I didn't used to until I read in the local paper years ago that our favorite restaurant to have closed for the most number of violations than any other! The horror did not stop there. Once I learned there was a database I went to check it. I could not find a single clean place to eat at. Get this, the list even included fast food restaurants and cafes inside Microsoft. They all had violations!
Didn't want to eat out for weeks. Since then I stopped checking but was just reading the reviews of a new place to try and I see in the comments that it was closed due to health violations. So I went and looked at them and others. Same issue. So depressing to see really bad violations. I won't give the link as the last time I did that, everyone hated me at Microsoft
. But here is the report from a close by Korean BBQ that we walk up to from work:
"Inspection type Date Score Result
Consultation/Education - Field 05/17/2011 N/A Complete
Routine Inspection/Field Review 03/14/2011 0 Satisfactory
Routine Inspection/Field Review 12/21/2010 0 Satisfactory
Routine Inspection/Field Review 11/01/2010 20 Unsatisfactory
Improper cold holding temperatures (greater than 45 degrees F) (10 points)
Raw meats, poultry, aquatic foods not stored away from ready-to-eat foods (5 points)
Food worker card not available or current, new food workers not trained (5 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 02/24/2009 15 Unsatisfactory
Inadequate hand washing facilities (10 points)
Improper handling of pooled eggs (5 points)
Consultation/Education - Field 08/19/2008 N/A Complete
Routine Inspection/Field Review 08/19/2008 70 Unsatisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)
Improper methods used to prevent bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (15 points)
Inadequate hand washing facilities (10 points)
Improper cold holding temperatures (greater than 45 degrees F) (10 points)
Improper handling of pooled eggs (5 points)
Garbage, refuse not properly disposed; facilities not maintained (3 points)
Physical facilities not properly installed, maintained, clean; unnecessary persons not excluded from establishment (2 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 02/06/2008 35 Satisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)
Improper shellfish identification; improper parasite destruction procedures for fish (5 points)
Proper Consumer Advisory not posted for raw or undercooked foods (5 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 05/16/2007 25 Unsatisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)"
They close them for 90 points worth of violations. The original time I read about my favorite place hat hit 170 points! It had stuff in there that if I said it now, you would not even food at home! It was that disgusting.
The interviewed the health inspector at the time. He said ethnic restaurants tend to be the worst because the workers do not understand English and it is hard to communicate with them.
So what do you do? Put your head in the sand and not check?
Didn't want to eat out for weeks. Since then I stopped checking but was just reading the reviews of a new place to try and I see in the comments that it was closed due to health violations. So I went and looked at them and others. Same issue. So depressing to see really bad violations. I won't give the link as the last time I did that, everyone hated me at Microsoft
. But here is the report from a close by Korean BBQ that we walk up to from work:"Inspection type Date Score Result
Consultation/Education - Field 05/17/2011 N/A Complete
Routine Inspection/Field Review 03/14/2011 0 Satisfactory
Routine Inspection/Field Review 12/21/2010 0 Satisfactory
Routine Inspection/Field Review 11/01/2010 20 Unsatisfactory
Improper cold holding temperatures (greater than 45 degrees F) (10 points)
Raw meats, poultry, aquatic foods not stored away from ready-to-eat foods (5 points)
Food worker card not available or current, new food workers not trained (5 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 02/24/2009 15 Unsatisfactory
Inadequate hand washing facilities (10 points)
Improper handling of pooled eggs (5 points)
Consultation/Education - Field 08/19/2008 N/A Complete
Routine Inspection/Field Review 08/19/2008 70 Unsatisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)
Improper methods used to prevent bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (15 points)
Inadequate hand washing facilities (10 points)
Improper cold holding temperatures (greater than 45 degrees F) (10 points)
Improper handling of pooled eggs (5 points)
Garbage, refuse not properly disposed; facilities not maintained (3 points)
Physical facilities not properly installed, maintained, clean; unnecessary persons not excluded from establishment (2 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 02/06/2008 35 Satisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)
Improper shellfish identification; improper parasite destruction procedures for fish (5 points)
Proper Consumer Advisory not posted for raw or undercooked foods (5 points)
Routine Inspection/Field Review 05/16/2007 25 Unsatisfactory
Room temperature storage, improper use of time as a control, procedures not available (25 points)"
They close them for 90 points worth of violations. The original time I read about my favorite place hat hit 170 points! It had stuff in there that if I said it now, you would not even food at home! It was that disgusting.
The interviewed the health inspector at the time. He said ethnic restaurants tend to be the worst because the workers do not understand English and it is hard to communicate with them.
So what do you do? Put your head in the sand and not check?
