Cafe Porto Bello

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
  Inspector note: Low temperature dish machine not registering presence of chlorine sanitizer. Repair to register between 50-100PPM for chlorine sanitizer.
  code 20-4-703.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️PIC Knowledgecritical
  Inspector note: No current allergen awareness certificate posted. Provide.
  code M-2-102.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: Evidence of roach activity in basement. Provide updated pest control IPM report.
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Frost buildup inside reach in cooler at wait station. Clean to remove.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Buckets of standing water near furnace units in basement. Remove. Clean floors of standing water in basement.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
  Inspector note: Open ceiling in basement above where dry food goods are being stored. Provide smooth durable non porous easily cleanable surfaces on ceiling above where foods are stored. Hole in wall in kitchen next to back door hole in wall to the left of the pizza oven near ceiling. Repair.
  code 37-6-201.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 12, 2017: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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