La Palapa

• 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 utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage. DEFROST AND CLEAN THE THREE REACH IN FREEZERS HAS ICE BUILDUP. MUST CLEAN THE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE WALK IN COOLER,THE FRYER AND CABINET UNDERNEATH AND THE ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. THE FLOORS UNDER THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN SAME.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 22, 2010: 2 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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