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NameTREE TOP CATERING & CAFE
Address1031 MATTHEWS-MINT HILL RD
 
City/State/ZIP
MATTHEWS NC 28105
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 6/25/2026
Final Score @ Grade
98 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
22 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P 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 . Observed a large container of chicken salad being stored in glass door RI in sandwich prep area and a bowl of French toast batter being stored in prep reach in cooler at cook line both above 41F. See temp chart. CDI: PIC voluntarily discarded French toast batter and placed chicken salad in walk in cooler to rapidly cool. REPEAT. Points not escalated due to improvement since previous inspection.
33 0 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 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 . Observed plastic covered containers of chicken salad sandwiches cooling in glass door reach in cooler in sandwich prep area in which chicken salad was cooling at a rate insufficient to reach cooling parameters. See temp chart. CDI: PIC moved chicken salad sandwiches to walk in cooler to rapidly cool.
43 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored Yes Yes No 3-304.12 (A) In-use utensils in TCS food, must be stored with handles above the food and top of the food container. Observed a large spoon being stored in a container of cooked potatoes in flip top cooler at cook line in which handle of spoon was resting in potatoes. CDI: PIC removed spoon and replaced with a spoon with handle positioned above food. REPEAT. 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 a large scoop being stored in a container of flour in which handle of scoop was buried in flour. CDI: PIC removed scoop from flour.
45 0 Single-use & single-service articles: properly stored & used Yes No No 4-903.11(C ) Single Service and Single Use items shall be kept in the original protective package or stored using other means that protect the item until used. Observed two stacks of single use containers being stored in sandwich prep area right side up outside of their original packaging. CDI: PIC inverted containers to protect against contamination.