El Potosi Taqueria

• official resultNo Entry
• inspection typeNon-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: 3-501.17-REFRIGERATED TCS FOODS NOT LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED MANGER REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOOD, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD GREATER THAN 24 HOURS MUST HAVE SELL BY DATE ON LABEL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15-3-COMPARTMENT SINK MISSING ONE STOPPER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STOPPER FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: 5-501.17-NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 53
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: 6-304.11-WASHROOM CEILING FAN NOT WORKING. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE WITH WORKING WASHROOM CEILING FAN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on November 12, 2019: 4 findings recurred.

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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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