Water Street Tavern

• official resultScore 29
• score29 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Official wording: Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
  code 04ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
  Official wording: Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
  code 04CCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Official wording: Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
  code 04HCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Official wording: Thawing procedure improper.
  code 09Bstatus: Not Critical
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Official wording: Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
  code 10Dstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Violations were cited in the following area(s). on February 1, 2024: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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Source: NYC Open Data.