Tel Aviv Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings11
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: NO SOAP PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHROOM AND REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR PROPER HAND WASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C),CITATION ISSUED
  code 10Priority
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
  Inspector note: OBSERVED AN OPEN PLASTIC GLASS STORED ON TOP THE SHELF IN PREP AREA,WITH FOOD LIQUID INSIDE. EMPLOYEES MUST NOT DRINK FROM AN OPEN, UNCOVERED CUP STORED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.LID IS REQUIRED.
  code 6Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE/FOOD NOT PROTECTED. INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES UPPER WATER RESERVOIR, WITH EXCESSIVE BLACK SLIME SUBSTANCE DRIPPING DOWN ONTO THE ICE AND ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE THROUGHOUT.ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. • NO SANITIZING SOLUTION PROVIDED AT THIRD COMPARTMENT SINK.OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHING POTS AT MIDDLE SINK(SET UP WITH SOAP), RISING AT THE LEFT COMPARTMENT UNDER RUNNING WATER AND STORE POTS AT THIRD COMPARTMENT SINK OR AT DRAIN BOARD.SANITIZER SOLUTION IS REQUIRED ALL TIME AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK(THIRD COMPARTMENT). CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CORRECTED ISSUE BY INSTRUCTING EMPLOYEE TO SET UP PROPERLY THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-005,CITATION ISSUED
  code 16
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: ALL DRY FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME(FLOUR,SUGAR ETC).
  code 37
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OVER 200 MICE DROPPINGS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF PREMISES: KITCHEN/PIZZA AREAS,ON SHELVES BY THE FOOD AND FOOD CONTAINERS,ON PREP TABLE BY FOOD CONTAINERS .UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK(SOUTH-WEST CORNER), ALONG BASEBOARD WALLS.UNDER PLASTIC CRATES.ALSO IN STORAGE AREAS. OBSERVED SMALL FLIES(ABOUT 10) BY THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ON WALLS ALSO FRONT SERVING AND DINING AREA.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS AND FLIES,CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREA.LAST SERVICE FROM PEST CONTROL WAS ON 3-19-24. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-020(A),CITATION ISSUED
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: USED WIPING CLOTHS ON TOP THE PREP TABLES. ALL WIPING CLOTHS IN ALL PREP AREAS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
  Inspector note: UTENSILS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION,STORED ON OPENED CONTAINER ON TOP FRONT COUNTER MUST BE COVERED OR INVERT MULTI USE UTENSILS.
  code 45
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS. MUST NOT USE TAPE AS PADDING FOR THE CORNER OF SHELVES IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.PRESENTLY BROKEN AND DIRTY TAPE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE OVENS,.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: NOT LOCATED BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED AT EAST ICE MACHINE WATER LINE,AT FRONT SERVING AREA. MUST INSTALL SO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAIN OR TO KNOW THE LOCATION
  code 51
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 12-4-2023,REPORT#2586252 #39)3-305.11: OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREP AND DRY STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR AND MAINTAIN. #47)4-101.19: OBSERVED CARDBOARD AND FOIL USED AS LINERS ON SHELVING UNITS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE ALL CARDBOARD AND FOIL FROM SHELVING UNITS. ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090.CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 4, 2023: 10 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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