La Cocina

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings3
• 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 SANITIZER INSTALLED FOR LOW TEMPERATURE DISH WASHER. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WASTE WATER PIPES ABOVE BAR AREA WHERE FOOD PLATES ARE PASSED FROM KITCHEN AND FOOD ORDERS ARE SERVED AT BAR. INSTRUCTED TO ENCASE PIPES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A
  code 16
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT BAR AND DINING ROOM WHERE FOOD IS SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 31, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.