Taqueria El Primo

• 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: FOUND HAND WASHING FACILITIES (HAND SINK) INSIDE EMPLOYEE/CUSTOMER WASHROOM NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NO HOT RUNNING WATER. INSTRUCTED TO FIX. ISSUED 48 HOUR. CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE JUICER AT DINING AREA. MUST TRANSFER JUICER INSIDE/BEHIND JUICE BAR.-------MUST REMOVE FOIL LINER UNDERNEATH GRILL AND CLEAN.
  code 32
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL EXPOSED HAND SINK EQUIPPED WITH SOAP AND HAND DRYING DEVICE/PAPER TOWEL BEHIND JUICE BAR (FRONT SIDE BAR).
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, UNUSED COOKING EQUIPMENT GRILL, SINKS, PREP TABLES ETC.) AND CLUTTER STORED IN REAR OUTSIDE AREA TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 15, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

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.