La Cocina Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. OBSERVED SLIGHT LIME BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. NO THERMOMETER INSIDE REACH IN COOLER BY COOKLINE. MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER INSIDE COOLER.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 12, 2010: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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