Playa Azul

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• 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 CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AT THIS TIME WITH A VALID CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED. MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND SURFACES UNDERNEATH TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPENT AND UNDER THREE COMP SINK.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: SOME LIGHTS IN KITCHEN HAVE NO LIGHT SHIELDS AND SOME WITH SHIELDS HAVE NO END CAPS; MUST PROVIDE SHIELDS AND CAPS WHERE NEEDED FOR ALL LIGHTS IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: THREE COMP SINK FAUCET NECK NOT MAINTAINED; LEAKING AND HAS PLASTIC AROUND NECK; REPAIR. ALSO PIPE UNDERNEATH SINK (OPEN DRAIN) NOT MAINTAINED; CLEAN DRAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on April 22, 2011: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 7 previous findings 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.

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