Cooked?✓!
El Garcia Restaurant
October 11, 2018 · Pass w/ Conditions
😬mid
- official resultPass w/ Conditions
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- inspection typeCanvass
- failed findings12
- critical findings3
Failed findings
-
handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalOfficial wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And AccessibleInspector note: 6-301.12 NO PAPER TOWELS AT THE BASEMENT PREP HAND WASHING SINK WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WAS PRESENT PREPARING FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
-
sick-employee policy not followedcriticalOfficial wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And ReportingInspector note: 2-102.14(N) NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. MUST PROVIDE.
-
staff working while sickcriticalOfficial wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal EventsInspector note: 2-501.11 NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
-
food left unprotectedOfficial wording: Food Separated And ProtectedInspector note: 3-302.11 OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING RAW FOODS IMPROPERLY STORED. RAW EGGS BEING STORED ON SHELVING DIRECTLY ABOVE FRESH, RAW CARROTS AND AVOCADOS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. RAW EGGS STORED ABOVE COOKED CHICKEN BROTH INSIDE THE COOKS LINE COOLER. OBSERVED RAW BEEF INSIDE A TALL REACH-IN COOLER STORED DIRECTLY ABOVE UNCOVERED, READY TO EAT BOWLS OF SALSA. MANAGEMENT REMOVED ALL FOODS. REVIEWED PROPER STORAGE OF RAW AND COOKED/READY TO EAT FOODS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
-
food not cooled down rightOfficial wording: Proper Date Marking And DispositionInspector note: 3-501.17 ALL PREPARED TCS FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY DATE MARKED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
-
consumer advisory missingOfficial wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked FoodInspector note: 3-603.11 MUST PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR FOODS ON THE MENU PERTAINING TO THE POSTED CONSUMER ADVISORY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
-
food improperly labeledOfficial wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original ContainerInspector note: 3-302.12 ALL BULK SPICE BINS MUST BE LABELED.
-
bathroom / plumbing issuesOfficial wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow DevicesInspector note: 5-205.15 BROKEN URINAL IN THE BASEMENT MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR.
-
Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities MaintainedInspector note: 5-501.115 MUST REMOVE ALL PLASTIC CRATES FROM THE GROUND INSIDE THE GARBAGE CORRAL AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE OF UNNECESSARY ITEMS.
-
floors, walls, or ceilings grimyOfficial wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & CleanInspector note: 6-101.11 MISSING FLOOR TILE AT THE DESSERT DISPLAY CASE. MUST REPLACE.----6-201.11 FLOORS DIRTY WITH DEBRIS UNDER THE KITCHEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MUST NOT USE CARDBOARD AS MATTING FOR FLOOR AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. CEILING IN THE BASEMENT MEN'S WASHROOM BLACKENED WITH MOLD. MUST CLEAN/REMOVE MOLD.----6-201.17 EXCESSIVE DUST ON THE CEILING VENTS ABOVE THE BAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----6-501.114 EMPLOYEES MUST NOT STORE THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN THE BAR DRINK PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE LOCKERS/STORAGE SPACE FOR EMPLOYEES.----ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED THROUGHOUT THE REAR STORAGE ROOM MUST BE REMOVED. ALL OTHER ITEMS MUST BE STORED ELEVATED AND ORGANIZED.
-
All Food Employees Have Food Handler TrainingInspector note: 2-102.13 NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
-
allergen training missingOfficial wording: Allergen Training As RequiredInspector note: PA 100-0367 NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. MUST PROVIDE.
What changed since the previous inspection?
Compared with Pass on March 23, 2017: 12 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.
Browse this restaurant's inspections
More restaurants in Rogers Park
About this record
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.
Source: Chicago Data Portal.