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NameLEMPIRA RESTAURANT
Address140 EASTWAY DR
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28213
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 6/16/2020
Final Score @ Grade
95 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
13 1.50 Food separated and protected Yes Yes No Repeat: 3-302.11(A)(4) Protect food in storage using covered containers, intact wrappings, or packaging. Observed foods uncovered inside walk-in cooler. CDI: by covering. Improvement noted.
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No Yes 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P. Observed no sanitizer available. CDI: bleach sanitizer made up but at highly strong concentration. Corrected by inspector to 50-100ppm with training provided. Observed bleach coming from dishmachine at 0ppm. Sanitizer container was really low and may not be feeding sanitizer properly to dishmachine. There was no more sanitizer for dishmachine in facility. Managing director is ordering more sanitizer. Facility will manually wash, rinse, and sanitize dishes at 3-comp sink until sanitizer for dishmachine is provided. VR to check dishmachine by 6/26/20
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No No 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf. Observed no dates on fried chicken, carrots and potatoes, soup, filling for pupusas, and salsas inside walk-in cooler. CDI: by providing proper date. Observed no date on pupusas stored at prep cooler cook line. CDI: properly dated. 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 beans dated 6/8, chicken tamales dated 6/7, and cheese dip dated 5/31 all with expired 7 day dates. CDI: by discard
33 0 Approved thawing methods used No No No General Comment: 3-501.13 Use approved thawing methods. Observed raw chicken at back prep sink thawing without running water. Chicken placed in colander and water was ran over top of it.
37 0 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display No No No General Comment: 3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location, not exposed to contamination. Keep at least 6 inches above the floor. Observed multiple boxes of food on the floor inside walk-in cooler and freezer from yesterday's delivery.
42 0 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No No No General Comment: 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed plastic food tubs wet stacked at back prep sink.
53 0.50 Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean No Yes No Repeat: 6-201.11 Floors, walls and ceilings shall be designed, constructed, and installed so they are smooth and easily cleanable. Observed some areas in flooring that need to be regrouted including inside walk-in cooler and at cook area.