Mariscos El Puerto

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OVER 40 MOUSE DROPPINGS ON SIDE OF COOLER AT FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. OBSERVED OVER 10 RAT DROPPINGS ON THE FLOOR INSIDE DUMB WAITER SHAFT AND IN THE BASEMENT REAR STORAGE ROOM. OBSERVED OVER 20 LIVE SMALL FLIES IN BASEMENT ON ONIONS AND ON WALLS AT UPSTAIRS BAR AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE AND REMOVE ALL RODENT DROPPINGS, AND FLIES, FROM ALL AFFECTED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED. " • OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED. WINDOW WITH LARGE OPENINGS IN SCREEN IN MAIN PREP AREA, AND MISSING SEAL AROUND WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER, OPEN TO OUTSIDE AIR. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER SEAL AROUND AIR CONDITIONER AND PROPER MESH SCREEN TO PROTECT OUTER OPENINGS.
  code 38
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: NO PREP/DUMP SINK IN BAR AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING UNDER CITY PLUMBING AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: STRONG, PUNGENT ODOR IN BASEMENT THROUGH OUT. INSTD TO ELIMINATE ODOR, CLEAN AND SANITIZE THROUGH OUT
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 20, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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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