El Mariachi Bar & Grill

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: DIRTY FOOD ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER IN THE BASEMENT PREP. MUST CLEAN AFTER EACH USE.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: DISH MACHINE DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY AND NOTED LEAKING WATER ONTO THE FLOOR. MUST REPAIR DOOR TO PROPERLY CLOSE/SEAL.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BROKEN UNUSED FREEZERS IN THE BASEMENT, ONE WITH EXPOSED INSULATION. MUST REMOVE OR REPAIR. • MISSING BASEBOARD TILE COVING ON COOKS LINE ON THE NORTH WALL. MUST REPLACE. • PEELING WALL CAULKING AT THE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND BLACKENED WALL CAULKING AT THE DISH AREA HAND WASHING SINK. MUST REMOVE/REPLACE.----TAPE BEING USED ON THE WALL AS ELECTRICAL COVERING. MUST NOT USE TAPE. MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE COVERING.----DAMAGED, PEELING CEILING AT THE BASEMENT LARGE ICE MACHINE. MUST REPAIR CEILING TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 2, 2023: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 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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