Violations discussed for correction. Shellfish tags are being discarded after product is used. Tags must be kept for minimum 90 days after being served,sold,or discarded. Disclosure not provided for consumer advisory on menu.
- Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
- Critical: Shellfish - Shellstock - Maintaining Identification* (corrected on site)
Observation: Tags missing from the mussel containers.
Correction: Ensure the tags remain attached to the shellstock container in which they were received until the container is empty.
- Critical: Shellfish - Shellstock - Maintaining Identification* (corrected on site)
Observation: The tags for the shellfish are not available or are discarded immediately after the container is empty.
Correction: Maintain the identity of the source of shellstock that are sold or served by retaining the shellstock tags or labels for 90 calendar days from the date the container is emptied.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage (repeated violation)
Observation: In-use utensils improperly stored between use.
Correction: Store in-use utensils or dispensing utensils in one of the following manners: 1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. 2) In food that is not potentially hazardous with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. 3) On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment only if the in-use utensil and the food-contact surface of the food preparation table or cooking equipment are cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. 4) In running water of sufficient velocity to flush particulates to the drain. 5) In a clean, protected location if the utensils are used only with a food that is not potentially hazardous. 6) In a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at least 135°F.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- 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: Time as a Public Health Control* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Sushi rice for which time rather than temperature is being used as a control was not labeled or otherwise marked with a 4 hour cook, serve or discard by time.
Correction: Discard food that is not cooked and served or served if ready-to-eat within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Clearly label or otherwise mark the food with a 4-hour cook-serve or serve by time.
- Food - Honestly Presented
Observation: Observed menu describing 'White Tuna' for sale or service, but label on packaged fish indicates it is Escolar.
Correction: Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrenneum) is fish species with a high wax ester content that can cause purgative effects including digestive cramps, diarrhea, headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Honestly present the actual fish species by replacing 'White Tuna' with 'Escolar' on the menu so that consumers can be informed.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: The raw and/or undercooked foods provided on the menu, menu board, table tent or brochure do not provide a disclosure statement.
Correction: The Consumer Advisory shall include a disclosure statement that includes a description of the animal-derived foods and identification of the animal-derived foods by astericking (*) them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain raw or undercooked ingredients.
- Wood, Use Limitation
Observation: A wooden sushi bowl and a wooden spoon used as a food contact surface.
Correction: Discontinue use of wood or wood wicker for this purpose. All food contact surfaces must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent, to prevent deterioration and to maintain an easily cleanable surface. Wood, if used, shall be hard maple or an equivalently hard, close-grained wood.
- Critical: Toxics - Common Name/working Containers of Toxics* (corrected on site)
Observation: Working containers of liquid soap are not properly labeled.
Correction: Working containers of toxic items are to be properly labeled with contents. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
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10/27/2015 | Routine | |
All critical violations were discussed and corrected during inspection.
- Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination.
Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas.
- Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage
Observation: In-use utensils improperly stored between use.
Correction: Store in-use utensils or dispensing utensils in one of the following manners: 1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. 2) In food that is not potentially hazardous with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. 3) On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment only if the in-use utensil and the food-contact surface of the food preparation table or cooking equipment are cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. 4) In running water of sufficient velocity to flush particulates to the drain. 5) In a clean, protected location if the utensils are used only with a food that is not potentially hazardous. 6) In a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at least 135°F.
- Critical: Time as a Public Health Control* (corrected on site)
Observation: Sushi rice for which time rather than temperature is being used as a control was not labeled or otherwise marked with a 4 hour cook, serve or discard by time.
Correction: Discard food that is not cooked and served or served if ready-to-eat within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Clearly label or otherwise mark the food with a 4-hour cook-serve or serve by time.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (corrected on site)
Observation: Raw and/or undercooked foods are provided on the menu, menu board, table tent or brochure without proper disclosure.
Correction: The Consumer Advisory shall include a disclosure statement that includes a description of the animal-derived foods and identification of the animal-derived foods by asterisking (*) them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain raw or undercooked ingredients.
- 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 8 or less and the water temperature is 75°F.
- 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: ice machine.
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
- Handwashing Signage/Handwashing Facilities
Observation: A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided at all lavatories used by food employees
Correction: Provide a sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands at all handwashing lavatories used by food employees.
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10/01/2015 | Routine | |
Establishment observed operating in very good sanitary condition.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 04/20/2015 | Routine | |
Very clean and sanitary establishment.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 12/08/2014 | Routine | |
Violations discussed. Establishment observed in good sanitary condition.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (repeated violation)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods
Observation: A review of the menu with the foodservice operator indicates that there is no consumer advisory for the foods that may be served raw and/or undercooked
Correction: If an animal food such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, milk, pork, poultry, or shellfish is served or sold raw or undercooked the permit holder shall inform consumers of the significantly increased risk of consuming such foods by way of a disclosure and reminder using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards, or other effective written means.
- 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: fan in walk in refrigerator
Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
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07/07/2014 | Routine | |
Establishment observed in very good sanitary condition.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 02/18/2014 | Routine | |
Violations discussed and critical violations corrected during inspection.
- Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands* (corrected on site)
Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands.
Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
- Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
- 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.
- Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwashing facility located in the kitchen is blocked, preventing access by employees for easy handwashing.
Correction: Access to the handwashing facility identified above is to be available during all hours of operation. Remove the items preventing its use.
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10/10/2013 | Routine | |
Kitchen and entire establishment observed in very good sanitary condition. Note: try to keep handsink in kitchen completely unblocked. Good labeling of food. Knowledgeable staff.
No violation noted during this evaluation. | 06/04/2013 | Routine | |
Establishment observed in very goods sanitary condition. Advised: keep ice machine closed when not in use.
- Handwashing Cleanser - Availability (corrected on site)
Observation: Soap was not provided at the hand washing lavatory at the bar.
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.
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02/11/2013 | Routine | |
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