEN TILES. NEED TO REPLACE BROKEN TILES IN PREP AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING IN HALLWAY LEADING TO RESTROOMS, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. ALSO IN MENS RESTROOM CEILING HAS HOLES,REPAIR HOLES.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THREE PROPANE TANKS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FROM BUILDING. ALSO ORGANIZE REAR STORAGE AND BASEMENT, REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 4, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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