Restaurant: Mountainside Cafe
Address: 7924 Bent Mountain Road, Roanoke, VA 24018
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 540 776-0742
Total inspections: 2
Last inspection: 09/01/2015
Prep unit unplugged-used for prep table. Please keep personal food segregated from facility food items and labeled "personal". Whirlpool temperatures taken twice daily with infrared gun. Lighting in grill area acceptable providing all kitchen lights are turned on. Discussed cooling of taco meat and hot dog chili.
Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) Observation: The ready-to-eat (RTE) commercially processed deli meat in the refrigeration unit was not properly dated for disposition after opening.
Correction: Mark a "consume by" date on commercially processed RTE foods at the time the RTE foods are thawed. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
Equipment and Utensils - Durability Observation: The reused food containers containing hot dog chili are not designed and constructed to be durable.
Correction: Remove this item from the facility and replace with an approved unit as needed. Equipment and utensils must be capable of maintaining their original characteristics in order to be easily cleaned and to prevent contamination of food.
09/01/2015
Routine
Will need mop sink prior to annual permit.
Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) Observation: Sliced cheese and sliced tomatoe on top of prep unit cold holding at improper temperatures
Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below. Do not use top of prep unit for PHFs until serviced and verified to maintain food at 41F or below. Sliced cheese & tomatoe relocated to bottom of prep unit.
Critical: Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Disposition* (corrected on site) Observation: The commercially processed ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meats & cheeses in the refrigeration unit was not discarded by the ""consume by"" date.
Correction: Discard the food at this time and ensure all commercially processed RTE food is served, sold or discarded by the ""consume by"" date after opening. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria. Deli meats & cheeses were discarded.
Lighting, Intensity Observation: Less than 50 foot candles of light was noted in the grill area.
Correction: Provide at least 50 foot candles at a surface where a food employee is working with food or working with utensils or equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor
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