Taqueria Vargas

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANDGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARRED COOKED AND SERVED INCLUDING CHICKEN AND BEEF. MUST HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE ANY TIME POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARRED COOKED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREPACKAGED DESSERTS IN COOLER NEED TO BE LABELED WITH INGREDIENTS, NAME OF PRODUCT, NAME AND ADDRESS OF RESTAURNAT WHERE IT HAS BEEN PREPARRED.
  code 30
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN KITCHEN AT GRILL AREA. REPLACE ANY BROKEN FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THERMOMETER NEEDED IN SMALL REFRIGERATOR/COLD HOLD UNIT IN KITHCEN. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN WORKING THERMOMETER
  code 40
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HADNLER CERTIFICATES IN PLACE. ADDITIONAL IDPH FOOD HADNLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 12, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings 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.

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