TAQUERIA CIELITO LINDO

* CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD. (HANDLES RAW BEEF, CHICKEN, ETC.) ALSO, NO CITY OF CHICAG SANITAION CERTIFICATTE POSTED. SERIOUS VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: FOUND LARGE POTS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: FOUND INTERIOR OF WALK IN COOLER WALLS AND CEILING NOT CLEAN. MUST WASH AND SANITIZE.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: FOODHANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: HOME MADE COOKED TAMALES(CHICKEN, CHEESE,AND PEPPERS)STORED INSIDE THREE LARGE POTS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE 99.4F- 100.4F- 100.5F-AND 100.7F.PRODUCTS WERE STORED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WHICH MAINTAIN AIR TEMP F 41.4F. NO PROOF OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG NOR COOLING PROCESS LOG PROVIDED AT PRESENT TIME.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED,POUNDS 30,VALUE 120. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A)

HAND WASHING FACILITIES: WITH SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES, CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO FOOD PREP AREA - Comments: NO PAPER TOWELS PROVIDE AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE KITCHEN AND STAFF WASHROOMS.PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER BROKEN INSIDE THE STAFF WASHROOM,INCLUDED ONE WASHROOM IN THE BASEMENT.PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED UPON MY REQUEST. CRITICAL VIOLATION: 7-38-030

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: CRACKED LID COVER ON REFRIED BEANS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE LID, NOT CRACKED LIDS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DEBRIS BEHIND THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: DEAD LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE WASHROOMS IN BASEMENT AREA.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. LIGHT SHIELD IN DINING/SERVING AREA WITH DEAD INSECTS,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.

TOILET ROOM DOORS SELF CLOSING: DRESSING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS PROVIDED: COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM LIVING/SLEEPING QUARTERS - Comments: DOORS NOT SELF CLOSED IN BOTH WASH ROOMS IN BASEMENT AREA,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: BROKEN STOPPER INSIDE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: GRASS AND WEEDS ARE TALL IN THE BACK YARD,BY THE PATIO AND BY THE GARBAGE CONTAINERS AND WASTE OIL CONTAINER,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN TO MINIMIZE INSECT AND RODENT HARBORAGE

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: PAINT WITH NON-TOXIC PAINT RUST SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER OR REPLACE THEM. PAINT RAW WOOD AT WINDOW INSIDE THE FURNACE AREA AND FRONT COUNTERS, SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: REPAIR OR REPLACE RUSTY AND BROKEN FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. SEAL PLASTIC COVING UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: REPLACE MISSING WALL TILES AT NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTER.ALSO SEAL ALL CRACKS AND CREVICES THROUGHOUT. SEAL OPENING AROUND THE PIPE OF GREASE TRAP. SWEEP FLOOR INSIDE THE FURNACE. REMOVE DIRTY AND BROKEN CAULKING AROUND THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,REPLACE WITH SMOOTH SURFACE AND MAINTAIN

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: PROVIDE UNTHREADED FAUCET AT MOP SINK