Rizzo's Bar & Inn

June 7, 2019 · Fail
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  • official resultFail
  • resultFail
  • inspection typeCanvass
  • failed findings12
  • critical findings4

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Failed findings

  • handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
    Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
    Inspector note: OBSERVED THE DISH/COOKS LINE HAND WASHING SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE. SINK BLOCKED BY A LARGE BUS PAN FILLED WITH CLEAN SILVERWARE ON TOP OF SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAKE SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. ALSO OBSERVED THE MAIN BAR AND THE SIDE BAR HAND WASHING SINK NOT ACCESSIBLE. SINKS BEING USED AS A SLOP SINKS. SINKS NOTED WITH STRAINER PANS INSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. • NO HAND WASHING SOAP LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING HAND SINKS: AT THE COOKS LINE/DISH HAND SINK, AT THE PATIO BAR HAND SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) SEE THE ABOVE VIOLATION FOR CITATION. • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT THE FOLLOWING HAND WASHING SINKS: AT THE COOKS LINE/DISH HAND SINK, AT THE MAIN BAR HAND SINK, MUST PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) SEE ABOVE VIOLATION FOR CITATION. • MUST MOVE PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER FROM HANGING DIRECTLY ABOVE THE KITCHEN ONE COMPARTMENT PREP SINK. MUST MOVE TO BE ABOVE THE HAND WASHING SINK NEXT TO THE PREP SINK. • INADEQUATE HOT WATER TEMPERATURES AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE FOLLOWING WASHROOMS. THE FIRST FLOOR EMPLOYEE WASHROOM AT 96.8F, THE HANDICAP WASHROOM AT 97.2F, THE BASEMENT WOMAN'S WASHROOM AT 96.3F. MUST PROVIDE A MINIMUM HOT WATER TEMPERATURE OF 100F AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
    code 10Priority
  • sick-employee policy not followedcritical
    Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
    Inspector note: NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 3Priority
  • staff working while sickcritical
    Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
    Inspector note: NO WRITTEN CLEANING PROCEDURE AND INCOMPLETE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR A VOMITING OR DIARRHEA EVENT. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 5Priority
  • handwashing sink issuescritical
    Official wording: Hands Clean & Properly Washed
    Inspector note: OBSERVED CROSS CONTAMINATION OF BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RAW MEATS THEN HANDLE READY TO EAT FOODS. OBSERVED COOK HANDLING RAW BEEF FROM THE COOLER TO THE GRILL, THEN HANDLE READY TO EAT BUNS AND TOUCHING COOKED BURGERS AFTER HANDLING RAW MEAT WITHOUT WASHING HANDS BETWEEN. REVIEWED PROPER HANDLING OF RAW AND READY TO EAT FOODS AND WHEN TO WASH HANDS IN BETWEEN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 8Priority
  • consumer advisory missing
    Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
    Inspector note: MENU DOES NOT DISCLOSE AND INFORM CONSUMERS THE SPECIFIC MENU ITEMS THAT ARE RAW OR UNDER COOKED AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD OF CONSUMING SUCH FOOD.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
    code 25
  • Personal Cleanliness
    Inspector note: ALL COOKS, FOOD PREPARERS, FOOD EXPEDITERS ON COOKS LINE MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAT AND BEARD RESTRAINTS.
    code 40
  • Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
    Inspector note: ALL STORED ITEMS THROUGHOUT ALL OF FACILITY IN VARIOUS STORAGE ROOMS, CLOSETS ETC. MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS 6" OR ABOVE.
    code 45
  • surfaces / setup not up to code
    Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
    Inspector note: OBSERVED RAW WOODEN PLATES USED FOR FOOD WITH CHIPPED WOOD, CRACKS, DEEP CUTS. MUST NOT USE WOOD AS FOOD PLATES.
    code 47
  • Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
    Inspector note: OBSERVED AN OVER SIZED POT UNABLE TO BE SUBMERGED INTO THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO ENABLE WASHING, RINSING AND SANITIZING. MUST REMOVE ALL OVER SIZED POTS OR PROVIDE A THREE COMPARTMENT SINK LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE POTS OR AN APPROVED ALTERNATIVE MANUEL WARE-WASHING PROCEDURE. • NO CHLORINE CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR CHECKING SANITIZING LEVELS AT ALL THREE BAR DISH MACHINES. NO QUATERNARY CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR CHECKING SANITIZING LEVEL AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE SANITIZING BUCKETS USED FOR FOR WIPING CLOTHS THROUGHOUT FACILITY. MUST PROVIDE BOTH TESTING STRIPS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED THE PATIO BAR CHLORINE CHEMICAL SANITIZING DISH MACHINE NOT PROPERLY DISPENSING SANITIZER WHILE GLASSES WERE BEING WASHED. FOUND 0 PPM CHLORINE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. MANAGER CORRECTED BY CHANGING THE CHLORINE BOTTLE AND PRIMING THE MACHINE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 48
  • plumbing acting up
    Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
    Inspector note: INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SOME DEBRIS. MUST CLEAN. INTERIOR IF THE ICE MACHINE WITH SOME RUST. MUST REMOVE ALL RUST.
    code 49
  • floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
    Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
    Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN AT THE SIDE BAR. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    code 55
  • Previous Core Violation Corrected
    Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM 9-28-18 #2223116 NOT CORRECTED. #56- EMPLOYEES MUST NOT STORE PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN THE FOOD PREP OR FOOD CONTACT AREAS. MUST PROVIDE STORAGE FOR EMPLOYEES BELONGINGS #57- NOT ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES, MUST PROVIDE.#58- OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS WITHOUT REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
    code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 28, 2018: 9 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

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