Picante Taqueria

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• 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 CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AND CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN COOKED RICE 155.6F PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 21
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED PER MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO FROM REPORT #1277629 ON 1-4-13. 38-VENTILATION NOT PROVIDED IN TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL EXHAUST FAN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS, COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOM.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 4, 2013: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.