Mi Tierra South Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: FOUND TORN REFRIGERATION GASKETS ON MULTIPLE REFRIGERATION UNITS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL TORN GASKETS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF REACH IN COOLERS IN PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN WALK IN FREEZER, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: MUST REPAIR LEAKY FAUCET BASE ON 3-COMP SINK, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN LOOSE FOOD DEBRIS FROM UNDER AND BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS, FLOORS IN WALK IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: MUST REPLACE BURNED OUT LIGHT IN HOOD, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST INSTALL PROTECTIVE SHIELD OVER LIGHT IN REAR PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on August 23, 2019: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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