LA BAGUETTE NORTH

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: NO SANITIZER SOLUTION(0PPM) USED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING,RINSING AND STORING BAKERY BOWLS,PANS ETC. UPON MY REQUEST MANAGER SET UP SINK PROPERLY,SANITIZER SOLUTION 100ppm. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING SERVING. FOUND 4 TRAYS OF VARIOUS KIND OF SWEETS STORED UNCOVERED ON TOP SELF SERVING TABLE BY THE COFFEE STATION IN PUBLIC VIEW; ALSO FOUND A TRAY WITH MINI LOAF OF BREAD UNCOVERED ON TOP THE FRONT SERVING COUNTER IN PUBLIC VIEW. MANAGER REMOVED FOOD AND STORED INSIDE ENCLOSED CASE. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: MICE DROPPINGS ON PREMISES: THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AREA.0VER 200 MICE DROPPINGS ON FLOOR ALONG THE BASEBOARD WALLS,ON FOOD SHELVES(WEST SOUTH AREA),ON EAST-SOUTH)AREA BETWEEN THE FLOUR/SUGAR PACKAGE(NO GNAWED FOOD),ON FOOD TRANSPORTED METAL SHELVES,AT EAST SOUTH CORNER BEHIND THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DROPPINGS,CLEAN AND SANITIZE,THROUGHOUT BASEMENT PREP AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-020

TOXIC ITEMS PROPERLY STORED, LABELED AND USED - Comments: INSECTICIDE BLOCKS HANGED ON CEILING IN PREP AREA (BASEMENT-FIRST FLOOR PREP SERVING AREA), ALSO ARE STORED AT NORTH WINDOWS BY THE PREP TABLES. UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION LABEL OF USAGE, OF MENTIONED INSECTICIDE. ALSO FOUND AN OPENED RODENT PESTICIDE ON FLOOR BY THE PACKAGED FLOURS AND BY THE FOOD SHELVES IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE FROM PREP AREA AND MUST PROVIDE LABEL/USAGE INFORMATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: BROKEN WALL WITH EXPOSED BRICKS IN BASEMENT PREP AREA,INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE.CEILING TILES IN BOTH PREP AREAS WITH HEAVY STAINS,UNABLE TO CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NOTED PREMISE USING MILK CRATES FOR ELEVATION THROUGH OUT. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE MILK CRATES BUT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SHELVING FOR ELEVATION TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.....NOTED SHELVES AT THE BASEMENT PREP AREA LINES WITH CARDBOARD BOXES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND CLEAN SHELVING WHERE EVER NECESSARY TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: NOTED MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENING ON CEILING AND ALONG PIPPING ESPECIALLY AT THE BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENINGS TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR PEST....NOTED STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGH OUT ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, CLEAN AND/OR REPLACE....NOTED DEEP CRACKS ON WALLS AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: NOTED EMPLOYEES WHILE PREPPING FOOD WASHED THEIR HANDS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH GLOVES ON AND WENT BACK TO PREPARING FOOD WITHOUT REMOVING THE GLOVES, CHANGING THEM OR WASHING HANDS WITHOUT GLOVES...ANOTHER EMPLOYEES WHILE WEARING GLOVES MOVED FROM PREP AREA TO CARRYING FOOD STUFF, BACK TO THE PREP TABLE AND THEN TO THE BAKING OVEN ALL WITHOUT CHANGING GLOVES OF WASHING HANDS.INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS WASH HANDS ESPECIALLY AT THE HAND WASH SINK AFTER CHANGING GLOVES. CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-010

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: NOTED OVER 75 MICE DROPPINGS ALONG WALL BASE, ON SHELVES, ON LEDGINGS, ON FLOORS OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OF ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. RECOMMENDED TO CONSULT WITH PEST CONTROL. SERIOUS VIOLATION #7-38-020

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NOTED PREMISE USING MILK CRATES FOR ELEVATION THROUGH OUT. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE MILK CRATES BUT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SHELVING FOR ELEVATION TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST.....NOTED SHELVES AT THE BASEMENT PREP AREA LINES WITH CARDBOARD BOXES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND CLEAN SHELVING WHERE EVER NECESSARY TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST....NOTED GAS STOVE OUTSIDE THE VENTILATION HOOD. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE VENTILATION HOOD.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: NOTED CRACKS ON FLOOR BY THE OVEN AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA.....INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN...MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGH OUT ESPECIALLY AREAS WITH MICE DROPPINGS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: NOTED MULTIPLE HOLES AND OPENING ON CEILING AND ALONG PIPPING ESPECIALLY AT THE BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL HOLES AND OPENINGS TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR PEST....NOTED STAINED CEILING TILES THROUGH OUT ESTABLISHMENT.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, CLEAN AND/OR REPLACE....NOTED DEEP CRACKS ON WALLS AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: NOTED EMPLOYEE BELONGINGS ON SHELVES AT THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WITH DRY FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A DESIGNATED AREA FOR EMPLOYEES TO STORE THEIR BELONGINGS....NOTED CLUTTER AT THE DRY STORAGE AREA NEAR THE EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND/OR REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST

