La Cantina Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒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 COLD HOLDING DRAWERS OF PREP AREA. FOODS RANGED FROM 47.8F TO 50F WHICH INCLUDED 12LBS OF COOKED DICED CHICKEN AND 14LBS OF STEAK. VALUE $56, 26 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: CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS ON TABLE WHERE BURNER IS ALONG THE SIDES AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS WITH END CAPS AT CEILING IN PREP AREA AND WHERE NEEDED.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A LEAK AT BASE OF FAUCET AT EXPOSED HAND WASH SINK IN PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 23, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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