THAT LITTLE MEXICAN CAFE II.

CEILING FANS IN DINING ROOM ABOVE DINING TABLES,WITH EXCESS DUST,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

WE OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF ROACHES AT TWO LOCATIONS OF PREMISES: AT ELBOW OF DRAIN PIPE UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AT FRONT SERVING HOT UNIT,ROACHES CLUSTERED TOGETHER AT SAID PIPE AND THREE ROACHES UNDER THE ICE BIN SHELF BY THE MOTOR OF POP UNIT AND BETWEEN THE POP HOSES.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ROACHES,CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN MENTIONED AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-020

PLATES STORED ON SHELF UNDER HOT HOLDING UNIT AND UNDER THE CASH REGISTRARS SURFACE OF PLATES HAS FOOD PARTICLES,LIQUID SPILLAGE ETC,.INSTRUCTED TO INVERT,COVER,STORE THEM ELEVATED SHELVES OR RELOCATE ORANGE HAND SQUEEZER FOR FRESH CITRUS,PAINT IS PEELING,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPLACE,IN BAR AREA. ICE SCOOPS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES NOT PROPERLY STORED,PROVIDE AN ICE SCOOP HOLDER/A CLEAN BUCKET TO STORE THEM

BOTH DEEP FRYERS ARE EXTREMELY GREASY,ALSO UNDER THE FLAT GRILLS.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. WHITE CONTAINER WITH NOZZLE TO DISPENSE FRESH SQUEEZED JUICE HAS A BLACK SLIME AROUND THE NOZZLE,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. BEGINNING OF MINERAL BUILD UP AT INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE CLEAN,SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN. A MARBLE CONTAINER WITH DEEP HOLE STORED ON FLOOR UNDER THE LAST SHELF (TO HOLD SHELF)INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IS EXTREMELY DIRTY WITH ALL KIND OF DEBRIS AND GREASE,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPAIR MENTIONED SHELF. STICKY FLUID SPILLAGE UNDER THE CABINET OF FRESH CITRUS SQUEEZER,AND UNDER THE ICE BIN NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

GREASE ON FLOOR UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT/DEEP FRYERS, ALSO DEBRIS AND DRY BLOOD UNDER THE SHELVES OF WALK-IN COOLER. UNSEALED PLASTIC COVING UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NEED TO SEAL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN MENTIONED AREA.MISSING GROUT BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE,INSTRUCTED TO RE-GROUT.

CEILING FANS IN DINING ROOM ABOVE DINING TABLES,WITH EXCESS DUST,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

LEAKING PIPE UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK ACROSS FROM LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE,REPAIR CAUSE. ADDITIONAL WORKING STOPPER IS NEEDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,IN DISH ROOM

STEM THERMOMETER IS NEEDED AT PREP AREA,TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE

NOTED RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AND SERVICE COOLER AT THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REPLACE

FLOOR UNDER THE BAR AREA WITH EXCESS DEBRIS AND GRIMES UNDER PIPES AND FLOOR DRAIN NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.GRIMES AT REAR PREP AREA UNDER ALL EQUIPMENTS AND SHELVES AND ALL FLOOR DRAINS WITH EXCESS BLACK/BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

DRAIN PIPE THAT WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT BAR AREA STILL LEAKING,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR

FOUND TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE,AIR TEMP OF 46.5F TO 49F.THEIR OWN THERMOMETER SHOWED 48F. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD WERE STORED INSIDE THE UNIT: BEEF,CHICKEN ,SALSA ETC. COOLER MUST MAINTAIN AIR TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW. TAGGED UNIT HELD FOR INSPECTION "DO NOT USE".OTHER COOLERS ON SITE WITH TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION :7-38-005(A)

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE.FOUND 80 POUNDS OF MARINATE BEEF AT TEMP OF 46.2F-47.5F AND 48.6F; 11 POUNDS OF MARINATE CHICKEN AT TEMP OF 47.6F TO 48.2F.RED SALSA(BOROCHA) USED TO MARINATE THE MENTIONED PRODUCTS AT TEMP OF 45F TO 45.1F; 4 FRESH EGGS AT TEMP OF 46.2 TO 46.7F; 3 PEEPER FILLED WITH CHEESE AND EGGS AT TEMP OF 46.4F;1/2 GALLON OF MILK AT TEMP OF 46.7F TO 47F.VARIOUS KIND OF SALSA AT TEMP OF 45.5F TO 46F; THREE LECHES CAKES AT TEMP OF 44.5F TO 47.2F; FLAN 46.8F TO 47F. ALL FOOD MENTIONED WAS STORED INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER.FOUND GUACAMOLE AT TEMP OF 46F TO 49.7F; PICA DE GALLO AT TEMP OF 46.2F TO 47F ,BOTH PRODUCTS WERE STORED INSIDE THE PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA.COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 40F AND BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED WAS DISCARDED AND DENATURED BY THE MANAGER.POUNDS 95,VALUE 522. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)

POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES.OBSERVED THE COOK WIPING WITH A BLUE CLOTH CUTTING BOARD AND AROUND THE CONTAINERS OF THE STEAM TABLE,THAN GLOVED THE RIGHT HAND AND WITH GLOVED HAND PICK-UP ONE TORTILLAS AT TIME AND DUNKED TO A RED SAUCE(TORTILLAS AND THE TIP OF THE GLOVES WERE RED IN COLOR) AND PUT IT TO CUSTOMER PLATE TO BE SERVED.NO HAND WASHING PRIOR TO GLOVE HAND. EXPLAINED TO MANAGER HYGIENIC PRACTICES AND FOOD GLOVE ISSUE. MANAGER CORRECTED PROBLEM(PROPER HAND WASHING DONE BY THE COOK) MANAGER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-010(A)

FOOD(ICE) NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE.OBSERVED THE COOK GETTING ICE FROM ICE BIN OF THE ICE MACHINE,HANDS ON BOTH SIDE OF STAINLESS LARGE CONTAINER AND GETTING ICE TO PUT INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK FOR COOLING PROCESS.HANDS TOUCHING ICE CUBES,WHICH SAME ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. OBSERVED PLASTIC BOTTLE HALF FULL WITH LIQUID FLUID MIX FOR DRINKS INSIDE ICE BIN AT BAR AREA.INSIDE AT BOTTOM OF ICE BIN OBSERVED A GREEN STEM FROM PRODUCE AND OTHER BLACK/GREEN UNKNOWN PARTICLES, MIX WITH ICE CUBES.ICE IS SERVED TO CUSTOMERS. MANAGER REMOVED ICE FROM BOTH UNIT,WHICH WILL BE REFILL WITH CLEAN ICE CUBES.INSTRUCTED TO USE ICE SCOOP TO PICK UP ICE FROM ICE MACHINE.ALSO MUST KEEP ICE BIN AT BAR AREA CLEAN. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)

POP GUN AT BAR AREA WITH PINK SLIME SUBSTANCE,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. HOSES FROM JUICE BOXES ARE STICKY AND HAS EXCESS GRIMES ON THEM NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

FLOOR UNDER THE BAR AREA WITH EXCESS DEBRIS AND GRIMES UNDER PIPES AND FLOOR DRAIN NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.GRIMES AT REAR PREP AREA UNDER ALL EQUIPMENTS AND SHELVES AND ALL FLOOR DRAINS WITH EXCESS BLACK/BROWN SLIME SUBSTANCE MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

DRAIN PIPE THAT WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT BAR AREA STILL LEAKING,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.