El Faro Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CUSTOMER MEN'S RESTROOM WITH NO HANDWASHING SIGN. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 10Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION WITH VALID ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE WHILE PREPARING AND SERVING SOUP, CHICKEN, BEANS, SLICED AVOCADO. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REAR EMPLOYEE RESTROOM WITH NO COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR HYGIENIC PRODUCTS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CURRENT SUMMARY REPORT POSTED FROM 2022 ON-SITE. INSTRUCTED TO POST THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION REPORT MUST BE DISPLAYED IN A LOCATION THAT IS VISIBLE TO CONSUMERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-010(b). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 61

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 11, 2024: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 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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