El Chile Restaurant & Pancake House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED SINK LOCATED IN BAR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LEFT TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO PROCEDURE AND KIT ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA. LEFT ONE PAGER AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN PROCEDURE AND KIT WITH ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES INCLUDING A SANITIZER RATED AS EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOUP FROZEN IN STYROFOAM CUPS IN FREEZER LOCATED IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO ONLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
  code 39
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM AND UNISEX EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GREASE, GRIME, AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR OF FRYER CABINET, MICROWAVE, AND UNDERNEATH HOT LINE IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MISSING LIGHT BULB IN DISH/ PIZZA PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 56
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2285957 DATED 4/29/2019: #58 " NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES." INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND COME INTO COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on July 16, 2021: 8 findings appeared for the first time.

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