Restaurant: The Little Grill Collective
Address: 621 North Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 540 434-2023
Total inspections: 5
Last inspection: 10/29/2015
Discussed Food safety, employee health, and cooling techniques and procedures with staff. Good date marking and use of gloves with RTE foods observed. Provided PIC with employee health information sheet.
Temperature Measuring Devices (corrected on site) Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the Grill Prep Unit.
Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature. PIC put a thermometer in the unit.
Equipment - Cutting Surfaces Observation: The cutting board(s) along the 2-Door Grill Prep Unit 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.
07/08/2014
Routine
Owners knowledgeable on food safety risk factors and employee health and are Serv-Safe certified. Employees observed washing hands and wearing and changing gloves during inspection. Cooling foods using ice baths and cooling wands and foods were well within temperature guidelines. All foods are coded with date prepared (date marking). Raw and ready-to-eat foods are stored separately in the refrigeration units to prevent cross contamination. All Most foods are made in house No violation noted during this evaluation.
11/19/2013
Routine
Owners knowledgeable on food safety risk factors and employee health. Employees observed washing hands several times during the inspection and could explain and understand importance of hand washing. Cooling foods using ice baths and cooling wands. All Most foods are made in house and coded with date prepared (date marking). Discussed cooling of foods made at room temperature and need to cool in less than 4 hours (owner will set-up procedure for cooling these foods and assuring foods are held at 41F or below).
Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site) Observation: Boiled potatoes in large container in walk-in cooler 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. NOTE OWNER VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF POTATOES AND WILL PROVIDE TRAINING ON PROPER COOLING OF FOODS TO NIGHT SHIFT PERSONNEL.
06/12/2013
Routine
Manager and person cooking foods are knowledgeable on food safety risk factors and employee heath. Employees observed wearing gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods. Foods being cooled using ice baths and cooling wands. Raw and ready-to eat foods were separated in all of the preparation and food storage units. All foods were date marked with the dates they were made.
Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices Observation: There is no properly working test kit provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.
Correction: Obtain a Quaternary Ammonium (Quats) test kit so that employees can accurately monitor the concentration of the sanitizing solutions and maintain them at a safe and effective level.
Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (corrected on site) Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: Cutting boards
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
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