TACO JOINT

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE. COOKS LINE COOLER FOUND RANGING IN TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 57.9 AND 58.4 WITH FOODS SUCH AS BEEF AT 54.6F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW, C.D.P.H. CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND HELD IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. BEEF AT 54.6F, CHEESE AT 49F, COOKED CHICKEN AT 139.3F, RAW CHICKEN AT 53.4F.ALL FOODS DISCARDED. MANAGEMENT STATES ESTIMATED #20 POUNDS DISCARDED AND ESTIMATED VALUE TO BE $101.00. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT DISPENSING SANITIZER WHILE DISHES WERE BEING WASHED. FOUND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS 0 PPM CHLORINE. DISH REPAIR MAN ARRIVED DURING INSPECTION AND REPAIRED PLASTIC DISPENSING LINE. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030.

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER PRESENT DURING INSPECTION WHILE THE ABOVE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MENTIONED WERE IMPROPERLY HELD. MANAGER WAS TELEPHONED AT INITIAL INSPECTION AND ARRIVED ONE HOUR LATER. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012.

PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATION(S) CORRECTED 7-42-090 - Comments: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM 6-14-12 NOT CORRECTED #32- REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER. #36-MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD WHERE MISSING IN THE DISH ROOM. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-42-090.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: BULK FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: RUSTY METAL RACK SHELVING FOR CLEAN STORED POTS AND PANS IN DISH ROOM. MUST REMOVE RUST.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOOR UNDER AND THROUGHOUT BAR WITH DIRT, DEBRIS, BROKEN GLASS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WALLS UNDER BAR WHERE BUS PANS ARE STORED WITH FOOD SPLATTER AND SPLATTER ON ATTACHED METAL LEGS OF EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. WALL CAULKING AT BOTH PREP EXPOSED HAND SINKS MOLDY AND NOT SEALED TO WALL WITH OPEN CREVICES AND ACCUMULATED DIRT AND DEBRIS. MUST REPLACE.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE COOKS LINE IN FRONT PREP. MUST REPLACE.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: UNKNOWN SOURCE OF WATER LEAKING FROM WALL BASEBOARD ONTO FLOOR AND INTO FLOOR DRAIN AT THE BASE OF THE BASEMENT STAIRS. MUST REPAIR LEAK. LEAK ON NOZZLE OF DISH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: COOKS LINE WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: REPLACE THE CEILING TILE WITH CHIPPED PAINT IN THE PREP AREA.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD WHERE MISSING IN THE DISHROOM.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN A CLEAN CONTAINER OUTSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED GUACAMOLE AT 50.2F AND SALSA AT 64.0F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 3# OF FOOD WORTH $25. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD (ICE) NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED MOLD GROWTH ON INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST TURN OFF MACHINE, REMOVE ALL ICE AND HAVE INTERIOR OF MACHINE CLEANED AND SANITIZED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

* INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS - Comments: NO INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT WAS DISPLAYED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: NO CONSUMER ADVISORY WAS POSTED IN THE RESTAURANT OR ON THE MENU. MANAGEMENT GIVEN A COPY OF THE CONSUMER ADVISORY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO INCLUDE IT ON THE MENU OR TO POST IT WHERE IT IS VISIBLE.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: REPLACE THE CEILING TILE WITH CHIPPED PAINT IN THE PREP AREA.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: MUST PROVIDE A LIGHT SHIELD WHERE MISSING IN THE DISHROOM.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: HAIR RESTRAINTS ARE NEEDED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN FOOD PREP AREAS.

FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN A CLEAN CONTAINER OUTSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE.