El Taconazo Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOOD CONTAINERS IN THE WALKIN COOLER NOT LABELED OR DATED. ALSO IN THE PREP AREA THE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, MUST LABEL THEM.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: ALL CUTTING BOARDS PITTED, WITH DEEP, DARK STAINS. INSTD TO REPLACE SAME. ALL BOTTOM SHELVES, AND LEGS OF PREP TABLES WITH RUSTY SURFACES. INSTD TO REMOVE REMOVE THE CARD BOARD AND THE RUST AND PAINT THEM.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: BOTTOM OF ALL COOLERS/FREEZERS, STORAGE SHELVES, ALL MULTI-USE UTENSILS (KNIVES), ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING FRYERS, FLAT TOP GRILLS, LEGS, WHEELS, AND ATTACHED PIPING OF ALL EQUIPMENT, INTERIOR OF FLAT TOP GRILL DRIP TRAYS, ALL PREP TABLES NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: THE NORTH WALL BEHIND THE PREP TABLE IN POOR REPAIR HAS A ONE INCH HOLE IN IT. MUST REPAIR THE WALL.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 3, 2014: 4 findings recurred. 3 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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