La Esperanza Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN LOCATED BEHIND THE BAR AT THE HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED BEHIND THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE OR PROVIDE.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 14, 2021: 2 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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