El Tarasco

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT WITH SLIGHT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY USING LARGE 55 GALLON GARBAGE CONTAINERS TO MAKE AND PREPARE FOODS (SALSA). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS/STORAGE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FOOD RESIDUE, GREASE BUILD UP, AND DEBRIS NOTED ON: ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, SIDES, UNDERNEATH AND IN BETWEEN GRILLS, FRYERS, ALL ATTACHED DRIP TRAYS, ALL DOOR GASKETS FOR COOLERS AND FREEZERS, STORAGE SHELVES, AND ALL ATTACHED PIPING OF EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SPLATTER FOOD RESIDUE AND GREASE BUILD UP NOTED ON ALL THE WALLS AND ALONG WALL BASES BEHIND EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED MOPS STORED IN THE BUCKETS IN THE KITCHEN ENTRY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS TO ALLOW TO DRY.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP ON THE FANS IN THE VENTILATION HOOD OVER THE COOKLINE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTTAIN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 28, 2022: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 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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