La Fuente Banquet Hall

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 10 MICE DROPPINGS IN REAR COOKING AREA BEHIND STOVE AND BEHIND GREASE TRAP ALSO 4 LIVE FRUIT FLIES, INSTRUCTED TO HAVE PEST CONTROL BACK FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REAR STOVE AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: NEED TO CLEAN FLOOR IN REAR COOKING AREA/3 COMPARTMENT SINK AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CEILING IN REAR BANQUET HALL IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO NOZZLE ONLY SPRAYER IN REAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE NOZZLE THAT REACHES ALL 3 COMPARTMENTS.. ALSO NEED NOZZLES AND HOT AND COLD WATER HANDLES TO FRONT AREA MAKE SHIFT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK/HANDSINK(NOW USING SPRAYER FOR TWO SINKS.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 14, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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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