Su Taqueria El Rey Del Taco

May 30, 2019 · Fail
🪳cooked
  • official resultFail
  • resultFail
  • inspection typeCanvass
  • failed findings18
  • critical findings5

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

  • Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destructioncritical
    Inspector note: 3-203.12 (A) OBSERVED NO SHELLFISH TAGS WITH SHELLFISH (OYSTERS) IN COOLER. TAGS MUST REMAIN WITH SHELLFISH UNTIL CONTAINER IS EMPTY AND THEN KEPT ON FILE FOR 90 DAYS THEREAFTER. SHELLFISH WERE DISCARDED DURING INSPECTION. APPROXIMATE POUNDS 10, VALUE $75. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
    code 14Priority
  • certified manager paperwork missingcritical
    Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
    Inspector note: PIC (PERSON IN CHARGE) DOESN'T HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED PIC TO OBTAIN SAID CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION: 7-38-012 NO CITATION ISSUED.
    code 2Priority
  • sick-employee policy not followedcritical
    Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
    Inspector note: FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED. -
    code 3Priority
  • staff working while sickcritical
    Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
    Inspector note: FOUND NO SUPPLY KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE/KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
    code 5Priority
  • handwashing sink issuescritical
    Official wording: Hands Clean & Properly Washed
    Inspector note: POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES. OBSERVED THE COOK WITH GLOVED HANDS COOKING, WIPING WITH A DRY DIRTY CLOTH CUTTING BOARDS, AND WITHOUT REMOVAL OF GLOVES AND HANDWASHING PICKED UP TORTILLAS, DICED TOMATOES, CHEESE AND CHOPPED LETTUCE. COOKED WAS INFORMED OF REQUIREMENT TO WASH HANDS AND CHANGE GLOVES AFTER ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.. PRIORITY VIOLATION: 7-38-010, CITATION ISSUED.
    code 8Priority
  • surfaces not properly sanitized
    Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
    Inspector note: INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES. MUST NOT USE FOAM CONTAINERS AND PLASTIC BOWL TO DISPENSE FOOD PRODUCTS. PROVIDE PROPER DISPENSING UTENSILS.
    code 16
  • cold food not cold enough
    Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
    Inspector note: FOUND TCS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: 10# COOKED RICE AT TEMP OF 48.9F; 15# OF RAW SHRIMP AT TEMP OF 49.7F TO 50.6F; 6# RAW CHICKEN IN BAGS WALK-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 45.6F TO 46.9F; FOOD STORED INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER; COLD TCS FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 41F OR LESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 22
  • food not cooled down right
    Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
    Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING SYSTEM IN PLACE. READY TO EAT AND OR TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOODS PREPARED AND HELD IN A RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR OVER 24 HOURS MUST HAVE A CLEARLY MARKED LABELING SYSTEM IN PLACE TO INDICATE THE DATE OR DAY BY WHICH THE FOOD SHALL BE CONSUMED ON PREMISES, SOLD, OR DISCARDED WHEN HELD AT A TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR LESS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS WITH THE DATE OF PREPARTION COUNTING AS DAY 1. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
    code 23
  • consumer advisory missing
    Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
    Inspector note: MENU DOES NOT DISCLOSE AND INFORM CONSUMERS THE SPECIFIC MENU ITEMS THAT ARE RAW OR UNDER COOKED AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD OF CONSUMING SUCH FOOD (RAW OYSTERS). MUST DISCLOSE AND REMIND SUCH ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005.CITATION ISSUED.
    code 25
  • pests in the house
    Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
    Inspector note: INFESTATION OF RODENTS. WE OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF MICE THROUGH-OUT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF PREMISES: FRONT COUNTER (ON SHELVES BY FOOD PRODUCTS), BAR AREA (UNDER AND BEHIND SHELVES), STORAGE BY THE MAIN COOKING AREA, UNDER AND BEHIND SODA BOXES. INSIDE THE DEEP FRYER AND SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER. MICE DROPPINGS AT REAR PREP AREA, DISH ROOM ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS AND SHELVES. AS I WASH TALKING TO EMPLOYEE REGARDING COOLING PROCESS A LIVE MOUSE CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE DISH MACHINE AND RAN ALONG BASEBOARD WALL BEHIND THE STOVE. MICE DROPPINGS AT REAR STORAGE AREA WERE THREE CHEST FREEZER ARE STORED, ALSO MICE DROPPING UNDER THE GARDEN HOSE BY THE MOP SINK, AND MICE DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED AT STORAGE SPACE ABOVE THE WALK-IN COOLER. MICE DROPPINGS WERE OBSERVED UNDER THE BOOTHS IN DINING AREA. OVER 200 MICE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT AND A LIVE MOUSE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT, CLEAN AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL TO SERVICE PREMISES. MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS AND ELIMINATE RODENT ACTIVITY.. PRIORITY CITATION:7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED.
    code 38
  • Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
    Inspector note: MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD AT LEFT SIDE OF THE HANDWASHING SINK AND STORED UTENSILS AT FRONT PREP AREA. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.
    code 39
  • grimy wiping cloths
    Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
    Inspector note: ALL PREP WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD BETWEEN USE IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION
    code 41
  • In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
    Inspector note: PLASTIC UTENSILS USED FOR COSTUMERS MUST BE INVERTED.
    code 43
  • surfaces / setup not up to code
    Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
    Inspector note: GREASE AT INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT,WHEELS OF UNITS,INSIDE THE DEEP FRYERS.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE THE COOLER MUST REPLACE IN THE KITCHEN. GREASE ON FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • DARK STAINS AND OPEN SEAMS ON PREP COOLER CUTTING BOARD. MUST RESURFACE OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARD. • OBSERVED CERAMIC BEVERAGE CUPS AT BAR. MUST REMOVE CUPS FROM PREMISES OR PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION UTENSILS ARE LEAD FREE OR DO NOT EXCEED MAXIMUM LEAD MG/L.
    code 47
  • plumbing acting up
    Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
    Inspector note: CHEST FREEZER WITH ICE BUILD-UP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.ALSO MUST REMOVE MINERAL BUILD-UP AT DIPPING WELL WATER SUPPLY
    code 49
  • bathroom / plumbing issues
    Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
    Inspector note: BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT WATER SUPPLY TO COFFEE MACHINE AT FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
    code 51
  • floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
    Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
    Inspector note: GREASE, LITTER AND DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, SHELVES, ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS, UNDER THE DISHMACHINE, DINING TABLE BOOTHS AND BAR AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. ACCUMULATED DUST ON WALL VENT COVERS. LITTER AND FOOD DEBRIS IN VENT DUCTS ALONG WINDOWSILLS. MUST CLEAN SAME. • VARIOUS TOOLS IMPROPERLY STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE TOOLS IN AN ORGANIZED MANNER OT PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE AND TO FACILITATE CLEANING.
    code 55
  • Previous Core Violation Corrected
    Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 9-25-18, REPORT# 2222914. #58- PA 100 0367 OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION:7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
    code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 25, 2018: 13 findings appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.

official city health-inspection data · no account, no sign-up