El Rey Del Maiz

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE ROLLING GRINDER STONES, USED FOR MAKING MASA, DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT FACILITATE ADEQUATE CLEANING. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE A NON-ABSORBENT, NON-CORROSIVE, SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE MATERIAL FOR ALL COOKWARE EQUIPMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 27, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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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.