Mexico Steak House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. READING ON CHLORINE TEST STRIP IS 0. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE MACHINE SERVICED AND TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE AT THREE COMP SINK UNTIL MACHINE IS SERVICED AND HAS BEEN REINSPECTED BY CDPH. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LABEL AND DATE ALL COOKED FOODS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPAIR LOOSE RUBBER GASKET AT DOOR OF TWO DOOR FREEZER IN KITCHEN TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACES AND UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT (GRILL) WHERE NEEDED.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REMOVE ALL DUST FROM CEILING VENTS WHERE NEEDED INCLUDING WASHROOM VENTILATION FANS.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: BASEMENT CLUTTERED WITH UNNECESSARY ITEMS; REMOVE TO AVOID PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 30, 2011: 6 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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