Food Safety Report: Taqueria Maravatio, 2621 W 59th St, Chicago, Il, USA.

Chicago, 60629 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 27, 2025
6. Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- comments: open beverages for employees in prep area. Instd to provide covers for beverages to prevent contamination

9. No bare hand contact with rte food or a pre-approved alternative procedure properly allowed
- comments: observed food handler using bare hands to place sliced tomatoes on customers plate. Bare hand contact with ready to eat foods is prohibited. Instd to use gloves, proper dispensing utensils, etc. When handling ready to eat foods. Citation issued 7-38-010 priority

21. Proper hot holding temperatures
- comments: large container of cooked pork on shelf above flat top grill at improper hot holding temperatures of 128. 4f. Instd to maintain hit foods at 135f or above at all times. Food discarded at this time. Approx 5lbs $ 50 value. Citation issued 7-38-005(a) priority

22. Proper cold holding temperatures
- comments: cold food at prep cooler on top line at improper cold holding temperatures, cooked diced potatoes 49. 3f, and diced tomatoes at 47. 9f. Instd to maintain cold foods at 41f or below at all times. Food discarded at this time. Approx 5lbs $ 20 value. Priority violation 7-38-005. See above for violation issued.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: air curtains above take out windows also overlapping above prep coolers/tables. Instd to have outer opening properly protected without possible contamination of equipment/food.

39. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
- comments: no barrier at food prep area/service line and beverage prep area where food/equipment is unprotected. Service line is located in common hallway where customer toilet rooms located and customers walk through. Instd to provide proper barrier to prevent possible contamination. Priority foundation 7-38-005

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: large pots on site unable to submerge in 3-compartment sink or warewashing unit. Instd to provide written alternative procedure for manual warewashin or remove pots from site.

51. Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- comments: no preparation/dump sink for beverage prep area where liquids are discarded. Instd to provide sink in same area and maintain

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: unlicensed mobile food vehicle with exterior advertisements on vehicle (business name, address, phone number , facebook, menu) on premises next to receiving area. Instd to remove from premise and maintain

Source: chicago.gov