Restaurant La Esperanza

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: COLD HOLD UNIT , PREP AREA, NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE (60F). COLD HOLD UNIT TAGGED . OPERATOR IS TO REPAIR TAGGED COLD HOLD UNIT. 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: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD DO NOT MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE:47SAUSAGE 47F, HOT DOGS 49F, BACON 49F, HAM 49.7F, STEAK 47F, MARINATED STEAK 47F. OPERATOR DISCARDS AND DENATURES TEMPERATURE ABUSED FOODS.APPROXIMATELY 15 POUNDS ; COST $80.00. CRITICAL VIOLATION # 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CEILING VENTS THUR-OUT PREMISES HAS BUILD UP OF DUST. MUST DETAIL CLEAN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 17, 2013: 2 findings 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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