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NameELEMENT CHARLOTTE UPTOWN
Address650 S CALDWELL ST
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 3/13/2025
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
3 0 Management, food & conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities & reporting Yes No No 2-103.11(O) Ensure food employees are informed of their responsibility to report required symptoms, illnesses and exposure.-PF Establishment only has employee health posters. No signed policies at establishment. CDI - PIC e-mailed health policy form to print out and have employees read and sign. 0 pts. For more information on employee health policy, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety
6 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use No No No 2-401.11 (A) Employees shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and other items needing protection can not result. Employee drink observed on prep table. Do not store employee drinks on prep tables or where they can potentially contaminate food, clean utensils, or single-use/single-service articles. 0 pts.
21 0 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Egg bites under heat lamp measured 126-135F. TCS foods in hot holding shall measure at least 135F. PIC stated egg bites were cooked at 6AM so EHS allowed establishment use TPHC until end of breakfast at 9AM. 0 pts. 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 .
23 3 Proper date marking & disposition Yes Yes 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 Cooked sweet potatoes (3-4), black beans (2-24), feta cheese (3-4), black beans and corn (3-4), hummus (3-2), chicken (3-2), pork (3-4), and another pan of chicken (3-2) were held past 7 days from preparation. Also, 1 pan of chicken in small sandwich cooler was missing date label. TCS ready-to-eat foods must be used or discarded within 7 days of preparation or if it is not labeled. CDI - PIC discarded all items. REPEAT 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 Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs .
33 0.50 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 Cooked spinach and 2 pans of quinoa were cooling at 61F and 74F in small sandwich cooler top. Use walk-in cooler to cool TCS foods after cooking or preparation. CDI - Items moved to walk-in cooler to continue cooling. 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 .
39 1 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display No No No 3-306.11 Protect food on display using shields, packaging, or other effective means. -P Bread and cereal are in self-service area. Bread is not protected by sneeze guards or with no self-closing lids. Cereals are stored in large glass containers with lids and customers have to unscrew lid and use a scoop to get cereal. Employees were not monitoring buffet the whole time. VR - Verification required within 10 days that establishment acquires sneeze guards, dispensers, or self-closing containers or lids, or an employee must monitor buffet at all times