Taco & Burrito House

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #16, FROM 01/10/18 INSPECTION REPORT #2135212, NOT CORRECTED: FOOD(ICE)FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE. WE OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR WITH BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING INTO WATER WHERE ICE IS MADE. BLACK SLIME INSIDE PANELS OF THE SAME UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. STILL FOUND ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN. TAGGED ICE MACHINE 'HELD FOR INSPECTION' AND INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ICE. OBTAIN BAGGED ICE FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE UNTIL ICE MACHINE IS THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND TAG IS REMOVED BY CDPH. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 14Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: BROKEN ICE SCOOP,STORED ON TOP THE ICE MACHINE,REPLACE ICE SCOOP AND PROVIDE ICE SCOOP CONTAINER.TO MINIMIZE CONTAMINATION. REMOVE DIRTY CARDBOARD USED FOR SHELF LINER THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,INCLUDED WALK-IN COOLER AND FLAT GRILL.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING NEED CLEANING:CAN OPENER WITH DEBRIS ON BLADE, MEAT SLICER WITH ENCRUSTED FOOD AND RUST. CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING GROUT WITH STANDING WATER ON FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. REGROUT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 10, 2018: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 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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