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NameBERNARDIN'S RESTAURANT
Address435 S TRYON STREET
SUITE 100
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 7/20/2026
Final Score @ Grade
96 A
General CommentsFacility has a dry storage area located upstairs. All items in prep tops at cook line are held on TPHC for 4 hours. Items in prep units are held cold.

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
15 1.50 Food separated & protected Yes No No 3-304.15(A) Discard gloves after a task is complete or any time they are damaged or soiled. -P. Observed food employee washing gloves in hand sink. CDI: Food employee removed gloves and washed hands.
22 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P. Observed shrimp, scallops and duck above 41F in prep unit. Other items in prep unit were 41F or lower. CDI: Items above temperature were moved to walk in cooler. All other cold holding was correct. For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ .
24 1.50 Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records No No Yes 3-501.19 (A) (1) Written procedures for Time as a Public Health Control shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the establishment, and made available for the Health Department upon request. Written TPHC procedures must specify methods of compliance with 3-501.19 (B) or (C). -Pf. Observed no written procedures for items being held on TPHC in middle and right side prep top at cook line. VERIFICATION REQUIRED. TPHC procedure template may be found at: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety
33 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes No REPEAT 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. Observed raw chicken and cut melon cooling at a rate of 0.08F/min. Cut melon was cooling tightly covered in saran wrap inside reach in cooler. Chicken was cooling tightly covered with saran wrap inside walk in cooler. CDI: Saran wrap was removed from both items, cut melon was placed in walk in cooler to cool. For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Cooling Food Safely https://youtu.be/P6x8b1ZVOxU .
42 0 Washing fruits & vegetables No No No 3-302.15 Wash fruits and vegetables prior to use. Observed avocado inside prep unit with sticker still attached.
43 0 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No 3-304.12 (B) In-use utensils for food that is not TCS must be stored with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. Observed scoop being stored in container of sugar with handle touching the sugar.
55 0 Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean No No No 6-501.12 Floors, walls, ceilings including the attachments such as soap, towel dispensers; light fixtures; and heat/ac vent covers shall be clean. Caution should be used to minimize food exposure. Observed ceiling vents with dust build up. Clean as needed