Las Reinas

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE.INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE NOTED BLACK AND BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. ICE IS BEING USED FOR HUMAN CONSUPTION. MUST TURN OFF ICE MACHINEREMOVED ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR SURFACES CLEANED AND SANITIZED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL AND DATE ALL PREPARED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE PREP COOLERS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. REMOVE ACCUMULATION OF GREASE. DETAIL CLEAN SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN PREP AREA. REMOVED GREASE ENCRUSTED.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA IN FRONT OF PREP COOLERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: BKOKEN CEILING TILE IN BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: EXPOSED HANDWASH SINK IN BASEMENT FOOD PREPARATION AREA IS DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR/MAINTAIN. HANDWASH SINK IN WOME'S WASHROOM IS DRAINIG SLOW. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 40
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE BINS AT FRONT BAR. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 18, 2013: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 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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