Restaurant La Esperanza

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: WALK-IN COOLER RUNNING AT 50 DEGREES, WALK-IN FREEZER RUNNING AT 40 DEGREES-MUST HAVE BOTH UNITS SERVICED. WALK-IN FREEZER MIST BE CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING 0 DEGREES OR BELOW /- 2 DEGREES AND WALK-INN COOLER MUST BE 40 DEGREES OR BELOW /- 2 DEGREES. MUST REFRAIN FROM STORING ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS IN WALK-IN COOLER AND ANY FOODS LABELED KEEP FROZEN IN WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST CONTACT CHICAGO DEPT. OF HEALTH WHEN UNITS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED- CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: EGGS-49.1 BEANS-48.9 BEEF-50.1 COOKED CHICKEN-50.1 THAWED SHRIMP-40 BEEF-47.8-INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES-CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL(40 LB DISCARDED VALUED AT 110.00)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: SEAL ALL HOLES IN BRICK WALLS IN DINING AREA, ALL WALLS MUST WELL CONSTRUCTED, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. PAINT WALL IN REAR BY WASHROOM. SEAL HOLES IN PAINTED WALLS IN DINING ROOM ALSO. CLEAN WALL ALONG SIDE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM BASEMENT AREA
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 26, 2010: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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