HOWELLS & HOOD

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE PREP AREA UNUSED REACH. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLER AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT/GRIME BUILD UP INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS AT BARS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS.

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED 40 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON WALLS AT EAST BAR AND 10 LIVE SMALL FLIES ON WALLS AT MAIN BAR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE INSECT ACTIVITY BY DATE OF REINSPECTION. ADVISED TO CALL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR FOR SERVICE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE PREP AREA UNUSED REACH. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF COOLER AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT/GRIME BUILD UP INSIDE FLOOR DRAINS AT BARS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST CLEAN WALLS AT BOTH MAIN AND EAST SIDE BARS AND MAINTAIN.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: ONE LIGHT BULB NOT WORKING ABOVE DISHWASH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL WORKING LIGHT BULB ABOVE DISHMACHINE.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION, FOUND VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ON SITE WITHOUT A WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE OFFICE OF CDPH, ALSO FOUND VACUUMED PACKAGED FOOD IN PREP COOLERS. INSTRUCTED MGR TO DISCONTINUE PROCESS, MACHINE IS TAGGED. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A)

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: BULK FOOD CONTAINER MISSING LABEL, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: CLEAR PLASTIC CONTAINER NOT AIR DRIED AFTER WASHING AND STACKED IN EACH OTHER WHILE WET, INSTRUCTED TO AIR DRY.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MISSING LIDS ON ICE BINS AT BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: INTERIOR SURFACE OF ICE MAKERS NOT CLEAN, ORANGE FILM NOTED, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: NO HAND SINK AT PASTRY STATION, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.

APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING OF FOOD (ICE) HAIR RESTRAINTS AND CLEAN APPAREL WORN - Comments: SEVERAL FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARD NOT WEARING BEARD RESTRAINTS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE THE DRY STORAGE AREA IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MISSING CEILING TILES TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM.

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: OBSERVED BOTH HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINES IN USE AND UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY SANITIZE (180F) AT TIME OF INSPECTION: ONE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE WAS SANITIZING AT 125F AND OTHER DISH MACHINE WAS SANITIZING AT 160F. BOTH MACHINES HAVE BEEN TAGGED AND CANNOT BE USED UNTIL RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. ONCE THE MACHINES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND ARE PROPERLY SANITIZING, INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT MY CELL AT 312-497-0031 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR A TAG REMOVAL RE-INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEES TO USE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL DISHES, EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030

CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS AND SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES PROPERLY STORED: NO REUSE OF SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES - Comments: OBSERVED THE ICE SCOOP HANDLE LYING DIRECTLY IN THE ICE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE THE ICE SCOOP EITHER IN THE FOOD WITH THE HANDLE FACING UP AT ALL TIMES OR IN A SEPERATE CONTAINER IN BETWEEN USE TO AVOID CONTMANITATION OF ICE BIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: REMOVE DUST BUILDUP FROM THE FAN VENT COVERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLERS ON PREMISES AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE CAN OPENER BLADE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER AND THE FLOORS UNDER THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK TO REMOVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILDUP, GRIME AND PLASTIC DEBRIS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES ABOVE THE DRY STORAGE AREA IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MISSING CEILING TILES TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: 1 OUT OF THE 5 LIGHT BULBS UNDER THE HOOD VENT IN THE KITCHEN IS MISSING A LIGHT SHIELD. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: SEVERAL FLOOR DRAINS ONSITE INCLUDING THE DRAINS UNDER THE BAR, UNDER THE ICE MACHINES IN THE REAR AND THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE 2-COMPARTMENT SINK HAS GRIME BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: THE HAND SINK ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE KITCHEN PREP IS SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT A PLUMBER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRAINING AND TO PREVENT FUTURE BACK-UPS.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: FOUND COLD-HOLDING UNIT IN THE PREP AREA UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR LOWER AT TIME OF INSPECTION. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 59.6F BY MY THERMOMETER AND 60F BY THEIR INTERNAL THERMOMETER. COOLER CONTAINED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (I.E. SALMON, PORK, CHEESE, ETC.) INSTRUCTED TO HAVE UNIT SERVICED SO THAT IT MAINTAINS THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH. ONCE FIXED PLEASE FAX A LETTER TO 312-746-4240 OR EMAIL US AT [email protected]. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: FOUND SEARED SALMON AT 59.6F IN THE COLD HOLDING UNIT, SLICED TURKEY BREAST AT 58.F, PANCETTA AT 62.3F, AND BACON WRAPPED HOT DOGS AT 58.4F. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 20# OF FOOD WORTH $75. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: REPLACE THE TORN PIPE INSULATION ON THE CONDENSER LINE IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: REPLACED STAINED, DEEP GROOVED CUTTING BOARDS ON THE FOOD LINE AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: LABEL BULK MOBILE CONTAINERS IN PRODUCTION KITCHEN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED 2-DR PREP COOLER USED FOR DISH STORAGE IN PREP AREA WITH DOOR IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: CLEAN BOTTOM SHELVES NEXT TO WALK-IN COOLER ENTRANCE OF FOOD DEBRIS IN BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: CLEAN FLOOR IN BASEMENT DRY FOOD STORAGE AREA UNDER SHELVING AND BEER COOLER.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: DOOR SWEEP BETWEEN PATIO DOOR LEADING TO OUTSIDE NEEDS REPAIR. MUST REPAIR TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: OBSERVED THREE 2 DOOR PREP COOLERS ON THE COOKLINE WITH IMPROPER TEMPERATURES(50.6F-55.0F) AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (CHICKEN, SHRIMP, HEAVY CREAM, SAUTEED VEGETABLES, COLE SLAW,HUMMUS ETC)INSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN 40.0F INSIDE PREP COOLERS AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE INSIDE. PREP COOLERS ARE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD (CHICKEN, SHRIMP, HEAVY CREAM, SAUTEED VEGETABLES, COLE SLAW,HUMMUS ETC) AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES (47.8F-52.1F) IN 3 PREP COOLERS ON THE COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40.0F OR BELOW. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 37LBS OF FOOD VALUED AT $450. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: OBSERVED THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN USE AND NOT SANITIZING AT 125.0F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN HIGH TEMPERATURE WASHER SANITIZING AT 180.0F OR HIGHER. HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF INGREDIENTS IN THE PREP AREA UNLABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK ITEMS.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED TWO 2 DOOR PREP FREEZERS IN THE PREP AREA WITH A BUILD UP OF ICE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN ICE BUILD UP.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER FRYERS WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.

WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED HOOD VENTS WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD VENTS.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: OBSERVED BLOWN LIGHT BULBS UNDER THE HOOD IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LIGHTING.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: REPAIR AND SEAL THE CRACKED FLOORING ALONG THE BASEBOARD AND IN OTHER AREAS BEHIND THE EAST BAR. REPAIR THE BUCKLED WOOD FLOORING PANELS IN THE SERVICE HALLWAY NEAR THE EXIT DOOR.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE PASTRY PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 56F, AND THE LINE PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 52F. BOTH COOLERS WERE USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS MILK, EGGS, MEAT AND CHEESES. BOTH COOLERS WERE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN BOTH COOLERS BELOW 40F. UPON MY RETURN ON 12/5/13 TO FINISH WRITING THE REPORT, BOTH COOLERS WERE REPAIRED AND MAINTAINING A TEMPERATURE OF 34F.CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER: CHILI AT 59.6F. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOODS INSIDE OF THE LINE PREP COOLERS: PATE AT 56.1F, EGGS AT 55.7F, BLUE CHEESE AT 48.2F, SOUR CREAM AT 54.5F, CHEESE AT 53.6F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 215# OF FOOD WORTH $665. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

FOOD PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY, SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION - Comments: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING PREPARATION AND STORAGE. OBSERVED A SLIMY SUBSTANCE AND DISCOLORATION INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. UPON MY RETURN TO FINISH THE REPORT ON 12/5/13, THE ICE MACHINE WAS CLEANED AND SANITIZED. OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE STORED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, WALK-IN FREEZER AND LINE PREP COOLERS. MANAGEMENT VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN WINGS, RICE, AND EGGS ONSITE WITHOUT A CDPH OR IDPH APPROVED HACCP PROGRAM. ALL FOOD WAS PLACED INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER AND TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. 6 CONTAINERS WERE TAGGED. CONTAINER #1 CONTAINED 91#, CONTAINER #2 HAD 56#, CONTAINER #3 HAD 68#, CONTAINER #4 HAD 63#, CONTAINER #5 HAD 104#, AND CONTAINER #6 HAD 26# FOR A TOTAL OF 413#. MUST HAVE A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ONSITE IN ORDER TO VACUUM PACKAGE ANY FOODS. THE VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE WAS ALSO TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.

NO EVIDENCE OF RODENT OR INSECT OUTER OPENINGS PROTECTED/RODENT PROOFED, A WRITTEN LOG SHALL BE MAINTAINED AVAILABLE TO THE INSPECTORS - Comments: OBSERVED LIVE FRUIT FLIES ON THE PREMISES IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AREA, DISHROOM AND BEHIND THE BARS. APPROXIMATELY 50 LIVE FRUIT FLIES WERE OBSERVED IN THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.

* INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS - Comments: NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: REPAIR AND SEAL THE CRACKED FLOORING ALONG THE BASEBOARD AND IN OTHER AREAS BEHIND THE EAST BAR. REPAIR THE BUCKLED WOOD FLOORING PANELS IN THE SERVICE HALLWAY NEAR THE EXIT DOOR. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR DRAINS BEHIND THE BARS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.