La Bodega Food Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: NO PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A PERSON WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF DELI COOLER. DELI MEAT AND CHEESE WERE FOUND BETWEEN 46-48F. TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED VOLUNTARILY. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 40 LBS AT A COST OF $300. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF DELI COOLER AT 49F. PROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE MUST BE AT 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LABELS ON PACKAGED SALSA AND GUACAMOLE FOR CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE. MUST PROVIDE LABEL WITH BUSINESS NAME, ADDRESS, NAME OF FOOD, INGREDIENTS AND NET QUANTITY.
  code 37
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 3 DEAD HOUSE FLIES INSIDE OF DELI COOLER. MUST CLEAN, SANITIZE AND REMOVE. • OBSERVED FLY STRIP HANGING OVER MEAT PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE FLY STRIPS FROM PREP AREAS.
  code 38
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN TOILET ROOM. MUST REPAIR.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 24, 2020: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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