La Torta Chilanga

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZADROUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED AT THIS TIME, ALSO NO ENROLLMENT RECEIPT ON PREMISES, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012a.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE CUTTING BOARDS, #10 CAN OPENER/PREP TABLE, AND SLICER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ABOVE ITEMS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES KITCHEN PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO CLEAN KITCHEN PREP CEILING LIGHT SHIELDS GREASE STAINS INSIDE LIGHT SHIELD.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LIGHT SHIELD IN REAR STORAGE OVER WHOLE VEGETABLES, INSTRUCTED TO PREOVIDE.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FRONT JUICE BAR 2ND. PREP AREA WITH OUT HAND SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 3 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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