El Farol Mexican Restaurant

• official resultExcellent
• ratingRated Excellent
• score30 pts
• inspection typeRoutine Inspection/Field Review
• failed findings4
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋food worker cards missingcritical
  Official wording: 0200 - Food Worker Cards current for all food workers; new food workers trained
  code 0200REDstatus: RED
• ⚠️1300 - Food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized; no cross contaminationcritical
  code 1300REDstatus: RED
• 🥩raw meat handled sketchycritical
  Official wording: 1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
  code 1400REDstatus: RED
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: 3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
  code 3400

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Excellent on July 12, 2022: Score changed by -18 points. 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: King County Open Data.