Taqueria & Bar

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND SINK IN BASEMENT REMOVED. BASEMENT CONTAINS 3 COMPARTMENT SINK FOR DISHWASHING AND LARGE SMOKER FOR MEATS. EXPOSED HANDSINK MUST BE REINSTALLED IN BASEMENT WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND SINK BEHIND BAR WITH SERIOUS LEAK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK AND MAINTAIN EXPOSED HAND SINK. 2 DAYS GIVEN TO REINSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK AND REPAIR EXPOSED HAND SINK BEHIND BAR. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WATER ON FLOOR OF BASEMENT BEHIND SMOKER. REMOVE WATER AND MAINTAIN IN A DRY CONDITION.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WALL IN DISREPAIR BEHIND LARGE SMOKER IN BASEMENT. REPAIR WALL AND MAINTAIN. • RECAULK IN BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINK AND WALL IN KITHCEN. MAINTAIN
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: CONTINUE TO DECLUTTER ROOM IN BASEMENT WITH SUMP PUMP TO ALLOW PEST CONTROL ACCESS.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on October 22, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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