Taqueria La Chiquita

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD SPLATTER/SPILLAGE ON THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY. • OBSERVED THE LOWER REACH IN COOLING UNITS IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR AREA OF THE UNITS AND DOORS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA UNDER AND AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 6, 2023: 2 findings recurred. 3 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.