Taco & Burrito Express Brothers

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED, FRONT PREP HAND SINK INACCESSIBLE, FILLED WITH EMPTY PORITION CUPS, FLOUR TORTILLAS. INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE HAND SINK IS ACCESSIBLE AND MAINTAIN. PERSON IN CHARGE REMOVED ITEMS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED
  code 10Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: A FOOD THERMOMETER IS NOT AVAILABLE ON SITE. FOOD THERMOMETERS SHALL BE PROVIDED AND READILY ACCESSIBLE TO ENSURE PROPER FOOD TEMPERATURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 36
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IN-USE WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT STORED PROPERLY ON FRONT PREP CUTTING BOARD AND HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA.INSTRUCTED TO STORE CLOTHS USED TO WIPE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT BE HELD IN A PROPER SANITIZER SOLUTION.
  code 41
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED INSIDE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOP IN CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKET ON ONE DOOR PREP-COOLER BETWEEN COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 30, 2023: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 8 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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