El Presidente Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: FOUND NO SOAP PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK FOR HAND WASHING AT MIDDLE PREP AREA. SOAP WAS PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C)CITATION ISSUED • NO PAPER TOWELS WERE PROVIDED AT THE HANDWASHING SIGN BY THE ICE MACHINE, AT THE REAR PREP AREA, AND BASEMENT PREP AREA. PAPER TOWELS WERE PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-030(C)CONSOLIDATED WITH THE ABOVE VIOLATION.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: WE OBSERVED ICE/FOOD NOT PROTECTED. INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE, WATER RESERVOIR, AND ICE BIN, WITH EXCESSIVE BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE ICE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE THROUGHOUT. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN A SANITIZER BUCKETS BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 41
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: ADDITIONAL STOPPERS ARE NEEDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: LEAKING HOT WATER HANDLE AT HANDWASHING SINK AT BASEMENT PREP AREA.REPAIR ISSUE. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STOPPERS FOR THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: A COVER IS NEEDED IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BROKEN METAL CEILING INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER. ICE DANGLING FROM CEILING. REPAIR ISSUE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 20, 2021: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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