El Taconzazo

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA UNCLEAN WITH CARDBOARD BOXES AND GARBAGE AROUND GARBAGE AREA. GARBAGE AREA MUST BE KEPT CLEAN AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  code 19
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #1459248 DATED 4/29/14 #32 OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS SHELF LINER. INSTRUCTED TO USE ONLY NON ABSORBANT WASHABLE CLEANABLE MATERIAL. #32 OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED AT FRONT AND REAR HANDSINKS. INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS ON EACH SIDE OF HAND SINKS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION TO ADJACENT GRILL AND FRYER. #32 OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON REAR REACH IN REFRIGERATORS. REPAIR OR REPLACE ALL TORN GASKETS AND BROKEN TILE ON COUNTER NEXT TO REGISTER. #40 OBSERVED BORKEN THERMOMETER IN FRONT REFRIGERATOR INSTRUCTED TO CHECK ALL THERMOMETERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FUNCTIONING AT 40 F OR LESS AT ALL TIMES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON SHELVES IN FRONT COOKING AREA. REPAINT SHELVES SO THAT THERE IS NO CHIPPING.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE UNCLEAN WITH FOOD DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE.
  code 33

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 29, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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