El Jacalito

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. MANAGER ON DUTY HAS AN EXPIRED CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO ENROLL FOR THE RECERTIFICATION CLASS ASAP TO OBTAIN A NEW AND VALID SANITATION CERTIFICATE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 ISSUED.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES, SURFACES UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND INSIDE OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING AND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN WALLS AND DOORS AROUND ALL COOKING AND OTHER KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN WINDOW FAN ABOVE THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR TO REMOVE DIRT AND DUST. ALSO OBSERVED CRACKED AND PEELING PAINT ON THE DINING AREA CEILING AND IN FRONT OF THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING GRILLS; REMOVE AND REPAINT WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN ALL LIGHT SHIELDS AND VENT SYSTEM ABOVE STOVE.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 16, 2017: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 3 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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