The Jefferson Restaurant, 1453 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: The Jefferson Restaurant
Address: 1453 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 757 229-2296
Total inspections: 10
Last inspection: 02/02/2016

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

Type

  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Ribs, ham, beef in prep table, and 4 door cooler 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.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floors behind fryers and cook line noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
02/02/2016Routine
Good job on food temperatures
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floors noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
01/30/2015Routine
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding*
    Observation: Walk in cooler cold holding at 47*F. Fish, 47*f, Potatoes 47*F,
    Correction: Maintain walk in at or below 41*F. Relocate food to unit capable of cold holdinga at or below 41*F. Place TCS foods on ice.
  • Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
    Observation: Observed accumulations of dust, dirt, food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces: Refrigeration units.
    Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
  • Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (repeated violation)
    Observation: Slicer has food debris built on blade.
    Correction: Throughly and routinely clean and sanitize slicer between use.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floors and walls noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
  • Critical: Toxics - Identifying Toxic Containers*
    Observation: Mark stated sanitizer stored in RAID container.
    Correction: Properly label chemicals. Store in proper containers.
10/08/2014Routine
Good work on food temperatures.
  • Food Storage - Clean and Dry Location
    Observation: Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6" above the floor.;Elevate food storage onto approved shelving with minimum 6" legs or casters.
  • Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Beef ribs noted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
    Correction: Cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and within a total of 6 hours from 135°F to 41°F. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: Unnecessary item in kitchen. Tools and paint stored in kitchen away from food.
    Correction: Remove unnecessary items.
06/16/2014Routine
  • Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Slices had significant food debris on cutting surface.
    Correction: Wash rinse and sanitize slicer as required.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions
    Observation: Floors in cooking area noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
02/25/2014Routine
  • Critical: Reheating for Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The mashed potatoes was not reheated to 165F within 2 hours to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat food for hot holding to 165°F or above within 2 hours.
  • Critical: Equipment and Utensils - Before Use After Cleaning* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Chemical sanitizer not dispensing properly
    Correction: Maintain dishwasher to properly dispense chlorine.
  • Handwashing Cleanser - Availability (corrected on site)
    Observation: Soap was not provided at the hand washing lavatory in the kitchen.
    Correction: Hand soap must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing. Hand cleanser must always be present to aid in reducing microorganisms and particulate matter found on hands.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
11/19/2013Routine
Previous violations corrected. Work on general cleaning of facility and removing unnecessary items.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
09/09/2013Follow-up
Mark stated cleaning company is coming in Labor Day weekend to clean facility.
  • Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Gravy, Tomato soup, and ricenoted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. Food items located in walk in cooler.
    Correction: Cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and within a total of 6 hours from 135°F to 41°F. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses. Mark stated he will discard food items and start using shallow pans and ice baths to properly cool foods.
  • Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (repeated violation)
    Observation: Observed accumulations of encrusted grease deposits or other soil on the following food contact surfaces: fryers, prep table doors,walk in doors and shelves, and ice cooler.
    Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floors and walls are noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
08/28/2013Follow-up
  • Critical: Employee Health* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Employees or applicants are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food, including the date of onset of jaundice or of an illness due to Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus
    Correction: Have the license holder require employees or applicants report to the person in charge any information about their health and activities if they are diagnosed with or had a past illness from Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus
  • Critical: Reheating for Hot Holding* (repeated violation)
    Observation: Potatoes and green beans was not reheated to 165F within 2 hours to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat food for hot holding to 165°F or above within 2 hours.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding*
    Observation: green beans and pototoes hot holding at improper temperatures.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat the food to 165°F and maintain at 135°F or above through the hot holding period.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Fish, potatoes, pasta, rice, beef, prime rib and chicken cold holding at improper temperatures
    Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
  • Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
    Observation: Observed accumulations of encrusted grease deposits or other soil on the following food contact surfaces: fryers, prep table doors,walk in doors and shelves, and ice cooler.
    Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions
    Observation: Foolsr and walls are noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
08/08/2013Routine
No violation noted during this evaluation.01/31/2013Routine

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