Taco & Burrito House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• 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 TEMPERATURES. AIR TEMPERATURE INSIDE REAR 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER WAS 59F.6 INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/ADJUST TO 40.0F OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. FAX RE-INSPECTION LETTER TO (312)746-4240. 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 FOODS STORED IN THE REAR 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. FOUND COOKED CHICKEN 56.7F, COOKED PORK 55.7F, PORK TAMALES 56.3F, COOKED BEANS 56.3F, RAW CHICKEN 57.2F, RAW BEEF 56.4F, AND MOZARELLA CHEESE 56.2F. MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 43# OF FOOD WORTH $110. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA WITH EXCESS BLACK SLIME BUILD-UP. ALSO NOTED BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE ON WATER TUBE ON TOP PART OF ICE MACHINE DRIPPING ON TO ICE CUBES WHICH ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARDED ICE,CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE. ICE MACHINE WAS CLEAN AND SANITIZE DURING INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE WORKING AND VISIBLE THERMOMETERS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 31, 2012: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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