La Placita

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings9
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER TEST KIT AVAILABLE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE TEST KIT FOR PROPER SANITIZER CONCENTRATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 22
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRETED FROM REPORT #205919 ON 6-8-17: 35-REPAIR CEILING NEAR WINDOW IN TAQUERIA(PEELING PAINT) 36-PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS OR SHATTERPROOF BULBS IN TAQUERIA. 38-INSTALL AN EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNIN WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS IN REAR PREP AND COOKING AREAS. 45-PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED FOOD IN REACH-IN COOLER IN TAQUERIA.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: SEAL LOOSE GASKETS ON PREP AND REACH-IN COOLERS IN TAQUERIA, AND MILK COOLER IN SALES AREAS. REMOVE CARDBOARD OFF BOTTOM SHELF BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. REPLACE MISSING FILTER INSIDE VENTILATION HOOD IN REAR KITCHEN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS, COOLER GASKETS, FREEZERS, SLICER, KNIFE RACK, PREP TABLES, DISPLAY CASES AND SHELVES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: REMOVE ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS OFF FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, BASEMENT AND SALES AREAS(DEAD ROACHES, FOOD DEBRIS, ETC).
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN INTERIOR OF VENTILATION HOOD IN TAQUERIA. SEAL ALL OPENINGS ALONG BASEBOARDS AND REPLACE MISSING BASEBOARDS IN REAR KITCHEN.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS OR SHATTERPROOF BULBS INSIDE MEAT DISPLAY CASE.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: PROVIDE ADEQUATE STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARMTENT SINKS.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 8, 2017: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Mckinley Park

• ✕ Great Hunnan Restaurant
  cooked · 1958 W 35Th St · inspected January 28, 2010
• ✕ Del Sol Catering
  cooked · 1938 W Pershing Rd · inspected April 4, 2010
• ✓ Walgreens #5868
  cooked · 3798 S Western Ave · inspected October 29, 2012
• ✓ No Signage
  cooked · 3115 S Archer Ave · inspected October 23, 2012
• ? Holiday Ice Cream
  cooked · 3630 S Ashland Ave · inspected October 25, 2012
• ? Raymundo Molina
  cooked · 4100 S Ashland Ave · inspected September 9, 2010

See every restaurant in Mckinley Park →

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.