Cooked?✕
El Taco Azteca
June 13, 2017 · Fail
🪳cooked
- official resultFail
- resultFail
- inspection typeCanvass
- failed findings5
- critical findings2
Failed findings
-
certified manager paperwork missingcriticalOfficial wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper TemperatureInspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 43.9F. THE WALK-IN COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS MILK AND CHICKEN. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
-
sick-employee policy not followedcriticalOfficial wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And ServiceInspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER AND 1 DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED PORK AT 47.8F, REFRIED BEANS AT 43.9F, EGGS AT 43.5F, MILK AT 43.3F, CHEESE AT 44.2F, SOUR CREAM AT 43.2F, CHICKEN AT 50.7F, COOKED RICE AT 46.6F, SHRIMP AT 44.2F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 50# OF FOOD WORTH $200. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
-
Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers CoveredInspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GARBAGE AND LITTER ON THE GROUND IN THE OUTSIDE AREA BEHIND THE RESTAURANT AND NEXT TO THE GARBAGE DUMPSTER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE OUTSIDE AREA AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
-
* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All CustomersInspector note: NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
-
grimy wiping clothsOfficial wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly StoredInspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE WEED GROWTH IN THE BACK YARD BEHIND THE RESTAURANT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE CONDITIONS.
What changed since the previous inspection?
Compared with Pass on August 29, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time.
Browse this restaurant's inspections
More restaurants in Lower West Side
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.