Mezquite Pollo Express

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION FROM REPORT #1516528 ON 9/22/15 NOT CORRECTED: 45 - OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. GIVEN COPY OF IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFO. AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER ON THE FLOOR OF THE BASEMENT. MUST MAINTAIN THE BASEMENT FLOOR DRY.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE LARGE HOLE IN THE DRYWALL WALL INSIDE OF THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILE INSIDE OF THE DRY STORAGE ROOM.
  code 35
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL FOOD HANLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS. ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 22, 2015: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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