Mixteco Mexican Grill

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: NOTED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE ATTACHED TO FOUNTAIN DRINK DISPENSER IN LOBBY IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • NOTED SET UP AND USED 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER IN THE SANITIZING SINK. PERSON IN CHARGE EMPTIED BASIN AND SET UP USING CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF TCS FOODS SOUR CREAM 45.3 F, 46.9 F, AND CHIPOTLE AIOLI 53 F IN TO-GO CONTAINERS AT FRONT PREP COOLERS. PERSON IN CHARGE DISCARDED AND DENATURED APPROX. 60 2 OZ SOUR CREAM AND 40 2 OZ CHIPOTLE AIOLI APPROX 7 LBS VALUED AT $25. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: NOTED CUTTING BOARDS AT COOKS LINE AND ON PREP TABLE ACROSS FROM 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH DEEP STAINS AND CUTS. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND RESTORE TO A SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN SURFACE OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: NOTED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WOMENS WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LID FOR RECEPATCLE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: NOTED BASEMEMT FLOOR DRAIN IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GRIME, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 27, 2024: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred.

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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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