Lalo's Mexican Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VARIOUS READY TO EAT TCS FOODS (RICE, SALSA, DELI MEAT, MARINATED STEAK, SHREDDED CHICKEN) PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITHOUT DISCARD/EXPIRE DATES (NOT TO EXCEED 7 DAYS). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY OR REMINDER STATEMENT INCLUDING ASTERISKING AVAILABLE IN MENU FOR ANY RAW OR UNDER-COOKED ITEMS PROVIDED.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 25
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATED ON ALL EXTERIOR SURFACES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: ALL PIPES IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA MUST BE ENCASED OR ABOVE A DROPPED CEILING. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN. PER SUPERVISOR L.OWENS FACILITY IS INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS FROM UIC BUILDING IN REGARDS TO PIPING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 11, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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