La Esperanza Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD CHICKEN AT AN IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 53F LOCATED IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD AND DENATURE APPROX. 5 LBS OF CHICKEN AT $30. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: FOUND UTILITY SINK NOT DRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 21, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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