Manolo's Tamales #3

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: THE PERSON IN CHARGE HAS AN EXPIRED CERTIFICATE; INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND INADEQUATE TEMPERATURES OF COOKED BEEF AND CHICKEN IN TWO DOOR PREP COOLER. FOUND 2 LBS OF COOKED PORK AT 50F AND 6 LBS OF COOKED BEEF AT 53F. THE REFRIGERATION UNIT WAS AT 40.1F. MEAT DISCARDED AND VALUED AT $250.00 PER PERSON IN CHARGE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED. INSTRUCTED ON PROPER COOLING OF FOODS THAT WERE PLACED IN COOLER OVERNIGHT AND NOT PROPERLY COOLED AT THAT TIME.
  code 22
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM AREA OF THE FRYER IN FRONT COOKING AREA.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE FAUCET NECK OF THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE PRODUCE PREP ROOM; REPAIR LEAK. OBSERVED THE TOILET SEAT IN THE LARGE STALL OF THE WOMENS WASHROOM IN POOR REPAIR; REPAIR OR REPLACE TOILET SEAT.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILE THROUGHOUT; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE REAR KITCHEN AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING; CLEAN VENTS.
  code 56
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES; INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL FOOD HANDLERS OBTAIN VALID CERTIFICATES.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 21, 2021: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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