Tzuco / Tales / Panango

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings10
• critical findings4

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
  code 1Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER MINIMUM WATER TEMPERATURE OF 87.3F AT HANDWASHING SINK IN ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED A HANDWASHING SINK SHALL BE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 100F THROUGH A MIXING VALVE OR COMBINATION FAUCET. CORRECTED ON SITE HANDWASHING SINK REPAIRED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED PROPER MINIMUM WATER TEMPERATURE OF 107.1F ATHANDWASHING SINK IN ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM AFTER REPAIR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destructioncritical
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FRESH MUSSELS IN CONTAINER IN WALK IN COOLER WITH NO SHELLSTOCK TAG IN CONTAINER. CORRECTED ON SITE CONTAINER OF FRESH MUSSELS VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGEMENT,VALUED AT $20 AND WEIGHING 9LBS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 14Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IMPROPERLY SANTIZING AT A CONCENTRATION OF 0PPM CHLORINE. CORRECTED ON SITE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE REPAIRED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION, SANITIZING PROPERLY AT A CONCENTRATION OF 50PPM CHLORINE AFTER REPAIR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED
  code 16
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VARIANCE/HACCP PLAN APPROVAL ON SITE FOR VACUUM SEALING TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS FOUND IN WALK IN COOLER. CORRECTED ON SITE THREE CONTAINERS OF VACUUM SEALED FOOD TAGGED AND RELOCATED TO WALK IN FREEZER OF 1 CONTAINER OF LAMB($600/35LBS), 1 CONTAINER OF BEEF SHORT RIBS($169/20LBS) AND 1 CONTAINER OF BEEF TINGA($45/20LBS) INSTRUCTED SITE NOT TO USE VACUUM SEAL MACHINES INFORMED SITE THAT TO USE SAID MACHINE, A HACCP PLAN/VARIANCE MUST BE OBTAINED BY CDPH. TWO MACHINES TAGGED DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED SITE NOT TO USE MACHINES NOR VACUUM SEAL FOODS UNTIL HACCP PLAN/VARIANCE IS SUBMITTED TO CDPH AND APPROVAL GRANTED FROM CDPDH. INSTRUCTED SITE TO CONTACT CDPH FOR TAG REMOVAL OF VACUUM SEALED FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY NOT MEETING COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE/SPECIALIZED PROCESS IN FACILITY NOTED REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING ALL STORED IN WALK IN COOLER DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES MUST BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY CDPH BEFORE PERFORMING SUCH SPECIALIZED FOOD PROCESSES. MUST BE MAINTAINED.TAGGED UNITS, INCLUDING PACKAGING MATERIAL AND THREE CONTAINERS OF VACUUM SEALED FOODS TAGGED AND RELOCATED TO WALK IN FREEZER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION COMBINED WITH VIOLATION #29
  code 32
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OPENING AT BASE IN MIDDLE OF FRONT ENTRANCE DOUBLE GLASS DOOR. OBSERVED OPENING AT BASE OF RIGHT SIDE OF EASTSIDE PATIO ENTRANCE DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
  code 38
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
  Inspector note: OBSERVED UTENSILS(KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS)STORED LAYING DOWN IN BINS IN DINING AREA ACROSS FROM BAR AND IN BARISTA AREA. INSTRUCTED UTENSILS SHALL BE STORED WITH HANDLES UP OR COVERED.
  code 44
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSILS AND OTHER DISHES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48

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