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NameMIDTOWN TAVERN
Address1500 E 3RD ST
SUITE A
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28204
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 5/4/2022
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
8 2 Hands clean & properly washed Yes Yes No 2-301.14 (G) Wash hands when switching between working with raw food and working with Ready to Eat Food. - P Observed employee use gloved hands to bread raw chicken remove gloves and begin to don clean gloves to handle ready to eat foods with no associated hand washing. CDI - EHS directed employee to wash hands and don new gloves. REPEAT
16 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes No No 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P For more information please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: Sanitizing Solutions - https://youtu.be/ykP2mr9CtRg and How to Test Sanitizer https://youtu.be/y0SjmnabFaY. Observed dish machine providing 0ppm cl sanitizer in final rinse. EHS determined source bucket empty. CDI - PIC set up sanitizer solution at proper concentration in basin of dish sink. All dishes are to be washed and rinsed in machine and then sanitized in the dish sink until new cl source available and dish machine is providing cl at 50ppm or greater.
23 0 Proper date marking & 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 For more information please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . Observed various house made sauces throughout service coolers with expired date marking including crema 4/23 and 4/27, house made cheese sauce 4/24. CDI - items discarded.
38 1 Insects & rodents not present; no unauthorized animals No Yes No 6-501.111 Keep the premises free of insects, rodents, and other pests. Observed some small flies present near beverage area. Contact PCO for service. REPEAT. Significant improvement noted in presence of small flies. No point escalation.
42 0 Washing fruits & vegetables No No No 3-302.15 Wash fruits and vegetables prior to use. Observed avocados placed into service line flip top for use with stickers still present indicating items have not been washed. Wash all produce not received in ready to eat form prior to use.
43 0 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No 3-304.12 (C ) Store in-use utensils on a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment. The utensils and storage surface must be cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. Observed in use knives at grill/prep unit stored inside of pans holding condiment squirt bottles. Food contact surfaces of the knives in direct contact with the exterior hand contact surfaces of the bottles. Store in use knives in a sanitary manner.
51 0 Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices No No No 5-205.15 Maintain a plumbing system in good repair. Observed one faucet on 3 part sink not supplying hot water. All other hot water supply outlets in establishment providing hot water as required. Repair faucet.