La Bahia

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REFRIGERATOR CONTAINING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATIRE OF 54.0 F. UNIT TAGGED CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 1LB OF SCALLOPS VALUED AT $10 AT 57 F, 10 LBS OF SHRIMP VALUED AT $30 AT 50.8F AND 3LBS OF FISH VALUED AT $10 50.5F ALL FOOD WAS DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DISHWASHER NOT SANITIZING. WASH WATER TEMPERATURE WAS 120F BUT NO INDICATION OF ANY CHLORINE OR QUATERNARY SANITIZER REGISTERING ON TEST STRIPS. RACK OF SILVERWARE WAS FOUND WITHIN DISH MACHINE INDICATING IT WAS IN USE. UNIT TAGGED CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 8Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING COOKED AND HELD INCLUDING COOKED RICE AT 157.5 F AND RICE AT 143.0 F. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SWINGING DOOR TO KITCHEN IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTIAN DOOR TO KITCHEN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF FRYER UPSTAIRS UNCLEAN WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE BUILDUP. CLEAN AND MAINTIAN FRYER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO FLOOR DRAIN COVER ON FLOOR IN UPSTAIRS KITCHEN. REPLACE AND MAINTIAN FLOOR DRAIN COVER.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 7, 2014: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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