Candlelight

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COOLER CONTINING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD INCLUDING EGGS, CHILI, MUSSELS, BEEF AND CHICKEN AT AN AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 52.4F. COOLER WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE WITHIN 2 DOOR STANDING COOLER 10LBS OF BEEF AT 53F VALUED AT $20, 5 LBS OF ROAST BEEF AT 53.6F VALUED AT $30, 10 LBS OF PULLED PORK VALUED AT $20 AT 56.1F, 2 LBS OF AU JUS AT 75F VALUED AT $5, 10 LBS OF CHICKEN VALUED AT $25 AT 64F, 10 LBS OF BEEF VALUED AT $25 AT 58F, 2 LBS OF SLICED TOMATO'S VALUED AT $5, 2 LBS OF CUT ROMAINE VALUED AT $3 AT 54F, .5 LB OF EGGS VALUED AT $2 AT 54.0F,5 LBS OF CHILI VALUED AT $15 AT 53.5F, 5 LBS OF MUSSELS AT 53.4F VALUED AT $30. ALL FOOD WAS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DESTROYED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOOD GRADE LIDS ARE NEEDED FOR HOT HOLDING UNIT. REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DAMAGED, UNEVEN FLOOR TILES WITH LARGE DIVOTS AT THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST INSTALL A DROP CEILING ABOVE ALL BASEMENT PREP AREA WASTE WATER PIPING OR PROVIDE HARD ENCASED PIPING COVERS.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MAIN COOLER ACCROSS FROM GRILL OUT OF ORDER. MUST REPAIR OR REMOVE COOLER FROM PREMISES.
  code 41
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ALL PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 17, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred.

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