La Palma Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL BULK FOOD PRODUCTS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT AREA
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE SOME ICE BUILD-UP INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT AREA
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS BEHING THE COOKING STOVE IN PREP AREA,HAS GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS BUIL-UP,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA • OBSERVED A HOLE IN FLOOR AT PREP AREA NEAR THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK,WHICH HAS A BOARD COVERING HOLE IN FLOOR,INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OPENING
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MUST REPLACE THE BURNED OUT BULB INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT AREA
  code 36
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE THE PREP COOLER IN THE PREP AREA
  code 40
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE AT PREP AREA
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 19, 2016: 6 findings recurred. 2 previous findings 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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