El Tarasco

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: DIRTY UTENSIL IN HANDWASH SINK IN WAREWASHING AREA. INSTD TO KEEP BASIN CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED • NO HANDWASH CLEANSER AT HANDWASH SINK IN COOKING/PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). SEE ABOVE FOR VIOLATION ISSUED • NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT HANDWASH SINKS IN COOKING/PREP AREA AND BAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). SEE ABOVE FOR VIOLATION ISSUED
  code 10Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARD NEXT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HEAVILY STAINED AND WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN CUTTING BOARDS.
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: MISSING COVER FOR RECEPACLE IN TOILET ROOM. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: REVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM 7/18/19 REPORT 2303365 NOT CORRECTED: 41 WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. 43 BOWL BEING STORED IN CONTAINER OF COOKED RICE IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTD TO USE PROPER DISPENSING UTENSILS AND IF STORING IN FOOD , DISPENSING UTENSIL HANDLE CAN NOT BE STORED IN FOOD. 47 OBSERVED UNFINISHED CLAY SERVING CUPS AT BAR. INSTD TO REMOVE FROM PREMISES AND USE PROPER FOOD GRADE SERVING WARE. 51 UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW DEVICE ON ICE MACHINES. INSTD TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE OR INSTALL SAME. 55 CRACKED FLOOR TILES NEAR REAR BASEMENT STAIRS. INSTD TO REPAIR TILES SO AS SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. 55 REAR STAIRWELL LEADING TO BASEMENT NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS BUILD UP (STAIRS, RAILS, WALLS). INSTD TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN. - CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090 PRIORITY FOUNDATION
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 18, 2019: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 7 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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