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Restaurant: La Garita De San Luis
Address: 3612 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60624
Type: Wholesale
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: Aug 13, 2012

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WATER FROM COMPRESSORS OF WALK-IN COOLERS LEAKING ONTO PRODUCE IN WALK-IN UNITS (TOMATOES, LEMONS, AND PEPPERS); MUST REPAIR COMPRESSORS. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE FOODS FOUND UNDER THE DRIPPING CONDENSOR UNITS. TWENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE LB BOXES OF TOMATOES @ $13.00 EACH, FIVE TWENTY LB BOXES OF GREEN PEPPERS @ $16.00 EACH, SEVEN FORTY LB BOXES OF LEMONS @ $22.00 EACH. TOTAL LBS 1005, VALUE $559.
OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING INSIDE OF WALK-IN FREEZER DESCRIBED IN VIOLATION #2: MEATS, FISH, SEAFOOD ETC. ESTIMATE OF 15,000 LBS OF PRODUCT UNDER EMBARGO BY THE IDPH AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MEATS, FISH AND SEAFOOD MUST BE AT 0F AND BELOW IN WALK-IN FREEZER.
WALK-IN FREEZER UNIT ON SITE HOLDING AT 29F. SOME MEATS AND FISH HAD ICE CRYSTALS ON THEM FROM PARTIALLY THAWING AND REFREEZING. UNIT WAS OUT OF TEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD FOUND BY THE FDA INSPECTORS. UNIT WAS EMBARGOED AT THIS TIME BY THE IDPH INSPECTOR ON SITE. UNIT HAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP ON THE FLOOR WITH THE COMPRESSORS LEAKING ONTO PRODUCTS. UNITS MUST MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 0F OR BELOW.
OBSERVED OVER 100 RODENT (RAT) DROPPINGS THROUGHOUT PREMISES ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS, BEHIND AND UNDER PALLETS IN DRY STORAGE AREA WHERE SPICES STORED, SODA, UNDER THREE COMP SINK, ON OUTSIDE DOCK ETC. ALSO NUMEROUS LIVE FLIES THROUGHOUT, LIVE FRUIT FLIES OBSERVED INSIDE OF BAGS OF ONIONS IN STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN ALL AFFECTED AREAS AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL COMPANY FOR SERVICE.
FRONT AND REAR OVERHEAD DOORS ARE NOT RODENT PROOFED AS REQUIRED TO PREVENT RODENT ENTRY. HOLES NOTED IN LARGE OVERHEAD DOORS IN REAR AT BOTTOM AND MIDDLE OF DOORS. OVERHEAD DOOR AT DOCK HAS TWO LARGE HOLES IN CORNER AREAS OF DOOR AND RUBBER STRIP AT BOTTOM OF DOOR IS WORN. MUST RODENT PROOF ALL DOORS.
DISPOSAL AREA OUTSIDE NOT MAINTAINED. DUMPSTERS WERE OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH AND SOME PRODUCE ITEMS SUCH AS BELL PEPPERS AND TOMATOES WERE ON THE GROUND BY THE DUMPSTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA AND SCHEDULE MORE FREQUENT PICK UPS.
FLOORS THROUGHOUT NEED DETAIL CLEANING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SEAL HOLES IN FLOORS WHERE NEEDED. ALL ITEMS MUST BE ELEVATED SIX INCHES FROM THE FLOOR AND ITEMS INSIDE OF WALK-IN UNITS. REMOVE ACCESS WATER ON FLOOR OF WALK-IN UNITS AND MAINTAIN.
VARIOUS AREAS OF WALLS AND CEILINGS IN POOR REPAIR. OBSERVED NUMEROUS HOLES IN WALLS OF STORAGE ROOMS WHERE SODA AND DRY STORAGE LOCATED, MISSING WALL TILES ON WALL IN REAR WHERE LARGE OVERHEAD DOOR LOCATED, MOLD AND DIRT ON FAN GUARD COVERS IN WALK-IN UNITS, ALSO OBSERVED LOOSE AND POOR REPAIR (OPEN SEAMS, HOLES) IN WALLS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE PRODUCE AND MEATS STORED. MUST REMOVE MOLD OBSERVED ON CEILINGS OF WALK-IN UNITS WHERE PRODUCE STORED.
MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS FOR ALL LIGHTS IN WALK-IN COOLERS AND STORAGE AREAS WITH PRODUCE. CLEAN BULBS WHERE NEEDED.
WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF-CLOSING; MUST PROVIDE A SELF-CLOSING DEVICE.
MUST REPAIR LEAKING FROM PIPES UNDER THREE COMP SINK. COMPRESSORS OF COOLERS LEAKING WATER ONTO FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN WALK-IN UNITS; MUST REPAIR. MUST PROVIDE A VENTILATION FAN IN WASHROOM TO ABSORB ODORS. NO MOP SINK ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST INSTALL A UTILITY SINK FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND A BACKFLOW DEVICE.
PROVIDE INTERNAL THERMOMETERS FOR ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZER.
MUST ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN STORAGE AREAS. REMOVE UNNECESSARY CLUTTER.

Continued to observe rodent (rat) droppings in various dry storage rooms beneath the wooden pallets,live fruit fly activity in onion storage areas on walls,pallets and inside the cluttered rear tool room.Detail clean,sanitize all affected areas,pest control service reccomended.
Continued non-compliance front and rear overhead doors observed daylight approx: 1/4 mode of entry at left corners must ensure that all said doors are tight fitting to prevent pest entry.
Violation #19 now corrected.
Floors in various rooms,tool rooms require further detail cleaning and observed wet floor areas in some rooms must maintain floor dry.
Must seal all noticeable openings around plumbing/electrical fixtures on walls in various dry storage rooms and fan covers and attached equipments throughout the walk-in-units requires a detail cleaning.Must repair a water leak at ceiling areas in the spice room and walls and ceilings in the walk-in-cooling units need cleaning.
Light bulbs inside the walk-in-cooling units were noted must be shielded.Missing light in walk in cooler, freezer unit and dry storage area.
Violation #37 now corrected.
Must repair water leaks beneath the 3 comp sink and provide a backflow prevention device to the mop sink.
Violation #40 now corrected.
Detail clean,organize the cleaning equipment room, tool room and remove unnecessary articles and remaining articles must be properly stored 6' off floor/wall for easier cleaning.
Internal ambient air temperature of the walk-in-freezer measured -10f during this inspection.

Violation #13 now corrected.
Violation #18 now corrected.
Violation #34 now corrected.
Violation #35 now corrected.
Violation #36 now corrected.
Violation #38 now corrected.
Violation #41 now corrected.

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