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NameTHREE AMIGOS RESTAURANT
Address2917 CENTRAL AV
SUITE A
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28205
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/12/2017
Final Score @ Grade
94.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
4 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use Yes No No 2-401.11 Cover and store employee drinks to prevent contamination of food or utensils. Observed employee coffee cup and snack item stored in the prep line area above a food prep surface. Employee food items should be kept in a segregated area away from food, clean utensils, or prep surfaces. Items were removed by PIC.
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes Yes No 4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf Observed a mixing blade, juicer lid, and several metal containers stored as clean with food debris still present on the food contact surfaces. Items were removed from the clean area and placed into the dish pit. Facility must ensure that food contact surfaces are washed, rinsed, and sanitized properly, with no food debris present after the rinse procedure, to allow dishes to be properly sanitized between uses. 4-602.11 Clean the equipment and utensils used with nonTCS foods as required to avoid contamination. Observed ice machine heavily soiled with black residue. Ice machine should be regularly cleaned to prevent such accumulation.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No No 3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it is not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P Observed cooked beef product dated for 12/3/17 in the prep line reach in cooler. Item had exceeded the datemarking time allotted and was discarded by the PIC. Cold holding, ready to eat TCS Items in the facility were observed to be 41F or below, allowing them to be store dfor 7 days. However, the 7 days allotted also counts the first day of preparation or package opening, for example, an item opened on 12/3/17 would be on its seventh day on 12/9/17.
26 0 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used Yes No No 7-207.11 Store labeled, employee medications to prevent contamination. -P Observed employee pill bottle stored above clean utensils in the dish area. Item was removed by PIC.
37 0 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display Yes No No 3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location, not exposed to contamination. Keep at least 6 inches above the floor. Observed recently delivered food product boxes stored directly on the floor of the walk in cooler. Items were moved to storage racks before end of inspection.
42 1 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No Yes No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed several wet stacked containers in the dish area. Dishes must be allowed to air dry to provide proper sanitizer contact time, and to prevent any remaining pathogens left over from the wash/rinse/sanitizer process from having a moist environment in which to reproduce. Wet stacked items were removed for re-processing.
45 1 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No Yes No 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Observed split gasket on reach in cooler. Points for this violation were reduced to half due to facility repairing items mentioned in the last inspection, as well as no temperature violations noted due to gasket damage.
47 0 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-601.11(C )/4-602.13 Keep the equipment clean to avoid build up of dust, food residue or debris. Observed sticker debris on the exterior of several bus tub containers stored as clean. Observed equipment surfaces in the kitchen collecting dust/debris/grease residue.
54 0.50 Meets ventilation and lighting requirements; designated areas used No Yes No 6-202.11 Shield the lights or provide shatter-resistant bulbs in areas of exposed food, equipment, utensils, linens or single-use articles. Observed plastic light shield missing in the water heater/dish storage area.