El Jardin Restaurant

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

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE SCOOPS WITH HANDLES TO DISPENSE BULK INGREDIENTS (BUILLION, FLOUR, RICE, ETC).
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS SPLASH GUARDS ON THE FRYER AND AS SHELF LINING UNDER THE COOK LINE. NOTED THE PLASTIC LIDS TO THE SEASONING SHAKERS TO BE IN POOR CONDITION, WITH PLASTIC GNARLED AND UNSMOOTH AND FLAKING OFF IN PIECES. MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD, REPLACE PLASTIC LIDS AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD EQUIPMENT SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE. NOTED EXCESSIVE ICE FORMING ON THE INTERIOR FAN UNIT OF THE WALK IN FREEZER. MUST ELIMINATE ICE. OPERATOR MUST PROVIDE PROOF THAT MARGARITA MACHINE WASHING HOSE AT SERVICE BAR IS FOOD-GRADE AND IF IT IS NOT, MUST REPLACE THE FIXTURE WITH FOOD GRADE MATERIALS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST ELIMINATE STANDING WATER IN MAIN BAR REACH IN BEER COOLER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST ELIMINATE STANDING WATER ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR UNDER THE GREASE TRAP.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: THE DRAIN IS SLOW AT THE REAR KITCHEN HAND SINK. MUST UNCLOG. THE WASTE PIPING IS LEAKING A THE REAR KITCHEN HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR. CEILING FAN IN MEN'S RESTROOM INOPERABLE. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38

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Compared with Pass on May 24, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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