Taco Firme

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED. REPORT #2570564, DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023, INSTRUCTED THE FACILITY TO: #36 PLACE AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL COOLERS, #51 INSTALL SERVICE SINK, #53 PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE ALL GENDER TOILET ROOMS, #55 CLEAN FLOORS, AND #58 PROVIDE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING TO ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. OBSERVED VARIOUS FRONT AND REAR PREP COOLERS WITH NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS; OBSERVED NO SERVICE SINK IN FACILITY; OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE ALL GENDER TOILET ROOM; OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR AROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT KITCHEN; OBSERVED CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WITH NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ADDRESS ALL PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on February 1, 2023: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 11 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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