Ponce Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED REAR WALK IN COOLER AT A TEMPERATURE OF 50F. TAGGED COOLER HELD FOR INSPECTION BY CDPH. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION # 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: -150 LBS OF COOKED GROUND BEEF, 46.6 F AT $200 (DATED 10/4/17) -200 LBS OF COOKED POTATOES, 46.7 F AT $60, (DATED 10/6/17) -60 LBS OF RAW BEEF STEAK, 46.7 F, AT $249, (DATED 10/5/17) -150 LBS OF SHISH KEBABS, 45.5 F, AT $208, (DATED 10/5/17) MANAGER STATED TOTAL WEIGHT OF 560 LBS AT APPROXIMATELY VALUE OF $717.00 MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARD/DENATURED SAID FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL COLD FOOD AT 40 F OR BELOW AND HOT FOOD AT 140 OR ABOVE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE, AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST KIT TO DETERMINE PROPER SANITIZE CONCENTRATION. MANAGER CORRECTED VIOLATION DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 22
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR FRONT CLOSET, BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 1, 2017: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 9 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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