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Name

LOLA CEVICHE & PERUVIAN TAPAS

Address

605 N POLK ST

STE E

City/State/ZIP

PINEVILLE

28134

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

5/28/2025

Final Score @ Grade

97.50

General Comments

Food sources- Central Foods Distribution LLC -all Peruvian foods ingredients are bought from here Prime meats Restaurant Depot Performance Food services Observed no WIC or WIF, entire facility cold holding equipment are different size reach-in coolers. Smaller 3-comp sink by the bar areas uses Quat sanitizer and 3-comp sink behind the kitchen uses chlorine as sanitizer. Per owner, Francis Portales, parasite destruction letter are being emailed from Prime Meats. **Decorative shells are kept in the reach-in cooler, per owner, Francis Portales, no food in placed on the decorative shells**** ******Inspection led in Spanish**** If owner’s daughter not available for translation during inspection , Spanish interpreter should be used***

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
14	1	Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction	No	No	No	3-402.11 and 3-402.12 Provide records from supplier to guarantee fish served raw or undercooked is free of live parasites. -Pf-Observed no parasites destruction letter for raw fish being served as RTE. Per owner, Francis Portales, has received parasite destruction letter from prime meats but can not find them. 10 day VR
16	0	Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized	Yes	No	No	4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf.-Observed metal pans in clean storage area with date mark stickers and sticker residue-CDI-PIC relocated items to 3-comp sink; w/r/s. For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: Sanitizing Solutions - https://youtu.be/ykP2mr9CtRg , How to Test Sanitizer https://youtu.be/y0SjmnabFaY , and Cleaning and Sanitizing Food Contact Surfaces https://youtu.be/av1Rbh-lh08 .
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-Observed cooked potatoes and cooked corn ( cooked today) in the hot well hot holding below 135F. -CDI- PIC reheated food items to 165F and the temperatures of the hot well was increased; HH temperature reached. 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 .
22	1.50	Proper cold holding temperatures	Yes	No	No	3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P-Observed a large quantity of TCS foods in cooling drawers cold holding with temperatures above 41F ( see temperature chart). Per owner, Francis Portales, when they arrived in the morning all cooling drawers and food were below 41F ( no temp sheet could be provided) , about an hour prior before the inspection they had moved the cooling drawers to clean the walls and floors behind and underneath and could have moved the temperature thermostat sensor. Food with-in 4 hrs cooling parameter.-CDI- PIC relocated all TCS foods to different reach-in coolers and reach-in freezer for rapid cooling. Cooling drawers thermostat was fixed and with-in 15 minutes cooling drawers had reach ambient temperatures of 34F. TCS food reached proper cold holding temperatures. Observed in 2-door standing reach-in cooler riced cooked the prior with temperature above 41F ( see temperature chart). -CDI-PIC voluntarily discarded food items. 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 .
25	0	Consumer advisory provided for raw/ undercooked foods	No	No	No	3-603.11 (B)(2) Consumer Advisory Disclosures that are asterisked to a footnote shall state, * Items are served raw or undercooked, or contain (or may contain) raw or undercooked ingredients. -Pf-Observed consumer advisory disclosure missing from the menu; only had the reminder and shellfish allergen information. 10 day VR
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-Observed large amount of cooked rice prepared the day prior cooled in a metal pan wrapped in plastic liner and other rice cooled in separate and sealed ziplock bags. -CDI-PIC voluntarily discarded food items. 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 .
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 not in use to go containers not inverted and not kept in original packaging in high traffic areas or near trash cans; no contamination observed.-CDI-PIC inverted to go containers and placed other not in use to go containers in bags.