El Taconzazo

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 52F, AND THE DESSERT COOLER WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50F. BOTH COOLERS WERE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS FLAN AND MEAT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN BOTH COOLERS BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE DESSERT COOLER AND 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF THE DESSERT COOLER: FLAN AT 48.7F. THE FOLLOWING FOODS WERE STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER: GROUND BEEF AT 48.4F, CHORIZO AT 47.3F, HAM AT 48.7F, LIVER AT 47F, PORK AT 47.8F, CUT TOMATOES AT 49.5F, CHICKEN AT 49.6F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 25# OF FOOD WORTH $100. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE AND DISPLAY. OBSERVED THE GYRO MACHINE USED FOR AL PASTOR TACOS NEXT TO THE COUNTER AREA WITH NO PROTECTION FROM THE PUBLIC. ALSO OBSERVED TORTILLA CHIPS STORED ON THE COUNTER WHERE THEY ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC CONTAMINATION. MUST MOVE GYRO MACHINE OR INSTALL A SNEEZEGUARD OR BARRIER AND COVER OR MOVE TORTILLA CHIPS SO THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY THE PUBLIC. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS IN THE PREP AREAS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: REMOVE THE CARDBOARD FROM THE FLOOR IN THE PREP AREAS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REGLUE THE PEELING BASEBOARD FROM THE WALL IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE SINK STOPPER LEVERS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK SO THAT THE SINK BASINS CAN HOLD WATER IN THEM.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 6, 2015: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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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