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Starlite Room, 3300 1st Ave Ne, Cedar Rapids, IA - Restaurant inspection findings and violations

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Restaurant: STARLITE ROOM
Type: Tavern with food preparation
Sub type: Full Service
Address: 3300 1st Ave Ne, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Owner and phone: AOSSEY, ALYA
Total inspections: 49
Last inspection: 10/21/2010

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type
  • Food Temperature/Time Control
    • Hot hold (PHF food not maintained at 135°F or above 3-501.16(1), p 82)
      Sliced beef being held at 100 degrees. Potenial hazardous food must be held at 135 or higher. Turned up during inspection. CORECTED ON SITE.
  • Food Source/Handling
    • Date Marking (Inadequate date marking of ready-to-eat foods 3-501.17, p 83)
      All potential hazardous foods must be date marked and then used within 7 days or discarded such as ranch, sliced tomatoes, homemade tuna salad, orange juice, and milk. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  • Warewashing
    • Adequate warewashing facilities (No test kit for checking concentration of sanitizer 4-302.14, p 120)
      Could not find test strips during inspection. Must provide test strips for checking the concentration of sanitizing solution.
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Thermometers provided/accurate (Thermometers: provided & accessible 4-302.12(A), pg 120)
      Must provide a thermometer in every cooler. Locate and/or replace.
    • Food contact surfaces (Cutting surfaces on blocks or boards not maintained 4-501.12, p 123)
      Cutting boards are scored and stained. Reface and/or replace so that cutting surface can be easily sanitized.
    • Non-food contact surfaces (Equipment: location/installation/repair/adjustment 4-401.11, 4-402.11, 4-501.11, p 121-123)
      Gasket on reach-in prep cooler next to kitchen is repaired with duct tape. Replace gasket so that equipment is being maintained within manufacturer's requirements.
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Lights not shielded 6-202.11, p 168)
  • Other Operations
    • Inside physical facilities designed/maintained (Toilet doors not kept closed 6-501.19, p 178)
      Restroom doors in dining area were propped open. All restroom doors must be kept closed except for maintaince or cleaning.
 10/21/2010Routine
  • Food Source/Handling
    • Date Marking (Inadequate date marking of ready-to-eat foods 3-501.17, p 83)
      Opened gallon of milk and juice in Utility upright cooler not date-marked. CORRECTED. Must date-mark any potentially hazardous food, i.e., milk and juice when opened and discard in 7 days. If using product within 24 hours, do not need to date-mark.
    • Food Protection (Misc. sources of contamination 3-307.11, p 72)
      Provide a cover for the ice bin at bar to prevent possibility of contamination of ice. Bar manager reports the cover recently broke and a new one will be ordered.
  • Plumbing/Water/Sewage
    • Accessible/soap & towels provided (Hand soap/cleanser not provided 6-301.11, p 173)
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Thermometers provided/accurate (Thermometers: provided & accessible 4-302.12(A), pg 120)
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Materials characteristics for floors, walls, & ceilings 6-101.11, p 165)
  • Other Operations
    • Handling/storage/labeling of toxic items (Working containers not identified with common name of material 7-102.11, p 181)
      Spray bottle containing Dawn dishwash soap not labeled. Must label all containers of chemicals with common name. Spray bottle was labeled during inspection. CORRECTED.
 10/13/2009Routine
No violation noted during this evaluation. 10/20/2008Routine
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Food contact surfaces (Galvanized metal, not allowed for utensils or FCS for acidic food 4-101.15, p 103)
    • Food contact surfaces (In-use utensils, between use storage 3-304.12, p 65)
    • Non-food contact surfaces (Nonfood-contact surfaces exposed to food: cleanable, nonabsorbent 4-101.19, p 104)
      Freezer in left corner (diagonal from entry door) molding broken and missing, repair or replace to make smooth and cleanable. Slide door of beer cooler broken no longer cleanable, replace or repair.
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Lights not shielded 6-202.11, p 168)
      Back prep area, lights above sinks need to be shielded or tubes with endcap.
  • Other Operations
    • Handling/storage/labeling of toxic items (Working containers not identified with common name of material 7-102.11, p 181)
 10/8/2007Re-Check
No violation noted during this evaluation. 9/17/2007Routine
  • Food Temperature/Time Control
    • Hot hold (PHF food not maintained at 135°F or above 3-501.16(1), p 82)
      Red soup not at 140 degrees. Need to be heated to 165 then maintained at 140 degrees for hot hold.
