Barba Yianni Taverna

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense
• failed findings8
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: Must provide exposed hand sink at coffee/wait station, per code.
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: Found some food items in walk in cooler, reach in freezer not properly labeled/dated, must properly label, and date food items in walk in cooler, and reach in freezer.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: Cutting boards that had deep cuts, shall be replaced, grease box had rust/peeling paint, shall be repaired/sealed. Reach in cooler shelving that had rust/peeling paint shall be repaired/replaced.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: Non food contact surfaces of walk in cooler shelving/racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices). Reach in cooler shelving in bar cooler not clean, need detailed cleaning.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: Floor in rear hallway behind bar, leading to bsmt storage area in state of disrepair, shall be repair/replaced.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: Walls/ceilings in bsmt storage areas, storage rooms that had gaps around pipes, walls shall be sealed/repaired.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: Missing light shields in kitchen prep area, exhaust canopy, and display cooler, shall be provided.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: Must provide backflow preventer to coffee machine(capuccino), hose bib, ice machine.
  code 38

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