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NameLONGHORN STEAKHOUSE
Address16641 STATESVILLE RD
 
City/State/ZIP
HUNTERSVILLE NC 28078
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 1/22/2019
Final Score @ Grade
98.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
14 0 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No No General Comment 4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf Observed plastic containers and tongs with food debris being stored as clean. CDI- Equipment was removed to be rewashed.
31 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No No 3-501.15 Quickly cool foods. Use methods such as open/vented shallow pans, large ice baths and active stirring. Cold air must flow around product to remove the heat. -Pf In walk in cooler, observed individually portioned bags of cooked chicken wings cooling. Chicken wings were at 60F. PIC stated wings were cooked this morning, portioned, and placed inside of walk in cooler at 9:30am. CDI- Through education. Suggested to PIC not to portion out wings into individual bags until they have completed cooling process. Chicken wings were spread out onto shallow pans and placed inside walk in freezer to drop temperature quickly. Also observed covered lettuce in large containers cooling. PIC stated lettuce was placed inside walk in at 12:00 pm. CDI- Through education about keeping items uncovered during the cooling process and placing them on shallow pans. Lettuce was placed in separate containers and put inside walk in freezer to drop temperature quickly.
42 1 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No Yes No Repeat violation. 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed metal and plastic containers wet nesting.
45 0 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No No No General Comment.4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Observed split gaskets in several prep coolers. Gaskets need to be replaced.