El Jacalito

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: HOODS & EXHAUSTS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR AND FRONT SECTIONS OF PREP AREA, STORAGE CARTS AND SHELVES THROUGHOUT, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF REACH-IN FREEZER, SIDES AND EXTERIORS OF COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPAIR BOTTOM LEFT SIDE OF FRONT INNER DOOR AND REPAIR BOTTOMS OF BOTH OUTER DOORS. REMOVE CHIPPING PAINT FROM CEILING IN STORAGE ROOM AND RE-PAINT SURFACE. CLEAN ALL WALLS IN REAR SECTION OF PREP AREA(DIRT BUILD-UP), ABOVE EXPOSED HANDSINK BY TOILET ROOM(ALSO NEEDS REPAIRING), IN STORAGE ROOM, AND IN WASHROOM. PAINT RAW WOOD WASHROOM DOOR. CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS IN DINING ROOM WHERE NEEDED.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: REPLACE BLOWN LIGHTS IN DINING AREA.
  code 36
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING OPEN FOODS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 3, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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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