Each week going forward, we intend to bring you a list of 5 restaurants with the largest number of health inspection violations. Here are this week’s batch of top offenders, whose violations included potential cross contamination and roach droppings…gross.
Wok-n-roll
Address: 3033 Monument Rd.
Total: 24, High: 8, Intermediate: 6, Basic: 10
High Priority – Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. pasta 72° (41°F – Cooling) finished cooking around 1:00 pm, instructed manager to uncover and place in freezer to rapidly cool **Warning**
High Priority – Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage – direct contact with food. For fried shrimp rolls in freezer **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Fresh garlic and oil 65° recommended keeping below chill line or marking on time control **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Corn starch on cook line **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Raw chicken cooling 56° prepped around 12 pm temp taken around 3:45 pm according to manager, told manager to uncover and place in freezer to rapidly cool. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Egg drop soup 133-145°, instructed employee to stir soup frequently **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
High Priority – Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Container of raw shrimp over sugar snap peas in walk in cooler, employee corrected storage during inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Trays of Raw chicken over trays of raw beef in walk in freezer **Warning**
J-Ville Crab Shack
Address: 5625 Norwood Ave.
High Priority – Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Cooked corn and cooked potatoes prepared at 10:30 this am. At 2:00 corn at 74°, potatoes at 95°. **Warning**
High Priority – Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours. See stop sale. Cooked potatoes 95°, cooked corn 74° both cooked at 10:30 am. **Warning**
High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee began prepping crab legs after answering phone and helping customers without washing hands first **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked Sausage 48°, cooked shrimp 49°, cooked mussels 48°(all three in unit at front counter) cooked shrimp 57°(walk in cooler) all prepared yesterday. **Warning**
High Priority – Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Sausage 48°, cooked shrimp 49°, cooked mussels 48°(all three in unit at front counter) cooked shrimp 57°(walk in cooler) all prepared yesterday. **Warning**
High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Missing on hose bibb under prep sink where black hose is attached **Warning**
P.F. Chang’s
Address: 10281 Midtown Parkway #137
Total: 17, High: 7, Intermediate: 1, Basic: 9
High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee at prep grabbed bag of raw chicken on cook line and placed on plate, than grabbed raw peppers and green beans without changing gloves or washing hands **Warning**
High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Knife and spoon sitting in water in sushi area, manager removed during inspection **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food held using a 4-hour time control plan was not at a temperature of 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below or 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above when time control began. Corn starch 83° on cook line, chef stated he was about to mark items, explained to chef corn starch and water must begin out of temperature danger zone **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Lettuce wraps in server area not marked, sushi rice in sushi prep area not marked **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Dripping plate of raw chicken placed directly on top of ready to eat sauces on cook line, corrected chef and he moved chicken. Container of raw beef over bags of lettuce in reach in cooler, manager corrected during inspection **Warning**
High Priority – Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Container of cooked mushrooms marked 2/25 in cooler end of cook line, chef stated he prepped mushrooms today **Warning**
High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Needed on non chemical side of splitter at mop sink **Warning**
CiCi’s Pizza
Address: 4495 Roosevelt Blvd. #106
Total: 16, High: 6, Intermediate: 2, Basic: 8
High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. One by pizza prep area, 2 by prep area in back kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. On a couple of pizza, employee pressed timer **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two in back kitchen, under poster by handsink, on on shelf with clean dishes, mgr killed the two on posters, the other one got in a hole **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
High Priority – Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Underneath pizza counter **Warning**
High Priority – Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Triple sink **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Mop sink splitter **Warning**
Panera Bread
Address: 9570 Crosshill Blvd. Suite 106
Total: 16, High: 3, Intermediate: 2, Basic: 11
High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm, mgr will set up quat sanitizer at triple sink **Warning**
High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. See stop sale. Skim milk and half-half should have been discarded at 9:15 and 10:15, it is 11:30, employee discarded them **Warning**
High Priority – Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Half-half, skim milk **Warning**
I am so pleased that you are taking the time to do this type of review for all of your readers. It is greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work, and thank you!