La Cantina Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FOUND THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLER AT 57.6F. INSTRUCTED THAT UNIT MUST BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY THE CHICAGO DEPT OF HEALTH. MUST FAX OR EMAIL A REQUEST TO REMOVE THE TAG TO 312 746-4240 OR EMAIL AT CDPHFOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLER. FOODS RANGED FROM 51F TO 55F WHICH INCLUDED PORK, CHORIZO, BACON AND SLICED TOMATOS. VALUE $50 8 POUNDS DISGARDED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYER TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYER, STOVE AND INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND SHELVING INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE AND STANDING WATER AND INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER TO REMOVE STANDING WATER UNDERNEATH THE SHELVES.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE VENTS IN WASHROOMS TO REMOVE LIGHT DUST NOTED ON VENTS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PIPES CONNECTED TO THE EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE GREASE.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND A LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDERNEATH THE THREE COMP SINK; REPAIR LEAK AT PIPE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: FOUND NO THEMOMETERS INSIDE OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZERS; PROVIDE THERMOMETERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 16, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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