La Cantina Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANADLERS PREPARING FOOD PLATES OF READY TO EAT FOODS BARE HANDED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL READY TO EAT FOODS MUST BE HANDLED WITH TONGS, PAPER OR GLOVES AT ALL TIMES. FOOD HANDLERS WASHED HANDS AND PUT ON GLOVES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A)
  code 6Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: RUBBER GASKETS ON REACH IN COOLER DRAWERS IN NEED OF REPLACING. WORN CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE BUILD UP, MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH IN FREEZER, AND CLEAN SHELVES IN WALK IN COOLER. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AND BEHIND REACH IN COOLER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE FOOD SPILLS. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CEILING IN DISHWASING AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 27, 2017: 4 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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