Brickhouse Tavern

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: INADEQUATE HOT WATER IN THE 1ST FLOOR MEN'S WASHROOM AND THE 1ST FLOOR DISH ROOM HAND WASHING SINKS. MEN'S ROOM NOTED AT 88F AND DISH ROOM AT 88.5F. MUST MAINTAIN A HOT WATER TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN 100F AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
  Inspector note: : ALL STORED ARTICLES THROUGHOUT ALL STORAGE AREAS MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  code 45
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATORS FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH WASHING MACHINE.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK IN THE SECOND FLOOR SALAD PREP AREA. OBSERVED DESIGNATED HAND SINK IN THAT AREA BEING USED AS PREP SINK. • MUST INSTALL A BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SERVER STATION COFFEE MAKER.
  code 51
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE WASTE RECEPTACLES FOR HAND WASHING SINKS IN FOOD PREP AREAS.
  code 54
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED.#25- MENU ITEMS ON MENU THAT ARE NOW "REMINDED" BY ASTERISKING DO NOT BELONG ON THE CONSUMER ADVISORY SUCH AS SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SALAD. ALSO FOODS COOKED TO ORDER ON THE MENU SUCH AS BURGERS ARE NOT DISCLOSED AS COOKED TO ORDER. MUST DISCLOSE AND INFORM CONSUMERS THE SPECIFIC MENU ITEMS THAT ARE RAW OR UNDER COOKED AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD OF CONSUMING SUCH FOOD. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 28, 2019: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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