Lenox Hotel (5 Food Serv. Loc.)

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings11
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: city table expediting area/cottage cheese 49 degrees watermelon 58 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below city table hot line/cream cheese 48 degrees/diced ham 47degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
  code 03-3-501.16(A)*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Handscritical
  Inspector note: observed expediting person and cook handle ready to eat foods with bare hands/provide prooer food protection
  code 12-3--301.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: city table/clean/sanitize ice scoop
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
  Inspector note: city table/provide adequate mechanical refrigeration to hold all foods cold at 41 degrees or below
  code 04-3-501.15/4-301.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: cty table wait station/provide scoop with handle/remove cup city table wait station/remove employee meal/provide proper break areas city table/provide proper dispensing of breads city table/cover all foods in reach in and freezer/walk in
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint
  Inspector note: city table cooks and solas/provide proper hair restraints
  code 13-2-304/402.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: city table/provide accurate internal thermometers to reach in units dishmachine/provide proper logo plate • city table wait station/provide internal thermometer
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: city table wait station/clean and resurface worn shelving city table/clean interior of reach in units
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: city table handsink/provide liquid soap and employee must wash hands signage/clean sink city table hot line and prep areas/solas bar handsink/provide employee must wash hands signage
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: city table/remove worn covering from windows city table/hot line/clean dust from ceiling tiles solas kitchen/clean dust from walls and repair worn walls ice machine/clean dust fom walls dishroom/resurface rusted ceiling beams and door locker and restroom/replace missing stained ciling tiles
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: city bar/clean and organize
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 15, 2017: 11 findings appeared for the first time.

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