Barba Yianni Taverna

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings9
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #18 NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #1099182 DATED 9/9/13: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF INSECTS UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, BEHIND SAME SINK AND UNDER DISH MACHINE AT DISH WASHING ROOM; FOURTEEN (14)LIVE ADULT COCKROACHES NOTED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE EQUIPMENT AND PIPES WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS, UNDER ABOVE EQUIPMENT. MUST SEAL OPENINGS/CRACKS/CREVICES/CAULK AREAS BEHIND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE EAST WALL TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AT THIS TIME OF RE INSPECTION: FOUND EVIDENCE OF OVER 40 TOTAL LIVE ROACHES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: UNDER AND BEHIND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, UNDER THE DISH MACHINE, ON THE DOOR OF THE WALK IN COOLER, AROUND THE LEGS OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, ON THE WALLS BY THE PREP COOLER AND PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, ELIMINATE ROACHES. WASH AND SANITIZE ALL SURFACES. HAVE PREMIISES SERVICED BY LICENSED PEST CONTROL COMPANY AND COMPLY WITH ALL FOLLOWING ORDERS. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-42-090.
  code 14Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: UPGRADED TO CRITICAL VIOLATION #14.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: PREPARED FOODS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER NOT LABELED; INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DIVIDER BETWEEN THE CONSUMABLE ICE AND THE SODA TUBING IN THE ICE BIN TO PROTECT THE ICE FROM ANY CONTAMINATION. OR PROVIDE A SEPARATE CONTAINER FOR THE ICE. NO COVER FOR ICE BIN AT SERVICE STATION. MUST PROVIDE PROPER COVER. FOOD IN UNCOVERED CONTAINERS ON DRY STORAGE SHELVES AND IN COOLERS. MUST PROVIDE LIDDED OR COVERED CONTAINERS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON EQUIPMENT, CONTAINERS AND PIPING/HOSES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN; COOKING EQUIPMENT, DISH WASHING EQUIPMENT AND DETERGENT CONTAINERS, BOTTOM PANELS OF PREP TABLES AND SHELVES, STORAGE TABLES AND STEAM TABLES, COOLERS, AND LEGS AND PIPES OF SAME EQUIPMENT, MICROWAVE OVEN, STORAGE CABINETS, SLICER AND EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON FLOORS; INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS; UNDER, BEHIND EQUIPMENT, AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS AT PREP/KITCHEN AREA, BAR AREA, SERVER STATION AND BASEMENT. ALSO MUST CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS AT PREP/KITCHEN. MUST PROVIDE PROPER FLOOR DRAIN COVERS (GRATES) FOR THE BASEMENT AND DISH WASH AREA FLOOR DRAINS.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: EXCESSIVE GREASE AND DRIED FOOD ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLES AT PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE WALLS. MISSING AND BROKEN WALL TILES AT DISH WASHING ROOM; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING TILES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ALSO MUST DETAIL CLEAN HOODS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST SEAL ALL THE GAPS ON CEILING AND WALLS.MISSING CEILING TILES AND STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REPLACE CEILING TILES.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: STRONG SEWER GAS ODOR EMITTING FROM FLOOR DRAIN IN DISH WASH AREA. MUST ELIMINATE SOURCE OF ODOR.
  code 38
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOPS AND CLEANING TOWELS IMPROPERLY STORED; INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED ICE SCOOPS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. TO PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS IN AN APPROVED SANITIZER.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 9, 2013: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 7 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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