Tamales Express

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE REFRIGERATION PROVIDED ONSITE FOR THE PROPOSED MENU. PREMISES HAS A 2 DOOR COMMERCIAL BEVERAGE COOLER AND A RESIDENTIAL SIDE BY SIDE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER COMBO UNIT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REFRIGERATION ON THE PREMISES TO ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOODS COLD BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE GREASE ON THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND THE INTERIOR OF THE REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER COMBO.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE WALLS OF THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 55

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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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