Forastero Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WASHBOWL SINK IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM MAINTAINING AN IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 61.3F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SO THAT SINK IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HOT WATER UNDER PRESSURE AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100-120F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT WASHBOWL SINK IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT WASHBOWL SINK IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING INSPECTION WHILE TCS ITEMS SUCH AS CHICKEN WERE PREPARED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYEE HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW WATER PRESSURE AT WASHBOWL SINK LOCATED IN BASEMENT TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE BASEMENT TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 13, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 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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