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La Esquina Restaurant
Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine
Observations & Corrective Actions
1: Pic unable to discuss cooking temperatures. Due to High number of priority items, active managerial control is needed. Will email fact sheets.
6: Observed pic enter the kitchen after looking for hand soap and resume food prep with bare hands without washing hands first. Cos discussed proper handwashing with pic and pic washed hands properly.
7: Observed employee cutting onions with bare hands. Pic stated the onions get cooked on the grill, however, pic hand not washed hands prior to handling onions (see #6) COS by discussing and pic discarding the onions.
8: No hand-soap and the hand sink, COS by pic finding soap bringing to the sink.
11: Observed tomatoes in the wic that dark, soft spots that appear to be mold. COS by pic discarded the tomatoes
14: Observed the 3 comp set up with only the wash side and dishes stored throughout the compartments. COS by discussing proper set up with pic
19: Observed refried beans in the steam well temping 94°f-100°f. Pic stated it was made this morning on the stoved and then placed of the steam well around 11am. Cox by discarding approx 5lbs of beans, and discussing proper holding temperatures. Recommended covering open spots in the steam well with a lid or another pan to hold the heat in.
Observed Rice in cooker at 84°f and the cooker had been turned off. COS by pic discarding approximately 2 lbs of rice.
20: Observed raw ground beef sitting out under a prep cart temping 57°f, pic stated they put it there around 9am to thaw and it has been there since with the intent to cook later. COS by pic discarding approx 2lbs of meat, discussing proper thawing and cold holding methods for food.
A warning letter will requested due to violation 20 being noted on two consecutive routine inspections.
33: Raw ground beef left thawing on the bottom or a prep cart for 5 hrs.
37: Employee’s drink cup left on make line counter.
46: No test strips available.
Additional Comments
Will return sometime within 10 days to ensure the correction of the observed priority item violation 1, 6,7,8,11,14,19,20
A warning letter will requested due to violation #20 being noted on two consecutive routine inspections. Will Provide applicable fact sheets to operator regarding Priority Item Violations via email, Discussed implementing a Food Safety Plan (FSP) in order to obtain active managerial control over repeated priority violations. Advised operator I was available to assist with developing a FSP.
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