Applebee's #83035, 281 W Commonwealth Blvd., Martinsville, VA 24112 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Applebee's #83035
Address: 281 W Commonwealth Blvd., Martinsville, VA 24112
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 276 638-2377
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 08/27/2015

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Inspection findings

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Type

note,.....need to replace cutting boards in food prep,..replace seals in middle sandwich unit door, clean inside microwaves, replace lights under hood where needed.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
08/27/2015Risk Factor
No violation noted during this evaluation.03/22/2015Risk Factor
  • Equipment - Cutting Surfaces
    Observation: Some of the cutting board(s) are heavily scratched and scored. The food contact surface is no longer easily cleaned and sanitized due to condition.
    Correction: Resurface or discard and replace the cutting boards to provide a food contact surface that is smooth, easily cleaned and sanitized.
11/13/2014Routine
  • Clothing - Outer Clothing - Clean Condition (corrected on site)
    Observation: Food employees wearing soiled outer clothing. Used apron to clean hands.
    Correction: Ensure food employees wear clean outer clothing to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles.
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Preparation of raw food conducted in a manner that may cause cross contamination of to ready-to-eat food (RTE). Raw chicken was handled on the same table as raw onions.
    Correction: Separate raw foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including other foods such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Milk in the bar chest cooler was cold holding at improper temperatures.
    Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
  • Warewash Machines, Internal Baffles
    Observation: The warewashing machine is not properly equipped with baffles, curtains, or other means to minimize internal cross contamination.
    Correction: Provide baffles, curtains, or other means to prevent cross contamination between the wash and rinse tanks of the warewashing machine.
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the computer interface has accumulations of grime and debris.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: The condensate drain from the cooling unit in the walk-in cooler is clogged causing water to spill on the food below.
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
04/04/2014Routine
  • Food - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
    Observation: Food employee wiped across several cutting boards that are designated for specific foods with one wiping cloth. This could lead to cross-contamination between foods types.
    Correction: Protect food from miscellaneous sources of contamination.
  • Warewashing Equipment, Cleaning Frequency (corrected on site)
    Observation: The interior surfaces of the mechanical warewashing machine are soiled with (food debris, limescale) that may decrease the effectiveness of the unit. The upper water ports were filled with plastic debris.
    Correction: Increase the frequency of cleaning or limescale deposit removal from the interior surfaces of the unit to maintain unit performance.
  • Critical: Warewashing - Manual & Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Concentration & Hardness* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Chlorine sanitizing solution used was not at an acceptable concentration..
    Correction: Adjust the chlorine sanitizing solution to a level of at least 50 parts per million when the pH is at 10 or less and the water temperature is 100°F.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair
    Observation: Walk-in condensate drain is not maintained in good repair. This leads to ice build-up in the unit which causes a cleaning issue.
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
10/18/2013Routine
No violation noted during this evaluation.02/05/2013Risk Factor

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