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ALVAREZ GROCERY
4758 S LAFLIN ST, CHICAGO, IL 60609
Last inspected Aug 27, 2010
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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Inspection history
Aug 27, 2010
✓1 violation
- 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: CLEAN ALL STORAGE PALLETS & SHELVES THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED. | 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(INCLUDING BASEMENT). FINISH TILING FLOOR BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER. | 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. REPAIR & CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED. REPAIR LOWER RIGHT SECTION OF FRONT DOOR. | 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOM EITHER BY OPENING THE WINDOW OR INSTALLING AN EXHAUST FAN | 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: ELIMINATE ALL CLUTTERED AREAS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING BASEMENT
Aug 18, 2010
✕1 violation
- 18. NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: APPROXIMATELY 20 MICE DROPPINGS NOTED ON PALLETS ON SALES FLOOR AND 25 NOTED ON FLOOR AND PALLETS IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA-MUST CLEAN & SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS, REPAIR RIGHT BOTTOM SECTION AND RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT DOOR AND RIGHT SIDE CORNER OF REAR EXIT DOOR, MAKING HEM TIGHT-FITTING TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. ALSO NEED TO REQUEST PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK FROM EXTERMINATOR, ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF RECEIPTS ON SITE-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS | 24. DISH WASHING FACILITIES: PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, INSTALLED, LOCATED AND OPERATED - Comments: OWNER REMOVED THE 2 COMPARTMENT SINK TO PUT DOWN A NEW FLOOR. HAS A LARGE METAL HOT CHEESE DISPENSER FOR BAGS OF CHIPS WHICH MUST BE WASHED, RINSED & SANITIZED-MUST INSTALL A 3 COMPARTMENT METAL SINK &REMOVE CHEESE FROM PREMISES UNTIL INSTALLED-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS | 26. ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED AND INSTALLED - Comments: NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT WASH BOWL IN WASHROOM-MUST PROVIDE FOR PROPER HAND WASHING-CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS | 33. FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: CLEAN ALL STORAGE PALLETS & SHELVES THROUGHOUT WHERE NEEDED. | 34. FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG ALL WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH & BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT(INCLUDING BASEMENT). FINISH TILING FLOOR BEHIND FRONT SERVICE COUNTER. | 35. WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: REPLACE ALL STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGHOUT. REPAIR & CLEAN WALLS WHERE NEEDED. | 38. VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST PROVIDE VENTILATION IN WASHROOM EITHER BY OPENING THE WINDOW OR INSTALLING AN EXHAUST FAN | 41. PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: ELIMINATE ALL CLUTTERED AREAS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING BASEMENT.
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