Taco & Burrito House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED 2 DOOR PREP COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 48.0F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. REPAIR THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR SO THAT IT CLOSES PROPERLY. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  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 FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED SALSA AT 44.4F, PORK AT 45.1F, GROUND BEEF AT 53.9F, SOUP AT 53.6F, CHICKEN AT 44.7-52.3F, COOKED RICE AT 56.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 30# OF FOOD WORTH $95. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRTY KNIVES STORED IN A DRAWER ATTACHED TO A PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE DIRTY KNIVES.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLATTENED CARDBOARD STORED ON TOP OF WIRE RACKS IN THE FREEZER. MUST REMOVE. MUST REPAIR THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR HANDLE OF THE 2 DOOR COOLER NEXT TO THE DOOR TO THE RESTROOM. PROVIDE A WINDOW SCREEN FOR THE OPEN WINDOW IN THE RESTROOM. MICROWAVE IS IN DISREPAIR AND IS DIRTY INSIDE. MUST REPLACE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE 2 DOOR FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP AREA AND THE COOLER UNIT BELOW THE GRILL.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MISSING GROUT FROM IN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN THE REAR PREP AREA. MUST REGROUT FLOOR TILES WHERE NECESSARY.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE GRILL. MUST INSTALL.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 6, 2012: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 1 previous finding 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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