Playa Escondida Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION FROM 05/24/12 , REPORT # 1215129 CODE 30,"FOUND FOOD ITEMS NOT PROPERLY LABELED IN WALK IN COOLER... REACH IN FREEZER..." NOT CORRECTED. .SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FREEZERS NEED DETAIL CLEANING.
  code 32

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 24, 2012: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 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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