NORMA'S CAFE.

City of Dallas

9100 N CENTRAL EXPW #151 · LAKE HIGHLANDS, DALLAS

Last inspected 2024.

14 inspections on record since 2017 · Last inspected Jan 2024.

Last inspected Jan 2024. Records may not reflect current conditions.

THE NUMBERS

INSPECTIONS
14
VIOLATIONS
89
total on record
LAST INSPECTED
JAN 2024

INSPECTION HISTORY

JAN 30
2024
PASS 4 violations
2 pts Documentation & Training
*21 RFSM - Not On Site
2 pts Sanitation
*31 Handwashing lavatory - accessible
3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*20 Grease Trap Tickets
1 pts Pest Activity
*34 Pest Control

flies

JAN 27
2024
PASS 3 violations
3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*20 Grease Trap Tickets
3 pts Employee Hygiene
*12 Gloves Single Use
3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch
FEB 16
2023
PASS · 0 violations
JAN 4
2022
PASS 14 violations
3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

Observed raw chicken in range cooker at 56 degrees

3 pts Sanitation
*07 Food safe, good condition, unadulterated, and honestly presented

Observed soiled ice machine

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

Observed soiled walk in cooler shelves, soiled microwaves and soiled utensils

3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*20 Grease Trap Tickets

Grease trap tickets must be provided

2 pts Documentation & Training
*21 RFSM - Not On Site

RFSM must be on present during all serving hours

2 pts Sanitation
*27 Cooling, heating, and holding capacities. Equipment

Walk in cooler at 50 degrees

1 pts Facility Condition
*34 Outer door: solid,selfclosing,tightfitting

Observed light under exit door, must close outer gaps

1 pts Employee Hygiene
*35 Eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco

Employee items scattered throughout kitchen ( jackets on open dry goods, cell phones on prep tables, snacks on prep tables )

1 pts Food Storage & Handling
*37 Storing the food at least 15 cm (6 inches) above the floor

Observed food stored on floor in walk in cooler and walk in freezer, potatoes on floor near rear exit door

1 pts Sanitation
*39 Cooking equipment free of encrusted grease

Front deep fryers encrusted in grease

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Floors/walls/ceiling/nonfood dirty

observed floors walls and floor drains soiled

1 pts Facility Condition
*43 Light bulbs, light shields provided

Observed missing light shield in dish pit

1 pts Sanitation
*47 Handwashing signage

Missing hand wash sign at front hand sink

3 pts Food Storage & Handling
*09 Food protected cross contamination separating types of raw animal food storage, preparation, hol

Observed raw bacon over beef in walk in cooler

JUN 28
2021
PASS 3 violations
1 pts Food Storage & Handling
*37 Storing the food at least 15 cm (6 inches) above the floor

FOOD OFF FLOOR IN FREEZER

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS OFF DISHWASHER

2 pts Sanitation
*31 No soap at handsink

SOAP BROKEN BY DISHWASHER

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DEC 15
2020
PASS 3 violations
2 pts Sanitation
*31 Handwashing lavatory - used for other purpose

UTENSILS IN HANDSINK

1 pts Food Storage & Handling
*37 Storing the food at least 15 cm (6 inches) above the floor

FOOD ON FLOOR IN FREEZER

2 pts Food Storage & Handling
*28 Date marking > 24 hrs,on site,temp 41F

DATE MARK PAN OF COOKED SAUSAGE

JUN 11
2020
PASS 2 violations
1 pts Sanitation
*37 Preventing contamination from other sources. Miscellaneous sources of Contamination

NEED PROPER SPLASHGUARD ON HANDSINK NEXT TO CLEAN DISHES

3 pts Sanitation
*14 When to wash hands before donning new gloves

WASH HANDS

JAN 8
2020
PASS 9 violations
3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

CUT MUSHROOM 43.4, RAW BEEF PATTY 44.

3 pts Other
*03 Food products not maintained at 135øF or above

MEATLOAF 127.

3 pts Food Storage & Handling
*07 Food safe, good condition, unadulterated, and honestly presented

DENTED CANS.

3 pts Sanitation
*14 When to wash hands before donning new gloves

OBSERVED EMPLOYEE TOUCH SIDES AND PUT GLOVES ON BEFORE WASHING HANDS.

3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*19 Water & Plumbing in good repair- per code

ICE MACHINE LEAKING.

2 pts Food Storage & Handling
*28 Date marking > 24 hrs,on site,temp 41F

DATE MARK MISSING ON CHEESE.

1 pts Sanitation
*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

STORE RAGS IN SANITIZER.

1 pts Facility Condition
*45 Premises shall be maintained in good repair

REPAIR MISSING FLOOR TILE AND GAP ON BACK DOOR.

1 pts Food Temperature
*37 Preventing contamination from other sources. Miscellaneous sources of Contamination

COOKING TRAY ON FLOOR.

