La Cocina Mexican Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION FOUND WALK-IN COOLER NOT IN OPERATING CONDITION. WALK-IN COOLER WAS EMPTY, UNPLUGGED AND NOT HOLDING ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS DURING INSPECTION. PREMISES HAS SUFFICIENT REFRIGERATION ON PREMISES TO HOLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40F AND BELOW.WALK-IN COOLER WAS TAGGED AT THIS TIME. NO CITATION ISSUED AT THIS TIME.MANAGER PROVIDED RECEIPT STATING WALK-IN COOLER UNIT WILL NEED A NEW COMPRESSOR.
  code 2Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY STORE FOODS IN FOOD GRADE BAGS AT ALL TIMES. FOUND MANY PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS HOLDING TAMALES, GREEN SAUCE AND OTHER FOODS INSIDE THE LARGE UP RIGHT FREEZER.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN, SANITIZE AND REPAINT RUSTY GREASE TRAP BOX UNDER THE 3-COMP SINK.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REPAIR SLOW DRAINING MOP SINK AT MOP SINK CLOSET. MUST REPAIR CONSTANT LEAK AT THE EXPOSED HAND SINK. MUST ADJUST TEMPERATURE VALVE AT THE EXPOSED HANS SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE WORKING THERMOMETERS FOR ALL REFRIGERATION ON PREMISES. AT ALL TIMES. FOUND A NON-WORKING THERMOMETER AT THE 2-SLIDING DOOR COOLER.
  code 40
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: DURING INSPECTION OBSERVED COOK NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. ALL STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 29, 2014: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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