Hard Rock Hotel

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED BEEF ROAST AT 43.1-46.2F, HUMMUS AT 43.1F, AND PICO DE GALLO AT 43.3F INSIDE OF THE PREPARED FOODS WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 15# OF FOOD WORTH $70. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE EXPOSED HANDSINK AND THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK BEHIND THE BAR BOTH CLOGGED WITH STANDING WATER AND UNABLE TO DRAIN. MANAGEMENT HAD A PLUMBER ONSITE DURING THE INSPECTION TO REPAIR THE SINKS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 24
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN THE BASEMENT PREP AREA.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLERS, EXTERIOR OF BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, AND THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE SPILLAGE ON THE FLOOR OF THE BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 16, 2011: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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