Pollo Express Pilsen

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPARING TO EAT SOMETHING AT FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED FOOD HANDLER NO EATING IN FOOD PREP AREA. HE DISCARDED FOOD ITEM CORRECT AT TIME OF INSPECTION
  code 6Priority
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: LEAK AT FAUCET ON 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT 1ST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 4, 2025: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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