Pepe's Mexican Food

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

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: UPPER AND LOWER INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE NEEDS CLEANING. OBSERVED A MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON UPPER AND LOWER INTERIORS; MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. ICE MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT (STEAMTABLE, FRYERS, GRILL), INTERIOR SURFACES OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. CLEAN CEILING AND WALL VENTS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. CLEAN VENTS IN HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: THERMOMETER NEEDED FOR FRONT PREP COOLER AT END OF PREP COUNTER, A WORKING THERMOMETER IS NEEDED FOR THE OTHER PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP COUNTER; PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR BOTH UNITS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 14, 2013: 4 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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