Flaco's Tacos

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 3-13-17,REPORT 1995460 #29-PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION COT CORRECTED FROM 9-9-16,REPORT #1936220 #38-FOUND NO SPLASH GUARDS AT EXPOSED HAND SINKS. MUST PROVIDE SPLASH GUARDS FOR ALL EXPOSED HAND SINKS TODAY 3-13-17 OBSERVED SAME VIOLATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-42-090 TODAY FOUND SPLASH GUARD ON SITE , HOWEVER NOT INSTALLED. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-42-090
  code 14Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: ALUMINUM FOIL USED FOR SHELF LINER INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. OBSERVED KNIFE STORED BETWEEN THE PREP TABLE AND PREP COOLER INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE KNIFE RACK FOR THAT AREA. ICE SCOOPS MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN ICE SCOOP CONTAINERS OR A CLEAN BUCKET
  code 32
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: THREAD FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK(1116 W GRANVILLE),NEED TO PROVIDE UNTHREAD FAUCET AT SAID SINK
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on March 13, 2017: 1 finding 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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