TAQUERIA LA LAGARTIJA

MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING - Comments: NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.

PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS - Comments: NO CLEAN UP OR NECCESARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN POLICY AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION - Comments: OBSERVED TCS FOODS (CHICKEN,STEAK, RICE, AND FRESH SALSAS ) WITHOUT PROPER LABELS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DISCARD OR USE BY DATE (NOT TO EXCEED 7 DAYS) ON ALL TCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

CONSUMER ADVISORY PROVIDED FOR RAW/UNDERCOOKED FOOD - Comments: NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE OR REMINDER STATEMENT IN MENU FOR RAW OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND INCLUDE ASTERICKING BY MENU ITEMS OFFERED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: OBSERVED CEILING ABOVE ENTIRE REAR PREP AREA WITH CHIPPED/PEELING PAINT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAKE CEILINGS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED - Comments: NO ALLERGEN TRAINING COMPLETION CERTIFICATES FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REAR BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON PREP COOLER BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA, AND DISCONTINUE USING GROCERY BAGS IN SAID COOLER. USE FOOD GRADE BAGS INSTEAD FOR FOOD STORAGE.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST REMOVE PEELING PAINT FROM CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA AND FROM BLUE WALL ADJACENT TO FRONT BAR. ALSO, SEAL SMALL HOLES IN CEILING IN REAR PREP.

LINEN: CLEAN AND SOILED PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE SOILED RAGS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION (BUCKET) WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: OBSERVED STAFF PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT, INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING FOOD

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REAR BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON PREP COOLER BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA, AND DISCONTINUE USING GROCERY BAGS IN SAID COOLER. USE FOOD GRADE BAGS INSTEAD FOR FOOD STORAGE.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST REMOVE PEELING PAINT FROM CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA AND FROM BLUE WALL ADJACENT TO FRONT BAR. ALSO, SEAL SMALL HOLES IN CEILING IN REAR PREP.

LINEN: CLEAN AND SOILED PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE SOILED RAGS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION (BUCKET) WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: OBSERVED STAFF PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT, INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING FOOD.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: OBSERVED COLA-COLA COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA NOT MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE, 57F. COOLER HAS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USING COOLER UNTIL SERVICED AND MAINTAINING A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN A PREP COOLER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. 10 LBS OF COOKED RICE, 51F, VALUED AT $100, 1 GAL OF WHOLE MILK, 51F VALUED AT $3. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED THE FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COLD FOODS AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)

OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED - Comments: OBSERVED GREASE RECEPTICLE NOT CLEAN OR MAINTEAINED, EXCESSIVE GRESE ACCUMULATION IS COVERING THE EXTERIOR OF THE RECEPTICLE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN RECEPTICLE DAILY AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REAR BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON PREP COOLER BEHIND FRONT PREP AREA, AND DISCONTINUE USING GROCERY BAGS IN SAID COOLER. USE FOOD GRADE BAGS INSTEAD FOR FOOD STORAGE.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST REMOVE PEELING PAINT FROM CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA AND FROM BLUE WALL ADJACENT TO FRONT BAR. ALSO, SEAL SMALL HOLES IN CEILING IN REAR PREP.

LINEN: CLEAN AND SOILED PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE SOILED RAGS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION (BUCKET) WHILE NOT IN USE TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: OBSERVED STAFF PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT, INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING FOOD.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WALLS AND CEILINGS IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR, CHIPPING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BETTER MAINTAIN,

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: ICE MACHINE NOT CLEAN, SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINATION, INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE, TOP AREA AND INTERIOR PANELS, HAVE BLACK SLIMY SUBSTANCE BUILD-UP, INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY CLEAN AND SANITIZE, SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005 (A)

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WITH A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE, POSTED OR AVAILABLE, WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE COOKED AND SERVED, SEE BELOW, AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, INSTRUCTED TO ENROLL IN A CLASS WITH PROOF OF ENROLLMENT OR ACTUAL CERTIFICATE MUST BE AVAILABLE, AND A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES FOODS ARE COOKED, SERVED AND PREPARED, SERIOUS ISSUED: 7-38-012

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS, ALONG BASES OF WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL EQUIPMENT(REMOVE ALL DIRT, DEBRIS).

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WALLS AND CEILINGS IN REAR PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR, CHIPPING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND BETTER MAINTAIN,

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NO THREE SINK STOPPER FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK REAR PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,

FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET - Comments: Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: EXCESSIVE WATER FROM CONDENSOR NOTED ON BOTTOM INTERIOR OF PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP LINE. INSTD TO REMOVE WATER AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: MOTORS AND ATTACHED HARDWARE OF PREP COOLERS WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION. INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTION. USING CUP TO DISPENSE ICE , WHICH IS BEING STORED IN ICE. INSTD TO USE PROPER ICE SCOOP DISPENSER AND STORE PROPERLY

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: MICE DROPPINGS (OVER 30) SCATTERED ALONG WALLBASE IN BAR AREA, BEHIND CHEST FREEZER IN REAR AND AROUND FURNACE. REAR DOOR NOT RODENT PROOF, APPROX, 1/2 INCH GAP AT BOTTOM RIGHT AND LARGE GAP AT TOP OF DOOR. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, AND RODENT PROOF DOOR SO AS TO BE TIGHT FITTING. CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090 - Comments: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 4/11/16 REPORT 1751745 NOT CORRECTED: 32 BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES WITH RUST. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST/PAINT SURFACES. 35 SEAL HOLES IN WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO SEAL SAME. 38 NO EXPOSED HANDSINK BEHIND BAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. 40 METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PROVIDE SAME. CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090 SERIOUS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: EXCESSIVE WATER FROM CONDENSOR NOTED ON BOTTOM INTERIOR OF PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP LINE. INSTD TO REMOVE WATER AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: MOTORS AND ATTACHED HARDWARE OF PREP COOLERS WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION. INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTION. USING CUP TO DISPENSE ICE , WHICH IS BEING STORED IN ICE. INSTD TO USE PROPER ICE SCOOP DISPENSER AND STORE PROPERLY

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES WITH RUST. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST/PAINT SURFACES.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: SEAL HOLES IN WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO SEAL SAME

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NO EXPOSED HANDSINK BEHIND BAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. PROPER STOPPERS MISSING FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PROVIDE SAME.

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: MICE DROPPINGS NOTED (0VER 40) SCATTERED IN REAR BEHIND CHEST FREEZER AND IN STORAGE CLOSET. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. RECOMMEND TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: BOTTOM OF PREP TABLES WITH RUST. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST/PAINT SURFACES.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: SEAL HOLES IN WALL BEHIND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO SEAL SAME.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NO EXPOSED HANDSINK BEHIND BAR. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME. PROPER STOPPERS MISSING FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: METAL STEM THERMOMETERS MISSING FOR FOOD HANDLERS. PROVIDE SAME.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: PROVIDE A LID FOR ICE BIN BEHIND BAR.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: : DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS ALONG THE BASES OF THE WALLS, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(REMOVE ALL DIRT, DEBRIS).

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: INSTALL MECHNANICAL VENTILATION IN BOTH WASHROOMS.

FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET - Comments: Any food handler working in the City of Chicago, unless that person has a valid Food Service Sanitation Manager Certificate is required to meet the food handler training requirement. If someone working in a facility that is not a food handler on a regular basis, but fills in as a food handler when needed, they too must have food handler training.