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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
54point violations
19 problems found · 6 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Feb 12, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most sit-down restaurants here got 14 to 49 point violations. El Cholo got more than most.
Compared with 1,218 Salt Lake County sit-down restaurants. Each restaurant's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about El Cholo?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Hands not washed when needed 4.2.12*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature 4.4.72**How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
We review Salt Lake County health data to make this report. We are not the Salt Lake County Health Department.
Visit them directly at saltlakecounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hands not washed when neededThe county found: “An employee did not wash hands between clean and dirty tasks. An employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves.”
First step: When to wash
Then the next one: Eating or drinking in a food area
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.14, Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15.
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When to wash
From Food Code 2-301.14
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 4 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer point violations than last time (108 → 54). That takes a team.
The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.
Every visit
LatestFeb 12, 2026Routine inspection54 points
This one: 54 points, inspected Feb 12, 2026.
19 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
Critical (6)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.2.12* When to Wash-Hands and Arms
An employee did not wash hands between clean and dirty tasks. An employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves.
Cited 2 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-301.12 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
When to wash
- Before you start food work and before you put on gloves
- After the restroom (wash twice; see below)
- After touching your face, hair, nose or body
From Food Code 2-301.14
How to wash
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Handwashing
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco
Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
The department's words
4.4.72** Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
High temp warewash machine is not reaching 160 degree minimum at final rinse.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
4.4.76* Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Chemical Sanitization, Temperature, pH, Concentration and Hardness
There is no measurable sanitizer in the final rinse of the bar dish machine.
Corrected during the inspection
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 4-602.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clean first, then sanitize
- 1. Scrape off food.
- 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
- 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).
From Food Code 4-603.16
When to clean food-contact surfaces
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Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The interior of the ice bin is dirty. Shelves throughout the kitchen are unclean to sight and touch. Shelves in the walk-in cooler are unclean to sight and touch. The canopener is unclean to sight and touch.
Cited 4 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
Hand sink is blocked in the server station.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 5-205.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Non-critical (9)
Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
The department's words
4.3.24 Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. (White powder)
Linens and Napkins - Use Limitation
The department's words
4.3.32 Linens and Napkins - Use Limitation
Paper linen is stored in direct contact with guacamole.
Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
The department's words
4.3.45 Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
Standing water in warewash area is being tracked throughout kitchen.
Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Storage
The department's words
4.4.105 Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Storage
Clean equipment is not covered or inverted to prevent contamination.
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.61 Fixed Equipment-Spacing or Sealing
The vent hood is not sealed to the adjacent wall.
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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Warewashing Equipment-Cleaning Frequency
The department's words
4.4.66 Warewashing Equipment-Cleaning Frequency
Exterior surfaces of the dish machine are dirty.
Cups, lids or to-go items stored wrong
The department's words
4.4.80 Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Use Limitation
Single-use items are being re-used.
Food Code 4-903.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Log a cups and lids check
Cups, lids and to-go items stored right
In CleanCleaver: Log a cups and lids check
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
The floor is dirty beneath cooking equipment.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.53 Maintaining Premises-Unnecessary Items and Litter
Nonfunctional equipment is stored on the premises.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you El Cholo? Fix it
EarlierFeb 26, 2025Follow-up inspectionRe-checked earlier items
2 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 18, 2025Routine inspection108 points
27 violations listed, 18 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 19, 2024Routine inspection59 points
21 violations listed, 10 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
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Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hands not washed when needed Read the free guide
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Cups, lids or to-go items stored wrong In CleanCleaver: Log a cups and lids check
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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About this record
Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.
- Listed as
- Restaurants: plated
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 54 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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