Velvet Taco

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

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND 50 LBS OF COOKED PORK, BEEF AND CHICKEN HELD AT 47.0F-53.5F. IN WALK-IN COOLER BAGGED IN ONE GALLON ZIP LOCK BAGS AND LABELED OF A DAY BEFORE PREPARATION DATE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $800
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: IMPROPER COOLING DOWN METHOD, FOUND MORE THAN 50 LBS OF COOKED MEAT STACKED TIGHTLY IN SEALED ONE GALLON ZIP LOCK BAGS, INSTRUCTED TO ALLOW COLD AIR TO ROTATE BETWEEN FOOD CONTAINERS TO FACILITATE PROPER COOLING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FOUND 20 LIVE LARGE HOUSE FLIES IN BASEMENT'S FOOD PREPARATION AREA, INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE FLIES. PEST CONTROL SERVICE RECOMMENDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A)
  code 38
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: LOOSE FAUCET AT 1 COMP SINK AT FIRST FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MOLDY CEILING, MISSING BASEBOARD BASEMENT KITCHEN WALLS, HOLES IN CEILING OF SAME AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 25, 2019: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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