El Nuevo Taconazo

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED A SLIGHT BROWNISH SUBSTANCE ON THE ICE MACHINE'S PANEL, LOCATED IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 16
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-302.12 OBSERVED SOME DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 37
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: 3-307.11 OBSERVED BOWLS OF TORTILLA CHIPS BEING STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL DIRECTLY TOUCHING THE TORTILLA CHIPS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WAX PAPER BARRIER BETWEEN THE TORTILLA CHIPS AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWLS TO PROTECT FOODS FROM ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OR NOT STACK BOWLS OF TORTILLA CHIPS.
  code 39
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15(A) OBSERVED HOT WATER KNOB STILL NOT TURNING ON AT THE HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SO THAT HOT WATER TURNS ON PROPERLY AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C).
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: 6-501.19 OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON THE EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM DOOR THAT LEADS DIRECTLY INTO A FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public
  Inspector note: 8-304.11(A) OBSERVED THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY NOT POSTED FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEW, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INSPECTION THE MOST RECENT SUMMARY WAS PLACED BEHIND OTHER PAPERWORK AND NOT ENTIRELY FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEW. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS POST THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-42-010(B).
  code 61

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 2, 2024: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 5 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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