Billings Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF LIVE INSECT ACTIVITY. OBSERVED ABOUT 50 LIVE SMALL FLIES LOCATED ON THE WALLS AND CEILINGS AROUND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK THAT IS LOCATED BY THE DISH MACHINE, ABOUT 10 LIVE SMALL FLIES LOCATED BY THE UTILITY SINK AREA AND ABOUT 50 LIVE SMALL FLIES LOCATED ON THE WALLS, CEILINGS AND ON BOXES BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DISH WASHING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS, ELIMINATE LIVE SMALL FLIES ACTIVITY AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-204.115 OBSERVED THE GAUGES ON THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT OPERATING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SO THAT ALL GAUGES ON THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE ARE OPERABLE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 48
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS ON ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN THE CAFE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE RE-GROUTED THRU OUT VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FOOD PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS ON THE VENTS LOCATED ABOVE THE FLAT TOP GRILL AND FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS ON THE WALLS AND CEILINGS THRU OUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL. • 6-501.13 OBSERVED THE FLOORS THRU OUT THE FOOD PREP AREA AND THE DISHWASHING AREAS WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS AND SOME DEAD INSECTS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL SHELVES AND EQUIPMENT AND UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 31, 2018: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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