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La Potencia Bar Restaurant

January 3, 2025 · Score 64
🫥not rated
  • official resultScore 64
  • score64 pts
  • inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
  • failed findings7
  • critical findings5

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Failed findings

  • hot food sitting too coolcritical
    Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
    code 02B
  • fridge is giving… room tempcritical
    Official wording: Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
    code 02G
  • they've got roommates (mice)critical
    Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
    code 04L
  • facility hygiene issuecritical
    Official wording: No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
    code 05H
  • food left out / unprotectedcritical
    Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
    code 06C
  • basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
    Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
    code 08A
  • surfaces / setup not up to code
    Official wording: Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
    code 10F

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with B on May 17, 2024: Score changed by +41 points. 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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