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What happened?
4problems found
4 problems found · Routine health department inspection · Jun 3, 2025
Is that a lot?
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What was found out about El Aji Peruvian Restaurant?
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- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair 44How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning 33How to fixFix it
- Properly identified Dept. of Public Health enforcement officers are authorized to enter, inspect and perform their work functions at unannounced inspections of food facilities during normal work hours. Section 114390(b)How to fixFix it
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health
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Inspections
From San Francisco Department of Public Health · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 7, 2026
The health department lists no visits in the last 12 months.
The department inspects each food facility on its own schedule and posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection.
Every visit
LatestJun 3, 2025Routine inspectionPass
This one: Pass, inspected Jun 3, 2025.
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (4)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
44 Floors, walls and ceiling: built, maintained and clean
Provide walls / ceilings using materials that are durable, smooth, nonabsorbent, light-colored, and washable surfaces. All floor surfaces, other than the customer service areas, shall be approved, smooth, durable, and made of nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Approved base coving shall be provided in all areas, except customer service areas and where food is stored in original unopen
Food Code 6-101.11
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Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Maintain nonfood contact surfaces clean. Thoroughly clean and degrease the cooking equipment and shelves above cooking equipment.
Food Code 4-602.13
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Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
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Properly identified Dept. of Public Health enforcement officers are authorized to enter, inspect and perform their work functions at unannounced inspections of food facilities during normal work hours.
The department's words
Section 114390(b) Properly identified Dept. of Public Health enforcement officers are authorized to enter, inspect and perform their work functions at unannounced inspections of food facilities during normal work hours.
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
36 Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
All clean and soiled linen shall be properly stored; non-food items shall be stored and displayed separate from food and food-contact surfaces. Utensils and equipment shall be handled and stored so as to be protected from contamination.
Food Code 4-901.11
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Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
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EarlierJun 26, 2024Routine inspectionPass
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
The department's words
26 Approved thawing methods in use
Discontinue thawing potentially hazardous foods at room temperature or in standing water. Use one of the following approved methods: - Under potable running water of sufficient velocity to wash away loose food particles using water no greater than 70°F for no more than 2 hours. - In a refrigeration unit at 41°F or below - In a microwave - As part of the cooking process
No backflow test on file
The department's words
40 Plumbing; proper backflow devices
Protect the potable water supply with a backflow protection device, as required by applicable plumbing codes. All plumbing, plumbing fixtures, and grease interceptors shall be installed in compliance with local plumbing ordinances, shall be maintained so as to prevent any contamination, and shall be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. Any hose used for conveying potable water shall be
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
44 Floors, walls and ceiling: built, maintained and clean
Provide walls / ceilings using materials that are durable, smooth, nonabsorbent, light-colored, and washable surfaces. All floor surfaces, other than the customer service areas, shall be approved, smooth, durable, and made of nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Approved base coving shall be provided in all areas, except customer service areas and where food is stored in original unopen
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
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- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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The city's open data lists each violation with the department's standard wording. The inspector's own notes are in the report on the department's lookup: search for the name.
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San Francisco gives each inspection a result, not a score, so there is no typical range to show.
San Francisco posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection. Green, Pass: zero to 1 major violations at the inspection. Yellow, Conditional Pass: 2 or more major violations, corrected at the inspection, and a reinspection follows. Red, Closure: health hazards or major violations that can't be fixed right away. There is no score or letter grade.
- Listed as
- H25 - RESTAURANT 1,000 - 2,000 SQFT
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- Pass
- Source
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
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