Esencia Urban Kitchen

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT PINK BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOKED/CUT POTATOES HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 46.0 F AND 50.1 F INSIDE STAND UP 1-DOOR PREP COOLER. HOWEVER FOUND SAID COOLER AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 39.0 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41.0 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE TCS FOODS VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE WATER LINE AND AT MOP SINK. MUST PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AND MAKE VISIBLE AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
  code 51
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: NOTED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON DUTY WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 10, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 11 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.