Nuevo Leon Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (BEEF, RICE, BEANS, ETC). INSTD TO HAVE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012 SERIOUS.
  code 21
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
  Inspector note: 3-COMPARTMENT SINK CURRENTLY IN USE IN REAR PREP AREA, NOT MAINTAINED, HOLE AT BOTTOM BASIN OF 1ST COMPARTMENT OF SINK, CAUSING WATER TO CONTINUOUSLY ACCUMULATE ON FLOOR. UNIT TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND INSTD TO USE DISHMACHINE TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE EQUIPMENT. INSTD TO REPAIR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 SERIOUS.
  code 24
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: CUTTING BOARDS PITTED, WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAME.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER FOR DRAIN UNDER STEAM TABLE. REPLACE SAME.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT IN PREP AREAS. REPLACE SAME.
  code 36
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 23, 2013: 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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