    • Re-heating to 165°F in 2 hrs (Inadequate re-heating for hot holding (time/temperature) 3-403.11, p 77)
      Soups need to be re-heated either on stove or microwave to 165 degrees for at least 15 seconds with in 2 hours for removing from temp. control. Obtain thermometer to check temps. and record temps of soup during reheating process.
6/26/2006Re-Check
  • Food Temperature/Time Control
    • Re-heating to 165°F in 2 hrs (Inadequate re-heating for hot holding (time/temperature) 3-403.11, p 77)
      Soups and beef need to be reheated to 165 degrees for 15 seconds. Crock pots may not be used for reheating, only for hot holding. Broc. soup at 111 degrees and beef at 126. Hot hold needs to be maintained at 140 degrees.
  • Personnel
    • Hair restraints/clean clothes (Hair restraint effectiveness 2-402.11, p 46)
      Hair restraints shall be used during food prep. activities.
  • Food Source/Handling
    • Food Protection (Misc. sources of contamination 3-307.11, p 72)
      Relocate pop gun well from over ice bin to avoid any contamination from ice.
  • Warewashing
    • Manual washing/sanitizing (Sanitation requirement/methods: hot water or chemical 4-703.11, p 137)
      No sanitizer on site. Received compliant from anonymous person that sanitizer was not being used when soap and water worked just fine. Obtain sanitizer so utensils and other food contact surfaces and equipment is properly sanitized to protect public.
    • Adequate warewashing facilities (No test kit for checking concentration of sanitizer 4-302.14, p 120)
      No test kit on site. Obtain proper test kit for type of sanitizer used.
  • Plumbing/Water/Sewage
    • Back flow/back siphonage protection (Air gap, design: 1" minimum or 2 X supply inlet, whichever is greater 5-202.13, p 149)
      Three compartment sink in kitchen - The sprayer hose hangs below sink lip. Need at least 1" minimum gap or 2 times width of supply line air gap.
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Thermometers provided/accurate (Thermometers: provided & accessible 4-302.12(A), pg 120)
      Provide thermometers for coolers. Could not locate during inspection. If present may accessible.
    • Food contact surfaces (Food contact surfaces, characteristics 4-101.11, p 101)
      Counter top - cutting location for limes and lemons. Counter top has hole exposing compressed wood. Surface not cleanable and high probablity of physical contaminates in food. Seal or replace so surface is cleanable and nonabsorbent.
    • Non-food contact surfaces (Nonfood-contact surfaces not clean 4-601.11(C), p 129, 4-602.13, p 133)
      Clean racks in utility cooler - rusty with debris hanging from racks. Unopened food containers present.
  • Other Operations
    • Consumer advisory posted (Consumer advisory: for raw or under-cooked animal foods not posted 3-603.11(A), pg 95)
      Consumer advisory not posted. Left sign on site.
6/13/2006Routine
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Non-food contact surfaces (Nonfood-contact surfaces: designed, cleanable 4-202.16, p 107)
      Wall behind slow cookers needs to be repaired so cleanable. Waiting on contractor.
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Lights not shielded 6-202.11, p 168)
      Sheilds for lights under hood system have been ordered.
  • Other Operations
    • License posted/maintained (License not posted/displayed 8-304.11, p 200)
 8/15/2005Re-Check
No violation noted during this evaluation. 8/2/2005Routine
No report available.2/20/2004Routine
No report available.6/2/2003Routine
No report available.5/10/2002Routine
No report available.2/7/2002Routine
No report available.12/10/2001Routine
No report available.4/3/2001Routine
No report available.3/12/2001Routine
No report available.1/10/2001Routine
No report available.12/27/2000Routine
No report available.12/13/2000Routine
No report available.6/25/1999Routine
No report available.12/15/1998Routine
No report available.1/26/1998Re-Check
No report available.12/18/1997Routine
No report available.12/15/1997Routine
No report available.12/9/1996Routine
No report available.3/31/1995Routine
No report available.3/11/1994Re-Check
No report available.3/10/1994Re-Check
No report available.2/23/1994Routine
No report available.7/15/1993Routine
No report available.12/10/1992Routine
No report available.10/21/1991Routine
No report available.10/16/1990Routine
No report available.12/22/1989Routine
No report available.4/26/1988Routine
No report available.12/29/1987Routine
No report available.6/2/1987Routine
No report available.12/12/1986Other (Explain In Notes)
No report available.12/5/1986Routine
No report available.4/15/1986Routine
No report available.2/11/1986Re-Check
No report available.12/11/1985Routine
No report available.12/11/1985Re-Check
No report available.12/4/1985Other (Explain In Notes)
No report available.12/4/1985Routine
No report available.12/3/1985Re-Check
No report available.5/30/1985Routine
No report available.9/27/1984Routine
No report available.1/6/1984Routine



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