La Bomba Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.19 OBSERVED EXPOSED WOOD AND BRICK IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PAINT OR SEAL ALL EXPOSED WOOD AND BRICK.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-602.13 DETAIL CLEAN THE PREP TABLES, CHEST FREEZER, STORAGE SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT. CLEAN ALL THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, COUNTERS, VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS, STEAM TABLE, COOLERS IN THE FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 DETAIL CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS FROM THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT AND 1ST FLOOR PREP AREAS. DETAIL CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE WALLS IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. • 6-501.11 SEAL ALL GAPS AND OPENINGS IN THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13 PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #38 NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2222662 ON 9/19/18: 38 - OBSERVED OVER 100 LIVE SMALL FLIES AND 5 LIVE HOUSE FLIES IN THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AND STORAGE AREA. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 19, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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