- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food, to scoop flour.
- Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food, big hoop earrings.
- Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors.
- Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation, rear door.
- Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination, aluminum pans on shelf over ice machine.
- Basic - Single-use aluminum foil pan reused.
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler, raw beef stored over raw fish in reach in cooler by restrooms.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, storing colander and container, by 3 compartment sink.
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
- Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
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09/10/2014 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food, to scoop flour.
- Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food, big hoop earrings.
- Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
- Basic - Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment.
- Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors.
- Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation, rear door.
- Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature, chicken.
- Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination, aluminum pans on shelf over ice machine.
- Basic - Single-use aluminum foil pan reused.
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.
- High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, cheese 50°F, pork 52°F, flip-top reach in cooler on cookline.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler, raw beef stored over raw fish in reach in cooler by restrooms.
- High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by 2 live roaches found crawling by refrigerator by rear door, 1 live crawling on wall over prep table, got caught in glue trap attached to wall. **Warning**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse, cheese 50°F, pork 52°F, in flip top reach in cooler on cookline.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, storing colander and container, by 3 compartment sink.
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
- Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
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09/09/2014 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair, water stained.
- Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, bangs not in hair net.
- Basic - Food stored in a prohibited area, reach in coolers in hallway without being locked.
- Basic - In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, by 3 compartment sink.
- Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination, aluminum pans on shelf in kitchen.
- Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses, sitting on prep table.
- High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands.
- High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Avocado.
- High Priority - Employee washed hands with cold water.
- High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler, raw beef stored over raw fish, in reach in cooler in hallway.
- Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink, 3 compartment sink.
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
- Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink, by 3 compartment sink.
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4/7/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair, water stained.
- Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food, dangling earrings.
- Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
- Basic - Equipment in poor repair, broken reach in cooler glass , taped.
- Basic - In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, in kitchen.
- Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation, rear door.
- Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water, fish.
- Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
- High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure, toasted bread.
- High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap.
- High Priority - Live flies in kitchen.
- Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink, 3 compartment sink.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, rinsing rags
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
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11/26/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Food stored on floor, onions.
- Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food, in reach in freezer.
- Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature, fish. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food, chicken over slaw in reach in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory.
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5/31/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Hood not cleaned to bare metal prior to surfaces becoming heavily contaminated with grease or oily sludge. For reporting purposes only.
- Critical - Observed buildup of soil in the interior of ice machine.
- Observed ceiling in disrepair. water
- Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
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8/16/2012 | Food-Licensing Inspection | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
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