El Nuevo Taconazo

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• 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 PINKISH SUBSTANCE ON THE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: 3-501.16 OBSERVED TCS FOODS AT INADEQUATE COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES LOCATED IN THE WALK IN COOLER; OBSERVED ABOUT 50 LBS OF RAW BEEF RANGING BETWEEN 48F-49F, ABOUT 20 LBS OF CHEESE AT 48F AND ABOUT 5 LBS OF MILK AT 48F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD AND DENATURE SAID TCS FOODS AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL TCS COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. EMPLOYEE DISCARDED SAID TCS FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: 4-301.11 OBSERVED A WALK IN COOLER, WITH TCS FOODS INSIDE, AT AN INADEQUATE COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 48F DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. SAID UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MAY NOT BE USED TO STORE TCS FOODS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 33
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
  Inspector note: 5-103.11(B) OBSERVED INADEQUATE HOT WATER THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, OBSERVED HOT WATER ONLY RANGING FROM 74F-76F AT ALL OF THE HAND WASHING SINKS AND AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED HOT WATER MUST MAINTAIN 100F AT THE HAND WASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES AND 110F AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT ALL TIMES. OWNER ARRIVED ON SITE DURING THE INSPECTION AND ADJUSTED THE HOT WATER HEATER TEMPERATURE, BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION FACILITY WAS MAINTAINING ADEQUATE HOT WATER WAS RESTORED TO THE HAND WASHING SINKS AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C).
  code 50

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 14, 2024: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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