El Nuevo Mexicano

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Official wording: Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area
  Inspector note: NO PAPER TOWELS AT KITCHEN PREP EXPOSED HAND SINK AND REAR SERVER STATION EXPOSED HAND SINK WHILE KITCHEN STAFF WAS COOKING AND PREPARING FOODS. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030.
  code 12Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.(MUST STORE INVERTED)
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS NOT CLEAN AT BASEMENT
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT DISH WASHING AREAS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR BASEMENT FREEZER CONTAINING FROZEN FISH.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 18, 2012: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred.

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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.