El Buen Valle Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: NOTED HEAVY GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP ON ALL COOKING AND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA, AS WELL AS ON THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: NOTED GREASE AND DIRT BUILD UP ON THE WALLS AND FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE FRONT AND REAR KITCHEN AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL DIRT AND DEBRIS AND DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE SAID AREAS. • FOUND THE WALL BASE STRIP PEELING OFF THE WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REATTACH WALL BASE AND MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR AND SEAL ALL OPEN SEEMS, CRACKS, AND HOLES IN THE WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN SO THAT THEY ARE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: NOTED PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2556556 ON 6/1/22: VIOLATION #38 (6-501.111) OBSERVED 5 LIVE COCKROACHES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A STORAGE TABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE ALL ROACHES AND ACTIVITY, CLEAN/SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS, AND TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE. COCKROACH ACTIVITY STILL OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN TODAY 6/8/22. OBSERVED OVER 25 LIVE COCKROACHES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ALONG THE BASEBOARD BEHIND THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER AND FLAT TOP GRILL, BEHIND THE SOFA BENCH IN THE REAR KITCHEN, AND UNDERNEATH AND ON THE PREP TABLE ADJACENT TO THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CORRECT PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 1, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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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