El Palenque

• official resultNo Entry
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed
  Inspector note: WATER FAUCET HANDLES IN POOR REPAIR (STRIPPED) AT WEST SIDE TOILET ROOMS. URINAL IN USE IN POOR REPAUR, UNABLE TO FLUSH, MISSING HANDLE AND ATTACHED HARDWARE. FAUCETS IN TOILET ROOMS NOT MAINTAINED NO SOAP NOR PAPER TOWELS AT HANDSINKS. INSTD TO REPAIR ALL TOILETS AND SINKS IN TOILET ROOMS IN GOOD REPAIR.
  code 26
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH CALCIUM/LIME BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES BEHIND BAR AREA AND IN TOILET ROOMS
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN CEILING FREE OF DUST ACCUMULATION.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: CLUTTER IN BASEMENT. INSTD TO REMOVE ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 9, 2013: 5 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.