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PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: OBSERVED TCS FOODS HELD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER. FOODS SUCH AS 3 PANS OF COOKED BRISKET, SHREDDED LAMB MEAT AND POTATO DUMPLINGS WERE FOUND RANGING FROM 45F-58F. TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED VOLUNTARILY. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS AT A COST OF $500.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.

PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: OBSERVED IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF TCS TURKEY SHAWARMA, CHOPPED LEAFY GREENS, WHOLE AND PUREED BEANS, BEURRE MONTE (BUTTER SAUCE), CUMIN GLAZE, AND LATKES (POTATOE PANCAKES) AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 49.8 F - 56.6 F STORED IN WALK-IN COOLER. APPROXIMATELY 58 LBS VALUED $313 BAGGED AND DISCARDED IN COMPOST BIN BY THE PERSON IN CHARGE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED

PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Comments: NOTED WALK-IN COOLER WITH AMBIENT AIR 48.7 F. INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: NOTED UNNECESSARY ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN WALL AND SHELF IN DRY STORAGE ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. ANY KEPT ITEMS SHOULD BE ELEVATED A MINIMUM OF SIX INCHES FROM THE GROUND.

UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: MUST NOT STORE CLEAN UTENSILS HANGING ABOVE OR DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE REAR PREP HAND WASHING SINK ----ALSO MUST NOT STORE CLEAN INVERTED POTS ABOVE THE FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE SAME SAID SINK.

UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT & LINENS: PROPERLY STORED, DRIED, & HANDLED - Comments: CLEAN MIXING BOWLS STORED IN THE REAR DRY FOOD STORAGE MUST BE STORED INVERTED.

NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN - Comments: MUST NOT USE CLOTH TOWELS OR PARCHMENT PAPER AS LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE DRY FOOD STORAGE ROOM. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: CRACKED/DAMAGED WALL CAULKING AT THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM WASHBOWL WITH OPEN CREVICES. MUST REPLACE.

INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT - Comments: EVIDENCE OF SMALL FLIES(OVER 20) ON WALLS AND BOXES IN THE REAR PREP AND DISH ROOM AREA. REMOVE FLIES, AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(A), CITATION ISSUED

FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED - Comments: MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.PROVIDE RAISED SHELVES

PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES - Comments: LEAKING PIPE UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINK IN PIZZA AREA BY THE BRICK OVEN. REPAIR ISSUE.

IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED - Comments: NOTED SERVING PLATES ON SHELVES AT THE KITCHEN PREP AREA AND GLASSES AT THE BAR SHELVES NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT ALL SERVING PLATES AND GLASSES TO PREVENT DUST ACCUMULATION.