Taqueria Los Gallos 2 Inc

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: PREP COOLER CURRENTLY IN USE, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE, 48.0F. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. INSTD TO NOT USE UNIT UNTIL REPAIRED AND REINSPECTED BY CDPH. CRITICAL 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS IN PREP COOLER: EGGS 58.4F, CUT TOMATOES 49.0F, SOUR CREAM 47.1F, CHORIZ0 48.0F, MILANESA 48.2F. ALSO OBSERVED BEAN TACOS ON COUNTERTOP UNDER LAMP AT 89.9F, AND CONTAINERS OF COOKED ONIONS ON COUNTERTOP AT 109.1F. CONTAINERS OF HOT SAUCE CONTAINING GARLIC AND OIL AT 69.0F ON TABLES. ALL VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 30LBS $200 VALUE. CRITICAL 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE AND DISPLAY. UNCOVERED CONTAINERS OF PEPPERS AND HOT SAUCE ON ALL DINING TABLES. INSTD TO PROPERLY PROTECT/COVER AT ALL TIMES FROM PUBLIC CONTAMINATION. 7-38-005A SERIOUS.
  code 16
• ⚠️Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed
  Inspector note: LARGE CONTAINERS OF TRIPE (INGREDIENT USED FOR MENUDO) IMPROPERLY THAWING IN STANDING WATER IN REAR PREP AREA. TRIPE STILL FROZEN AT THIS TIME. INSTD MANAGER ON PROPER THAWING TECHNIQUES. SERIOUS 7-38-005A.
  code 17
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: KNIVES STORED INBETWEEN GRILL AND PREP COOLER. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINERS (35 GALLON) BEING USED TO STORE HORCHATA, TRIPE, AND SAUCE. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. ALL CUTTING BOARDS AT FRONT PREP AREA, PITTED, WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN CUTTING BOARDS. EXTERIOR OF GREASE TRAP WITH RUSTY SURFACES. INSTD TO PAINT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 18, 2016: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 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.

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