HANDS WASHED AND CLEANED, GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES; NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. - Comments: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE TOPPING CAKE IN BACK PREP AREA, WTIH READY TO EAT FOOD; FRESH STRAWBERRIES, WITH NO GLOVED HANDS OR USE OF UNTENSILS. THERE IS NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. INFORMATION GIVEN TO MANAGER ON GLOVE PROCEDURES. CRITICAL VIOLATION # 7-38-010(A)

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: OBSERVED TRAY OF OPEN VARIOUS SWEETS ON FRONT COUNTER, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH NO COVER. STAFF REMOVED TRAYS UPON MY REQUEST. ALSO, OBSERVED USED 1/2 GALLON OF GLUE AND GLUE IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE WITH NO LABEL,A USED PRO-CLEAN SOLUTION BY OPENED FOOD: POWER SUGAR,CREAM,BULK SUGAR ETC, STORED UNDER PREP TABLE IN PREP AREA.CHEMICAL ITEMS MUST BE STORED AWAY FROM FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS. MANAGER REMOVE SAID CHEMICALS. SERIOUS VIOLATION # 7-38-005 (A)

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OUTER OPENINGS NOT PROTECTED.OBSERVED FRONT DOOR AND ROLLED DOOR AT DELIVERY STORAGE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT WITH 1/4 INCH TO 1"GAP UNDERNEATH DOORS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RODENT/INSECT PROOF DOORS. SERIOUS VIOLATION # 7-38-020

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: SEVERAL COMMERCIAL BINS (FLOUR, SUGAR, ETC. WERE STORED AROUND THE FACILITY WITH NO LIDS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE PROPER BIN COVERS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED FLOORS IN THE DRY STORAGE AREA WITH FOOD AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED NORTH-EAST WALLS AND CEILING IN THE LOWER PREP AREA WITH CRACKED/MISSING TILES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED NO NECK FAUCET ATTACHED TO 3 COMP SINK, IN LOWER PREP AREA, BY THE SANITIZING COMPARTMENT. THE MAIN FAUCET WORKS AND EXTENDS TO ALL OTHER COMPARTMENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR, REPLACE OR REMOVE. ONE BURNER UNIT MUST BE UNDER THE HOOD IN BASEMENT PREP AREA.

DISH MACHINES: PROVIDED WITH ACCURATE THERMOMETERS, CHEMICAL TEST KITS AND SUITABLE GAUGE COCK - Comments: FOUND NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT/STRIPS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.(CHLORINE TEST STRIPS). MUST PROVIDE.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT LOWER LEVEL PREPARATION AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: FOUND BURNT LIGHT BULBS INSIDE 3 DOOR REACH IN COOLER(1ST FLOOR). MUST REPLACE BURNT LIGHT BULBS.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT COFFEE MACHINE WATERLINE. MUST PROVIDE.

PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: FOUND STORAGE ROOM CLUTTERED. MUST CLEAN AND ORGANIZE.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: BULK SUGAR/FLOUR CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABLE ALL BULK CONTAINERS.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED STANDING WATER ON BASEMENT FLOOR UNDER STAIRCASE BY 3-COMPARTMENT SINK DUE TO DAMAGED FLOOR TILES/PITS ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR FLOOR/FLOOR SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN/KEEP DRY.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS/DUST BASEMENT EAST WALL. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN WALL AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: 1ST FLOOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK RIGHT SIDE COMPARTMENT DRAIN STOPPER NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR SAID DRAIN STOPPER.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: REPLACE MISSING CEILING TILE ABOVE THE REACH-IN COOLER NEXT TO THE FRONT WINDOW.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS FOR LIGHTS ABOVE THE STORAGE RACKS IN THE FOOD STORAGE ROOM ON THE WEST SIDE OF FACILITY.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: PROVIDE ACCURATE CONSPICUOUS THERMOMETERS FOR THE REACH-IN COOLERS AT THE FRONT SERVICE AREA.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: BASEMENT PREP AREA BULK CONTAINERS (SUGAR, FLOUR, ETC.) NOT LABELED. MUST LABEL SAID BULK CONTAINERS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED BOTH 3-COMPARTMENT SINK GREASE TRAPS WITH RUST BUILD UP. MUST PAINT OR REPLACE GREASE TRAPS, SURFACE OF GREASE TRAPS MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED ICE BUILD UP ON REAR OF WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER. MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP/MAINTAIN.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: CEILING LIGHTS NOT COVERED AT BASEMENT ABOVE TRAYS. MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR ALL LIGHT BULBS.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MENS WASHROOM HANDWASH BOWL PIPE DRAINING SLOWLY AND BASEMENT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK RIGHT SIDE FAUCET COLD WATER HANDLE LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINKS.