Szalas Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXTERIOR OF COOLERS (HANDLES) NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: CRACKED LIGHTSHIELD IN PREP AREA. REPLACE SAME.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: UTILITY SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE, WIRE STORAGE RACK IN FRONT. INSTD TO HAVE UTILITY SINK ACCESSIBLE.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 8, 2010: 3 findings recurred. 9 previous findings did not recur.

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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.