AUG 30
2019
PASS 9 violations
1 pts Food Storage & Handling
*41 Food storage containers, identified with common name of food.

provide label for food storage containers

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

clean fryers around (grease build up), shelves in walk in cooler, clean gaskets

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

clean ice machine

1 pts Sanitation
*39 Utensils, single serve items 6 inches off - floor

keep straws 6 inches off the floor

1 pts Pest Activity
*34 Pest control-routine inspections for

observed fruit flies at back

3 pts Sanitation
*14 When to wash hands before donning new gloves

employees put gloves on without washing hands

3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

buttermilk 58, tomato 51, fish 50, chicken 49 degrees f

2 pts Sanitation
*32 Equipment and Utensils Durability and Strength

provide original stopper for hot holding table (observed cloth and glove used as stopper/plug

1 pts Facility Condition
*45 Floor& wall junctures- coved & sealed

cove base

FEB 28
2019
PASS 9 violations
1 pts Sanitation
*39 In-use utensils, between-use storage. During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food prep

use utensils with handle

1 pts Pest Activity
*34 Pest control-routine inspections for

observed fruit flies

3 pts Sanitation
*09 Food protected cross contamination arrange each type food in equipment so cross is prevented

observed raw eggs above dressing raw beef stored above corn beef in walk in cooler

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

clean shelves, clean coolers, clean gaskets around cooler doors, clean prep tables, dish washer

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

clean slicer (do not use bathroom cleaner to clean slicer or any food equipment use approved chemicals to sanitized equipment) clean ice machine

1 pts Facility Condition
*45 Premises shall be maintained in good repair

repair broken floor tiles

2 pts Plumbing & Waste
*32 Approved Food Contact Equip.

provide original drain stopper

3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

half/half milk 73.5 degrees f keep hal/half milk in the cooler

2 pts Food Storage & Handling
*28 Date marking > 24 hrs,on site,temp 41F

clearly date mark TCS food for no more than 7 days

AUG 24
2018
PASS 8 violations
1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

clean gaskets, coolers, prep tables

1 pts Sanitation
*39 Cutting surfaces.

resurface cutting boards

1 pts Facility Condition
*43 Light bulbs, light shields provided

replace broken light shield

1 pts Pest Activity
*34 Pest control-routine inspections for

observed fruit flies

3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

hamburger patty 50.3 degrees f

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

clean ice machine, slicer

3 pts Sanitation
*09 Food protected cross contamination arrange each type food in equipment so cross is prevented

observed raw shrimp above potato, eggs above potato, pork above fish

1 pts Employee Hygiene
*35 Eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco

personal drink

FEB 14
2018
PASS 12 violations
3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

beef 50.1, raw chicken 53, cut turkey 52, cut tomato 50 degrees f

1 pts Facility Condition
*43 Light bulbs, light shields provided

light shield in walk in cooler

1 pts Sanitation
*39 Cutting surfaces.

resurface cutting boards

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Sanitization after Cleaning
1 pts Sanitation
*47 Handwashing signage

provide

1 pts Facility Condition
*34 Outer openings:closing holes, gaps

fix gaps on entrance and exit doors

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

clean shelves, gaskets, coolers, prep tables, dish mashine

1 pts Employee Hygiene
*35 Eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco

open personal drink

3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*19 Water & Plumbing in good repair- per code

pipe under hand sink is leaking

2 pts Employee Hygiene
*32 Maintain in Good Repair

cooler under grill 53 degrees f (repair cooler within 24 hours)

1 pts Sanitation
*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

store wet cloth in sanitizer bucket

1 pts Food Storage & Handling
*41 Food storage containers, identified with common name of food.

provide label for food storage container

OCT 4
2017
PASS 9 violations
3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

STEAKS, HAMBURGER PATTIES, AND CHICKEN BREAST OBSERVED AT 50.0 F - CORRECTED ON SITE BY PLACING BAGS OF ICE ON TOP UNTIL UNIT IS SERVICED

3 pts Sanitation
*10 Clean Sight and Touch

BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE OBSERVED ON UPPER INSIDE PANEL AND EXTERIOR DOOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE CAN OPENER OBSERVED WITH HEAVY PRODUCT BUILDUP

3 pts Plumbing & Waste
*19 Water & Plumbing in good repair- per code

LEAKS OBSERVED AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND TWO COMPARTMENT SINKS

2 pts Sanitation
*31 Handwashing lavatory - used for other purpose

HAND SINK BY DISH WASH OBSERVED WITH TWO SMALL PANS INSIDE MAINTAIN ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES AND UTILIZE FOR HAND WASH ONLY

1 pts Pest Activity
*34 Outer openings:closing holes, gaps

SEAL ALL OUTER PERIMETERS TIGHT / PROPERLY TO PREVENT ENTRANCE OF INSECTS AND RODENTS

1 pts Sanitation
*35 Eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco

PROVIDE AREA FOR PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY FROM FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT

1 pts Sanitation
*39 Store clean utensils in a self-draining position

STORE ALL UTENSILS WITH HANDLES UP THE WAIT STAFF AREA

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION OBSERVED ON VENT COVER OF SALAD BIN ON COOK LINE.

1 pts Other
*47 Other Violations

HANG MOP OR STORE INVERTED WHEN NOT IN USE

MAR 30
2017
PASS 4 violations
3 pts Food Temperature
*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

56F egg custard pies on display shelve- repair cooler

2 pts Sanitation
*27 Cooling, heating, and holding capacities. Equipment

pie display case needs to be checked is not maintaining proper temperature

1 pts Sanitation
*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

wiping cloths are to be stored in sanitizer buckets when not in use

1 pts Sanitation
*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

clean cooler gaskets and replace broken ones

Public inspection records from City of Dallas Code Compliance — Consumer Health Division. Records current as of 2026-07-12. EatOrBeat reports records and does not rate restaurants. Source dataset →

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