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NameWESTERN STEER
Address334 SW BLVD
 
City/State/ZIP
NEWTON NC 28658
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyCatawba
Inspection Date 9/19/2025
Final Score @ Grade
93 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
16 3 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes Yes No 4-601.11 (A) Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (Pf) Many clean dishes found with some food debris still in them and on the robo coup in salad - CDI sent to dish pit to be rewashed, robocoup will be soaked first. Keep clean dishes, clean to sight and touch. Observed cheese and packets of butter stored on soiled containers- CDI food discarded and containers sent to be washed. Food can only contact surfaces that are clean to sight and touch.
22 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16 (A) (2) and (B) Time / Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding (P) Green beans pulled from refrigerator into the meat room 2 hours ago were at 52F today-CDI discarded.Hold TCS foods cold at 41F or less.
39 0 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display No No No 3-305.11 Food Storage - Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) Observed build up in most prep sinks today and on the spigots of those sinks. Keep food protected by prepping, washing and processing in a sink that is washed, rinsed and sanitized.
41 0 Wiping cloths: properly used & stored Yes No No 3-304.14 Wiping Cloths, Use Limitations (C) Observed sanitizer at >200ppm in the sanitizer bucket today- CDI diluted and restested. PIC placed test strips in the salad room and discussed how to mix and test chlorine sanitizer so that it is 50-200ppm. Also, label table cleaning sanitizer bucket that is only soapy water.
44 0 Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried & handled No Yes No 4-903.11 (A), (B), and (D) Equipment, Utensils, Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) Observed some build up on air dry racks in kitchen today and on carts used to transport clean dishes- keep clean dishes stored on a clean surface.
47 1 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No Yes No 4-501.11 Good Repair and Proper Adjustment - Equipment (C) Replace or resurface any shelving that is corroding. Walk in and reach in coolers. Walk in cooler door and wall of walk in cooler is in bad repair. keep equipment in good repair and easy to clean. Some cracked gaskets seen today on walk in cooler doors and on reach in coolers.
48 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips No No No 4-501.14 Warewashing Equipment, Cleaning Frequency (C) Build up on exterior of dish machine- clean more frequently.
49 1 Non-food contact surfaces clean No Yes No 4-602.13 Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) A lot of Build up on shelving in walk in coolers, inside lowboy on the line, sides of equipment and on fryer wheels, etc- keep equipment free of build up.
51 1 Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices No Yes No 5-205.15 (B) Leak pipe etc. not imminent threat Leak at handsink in the salad bar prep area today- keep plumbing in good repair.
55 1 Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean No Yes No 6-101.11 Surface Characteristics - Indoor Areas (C) Need to clean floors and walls around and under equipment. Keep wall at dish clean. Repair floors where grout is no longer smooth. Replace or clean ceiling tiles that are poorly stained. Replace wall and floor tiles where missing at grill area and those that are missing at dish area.Repeat violations.