Mariscos La Playa

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• 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: OBSERVED PERSON IN CHARGE WITH NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN ON PREMISES FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED METAL STEM THERMOMETER TO BE BROKEN AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: EVIDENCE OF MICE ON PREMISES. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 80 MOUSE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT FACILITY IN FOLLOWING AREAS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WASHROOM, UTILITY CLOSET, INSIDE FRYER CABINET AND BEHIND FRYER, UNDER STOVE, INSIDE PANTRY AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN, REQUEST PEST CONTROL SERVICE, AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CLUTTER AND DEBRIS UNDER GRILL ON TABLE TOP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FAUCET AT FRONT PREP HANDWASHING SINK TO BE LEAKING AT THE CONNECTION AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED HAND SINK IN REAR PREP AREA TO BE SLOW DRAINING AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BUILD UP ON FLOORS UNDER AND BETWEEN EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROTOCOL DESCRIBING VACCINATION PROTOCOL FOR EMPLOYEES REGARDING COVID-19. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FOR REVIEW. • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN RECORD REGARDING VACCINATION PROTOCOL FOR COVID-19 DINE IN PATRONS AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR REVIEW.
  code 64

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on March 24, 2021: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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