El Nuevo Puerto Mariscos And Grill

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

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASH AND RINSE DISHES THEN PROCEED TO PUT DISHES AWAY WITHOUT SANITIZING THEM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL DISHES ARE SANITIZED AFTER WASHING AND RINSING. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO FOOD THERMOMETER ON SITE FOR COLD FOODS. ESTABLISHMENT ONLY PROVIDED MEAT THERMOMETER FOR HOT FOODS ONLY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE METAL STEM FOOD THERMOMETER FOR BOTH HOT AND COLD FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 36
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INADEQUATE WASTE WATER DISPOSAL AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. WHEN ONE COMPARTMENT DRAINS ANOTHER ONE FLOODS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030 (C). CITATION ISSUED
  code 52
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN AREA INCLUDING IN PREP AREA AND IN DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE STAINED CEILING TILES.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED WITHIN SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME. REPORT #2555201 DATED MAY 3 2022 INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTS WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD UP IN TOILET ROOMS, AND TO STORE ICE SCOOP IN A CLEAN CONTAINER. OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP IN VENTS OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM; OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON FLOOR BEHIND STOVE TOP, OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CORRECT ALL PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 3, 2022: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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