Taqueria Los Gallos

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE.
  code 16
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DAMAGED DOOR GASKET ON PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR DOOR GASKET AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN UNISEX STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN ALL WOMEN AND UNISEX WASHROOMS.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON FLOORS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLERS, PREP, STORAGE AND BASEMENT AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL AREAS.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2626474 ON 11-4-25: 49- MUST CLEAN AND DRY STORAGE SHELVING TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS IN THE PREP AND BASEMENT STORAGE AREA.51-OBSERVED THE BASE OF THE FAUCET AT THE 2 COMP SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA LOOSE, WITH A LEAK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. 53-INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A SMALL GARBAGE CAN WITH A LID IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM AS REQUIRED. 55- MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLERS (WALLS, CEILING, FLOOR AND FAN COVER) TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. ALSO CLEAN THE FLOORS THROUGHOUT TO REMOVE SPILLS, DEBRIS AND/OR GREASE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 4, 2025: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 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.