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MONTOYA'S ICE CREAM
2911 W 59TH ST , CHICAGO, IL, 60629
Health Inspection: violations
Official health department data. Inspected 2012-09-25; refreshed 2026-10-12. May lag the official record. Check the official source
12 findings at the latest imported inspection (2012-09-25), classified as noncritical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2012-09-25: Complaint
Fail
- Not Critical: CHI-1 — SOURCE SOUND CONDITION, NO SPOILAGE, FOODS PROPERLY LABELED, SHELLFISH TAGS IN PLACE - Comments: PREMISES IS AN UNLICENSED, UNAPPROVED SOURCE. PREMISES IS BEING USED AS A COMMISSARY FOR PREPARING ICE CREAM, SUNDAES, WHIPPED CREAM, ETC FOR MOBILE ICE CREAM VEHICLES. PREMISES INSTD TO CEANSE AND DESIST OPERATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005B. CRITICAL.
- Not Critical: CHI-2 — FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: REACH-IN COOLER IN USE IN POOR REPAIR, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 55F. INSTD TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES OF 40F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
- Not Critical: CHI-3 — POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: MILK AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 48F IN COOLER IN POOR REPAIR. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005B2 CRITICAL. MILK VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME.
- Not Critical: CHI-8 — SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: UNABLE TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT. PREMISES DOES NOT HAVE REQUIRED PLUMBING (3-COMPARTMENT SINK) ON SITE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 CRITICAL.
- Not Critical: CHI-11 — ADEQUATE NUMBER, CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, DESIGNED, AND MAINTAINED - Comments: INADEQUATE HANDSWASHING FACILITES, NO EXPOSED HANDSINK IN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE SAME. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 CRITICAL
- Not Critical: CHI-13 — NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT INFESTATION, NO BIRDS, TURTLES OR OTHER ANIMALS - Comments: INSECT AND RODENT INFESTATION NOTED IN PREP AREA IN VARIOUS AREAS. LIVE FLYING INSECTS NOTED (OVER 30) IN PREP AREA AND ALSO NUMEROUS MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED IN VARIOUS AREAS ALONG WALLBASE IN PREP AREA. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 CRITICAL
- Not Critical: CHI-16 — FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE AND PREPARATION. OBSERVED LIVE FLIES ON OPEN, EXPOSED CONDIMENTS FOR ICE CREAM (SPRINKLES, COOKIES, NUTS ETC). FOOD ALSO BEING STORED OUTSIDE, NOT PROTECTED FROM ELEMENTS, NOTED PREP COOLER OUTSIDE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005A SERIOUS.
- Not Critical: CHI-19 — OUTSIDE GARBAGE WASTE GREASE AND STORAGE AREA; CLEAN, RODENT PROOF, ALL CONTAINERS COVERED - Comments: OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA AND SURROUNDING AREA NOT CLEAN OR MAINTAINED, EXCESSIVE GARBAGE, DEBRIS, OVERFLOWING DUMPSTERS, LIDS UNABLE TO CLOSE. INSTD TO KEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020 SERIOUS.
- Not Critical: CHI-21 — * CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED - Comments: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE HANDLING, PREPARING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (ICE CREAM, SUNDAES, WHIPPED CREAM, ICE, , ETC). CITATION ISSUED 7-38-012 SERIOUS.
- Not Critical: CHI-33 — FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT THRU-OUT NOT CLEAN EXCESSIVE DEBRIS BUILD-UP: INCLUDING ALL PREP TABLES, COOLERS, FREEZERS, MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT.
- Not Critical: CHI-34 — FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FLOOR THRU-OUT PREP AREA IN POOR REPAIR AND NOT CLEAN, BLACK MOLD SUBSTANCE NOTED THRU-OUT. INSTD TO CLEAN AND REPAIR SAME SO AS SURFACE TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
- Not Critical: CHI-35 — WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: WALLS AND CEILINGS THRU-OUT PREMISES NOT CLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
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