Restaurant: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
Address: 1189 E Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, Bedford, VA 24523
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 561 242-4793
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: 01/25/2016
Discussed with Manger: Employee health as it relates to VDH policy on excluding ill employees from work
Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils Observation: Observed accumulations food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces: Grill area workstation signal device (POS Bump) and date marking data entry device/printer
Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
Equipment Observation: Some of the drainlines from mechanical washer and sinks discharge to the floor due to malfunctioning plumbing
Correction: Repair or replace malfunctioning plumbing.
01/25/2016
Routine
Food Contact Surfaces - Cleanability* Observation: Observed some plastic containers in storage with cracked rims and sides. Observed metal tongs with color coded coatings - some of the coatings are cracked and/or delaminating making the metal surface underneath the loose or cracked coatings to be not easily cleanable.
Correction: Discard cracked and damaged containers and untensils. If needed provide replacements that are in good gondition free of defects.
12/29/2014
Routine
Follow-up inspection: violations from previous inspection have been corrected. No violation noted during this evaluation.
09/04/2013
Follow-up
Critical: Food Contact Surfaces - Cleanability* Observation: Food contact not cleanable due to heat damaged plastic.
Correction: Discard damaged containers
Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (corrected on site) Observation: Observed food debris on food contact surface of cleaned containers stored at grill prep area.
Correction: Remove soiled containers from storage area and have them rewashed and sanitized.
Critical: Sanitizer - Criteria/Chemicals for food contact* Observation: Quat sanitizer strength in 5 of 5 buckets with wiping cloths tested at less than 200 ppm (a shade less than 100ppm colormetric 10 second dip test result)
Correction: increase sanitizer concentration as needed to meet minimum level set by manufacturer.
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