Tuco & Blondie

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLIGHT BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE. MUS CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 48.0 F AND 50.5 F INSIDE REACH IN COOLER UNDER GRILL- CHICKEN, SHRIMP, MAHI AND BEEF. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41.0 F OR BELOW IF HELD COLD. ALL OUT OF TEMPERATURE TCS FOODS VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: REACH IN COOLER UNDER GRILL NOT MAINTAINED, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 49.8 F, FOUND CHICKEN, SHRIMP, ETC. HELD INSIDE SAID COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN COOLER, AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE MUST BE 41.0 F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: SOME 1ST FLOOR REACH IN PREP COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.
  code 47

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 11, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 6 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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