La Choza Mexican Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: NO SANITIZE SOLUTION PROVIDED ON PREMISES.OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHING AND RINSING MULTI USE UTENSILS AND GLASS WARE AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,NO SANITIZING SOLUTION PROVIDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEND AN EMPLOYEE TO BUY BLEACH,WHICH EMPLOYEE DID. PERSONALLY SET UP THREE COMPARTMENT SINK:WASH, RINSE,AND SANITIZE(100PPM). FEW TEST STRIP GIVEN. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. OBSERVED COOKED AND RAW FOOD STORED INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLERS AND REACH-IN FREEZER, UNCOVERED STACKED ON TOP EACH OTHER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE BAGS OR FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS WITH LIDS/COVERS TO STORE FOOD. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: NEED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH-IN COOLERS AND FREEZER,ENCRUSTED BLOOD AND FOOD DEBRIS ON SHELVES AND AROUND THE RUBBER GASKETS. MUST CLEAN ENCRUSTED FOOD DEBRIS ON FAUCET NECK OF EXPOSED HAND SINK IN PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF REAR EXIT DOOR.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: REPLACE BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE FRONT PREP AREA.REMOVE DUST BUILD-UP AND DEAD INSECTS INSIDE THE LIGHT SHIELD BY THE WASHROOMS.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 4, 2011: 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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