Taco & Burritos Palace

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION. FOUND ICE MACHINE WITH EXCESS BLACK AND PINK SLIME BUILD UP ALSO BLACK SLIME ENCRUSTED ON WATER TUBE ON TOP PART OF ICE MACHINE BLACK SLIME DRIPPING ON ICE CUBES, WHICH ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. TAGGED UNIT "HELD FOR INSPECTION"DO NOT USE UNIT BUY ICE IN BAGS FROM RETAIL FOOD LICENSE BUSINESS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: RUSTY SHELVING INSIDE REACH-IN MEAT COOLER LOCATED IN FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: A FEW BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A FEW CEILING TILES MISSING IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REPLACE.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 23, 2010: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.