El Faro Restaurant

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

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 4 CONTAINERS OF SALSA STORED IN THE 2 DOOR COOLER WITH AN IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 75.4F, 72.0F, 80.5F, 80.4F 2LBS AND WORTH $40.00. ALSO A CONTAINER OF STEAK WITH AN IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 50.4F 3LBS WORTH $15. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNITARLY DISCARDED THE FOOD ITEMS ABOVE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON TCS FOODS IN 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE USED BY DATE MARK ON ALL READY TO EAT AND PREPARED FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 23
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: MISSING CONSUMER ADVISORY WITH DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER (SUNNY SIDE UP EGGS). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CONSUMER ADVISORY WITH DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER ON ALL MENUS ON PREMISE.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATON 7-38-005.
  code 25
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BULK FOOD CONTAINERS ABOVE THE PREP TABLE NOT PROPERLY LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK FOOD CONTAINERS WITH ITS COMMON NAME.
  code 37
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A BROKEN BACK FLOW DEVICE AT THE MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE BACK FLOW DEVICE AT THE MOP SINK.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A COVERED RECEPTACLE IN THE EMPLOYEE RESTROOM.
  code 53

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 13, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 7 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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