3 Margaritas, 3202E 104th Ave, Thornton, CO 80229 - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: 3 Margaritas
Address: 3202E 104th Ave, Thornton, CO 80229
Phone: (303) 280-0166
Total inspections: 2
Last inspection: Jul 26, 2013
Score
(the higher the better)

100

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Inspection findings

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Inspection Date

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  • Cleaning Of Equipment & Utensils: Food-Contact Surfaces
  • Cleaning Of Equipment & Utensils: Nonfood-Contact Surfaces
  • Equipment Design / Construction: Food-Contact Surfaces
  • Equipment Design / Construction: Nonfood-Contact Surfaces
  • Food Labeling / Food Protection: Food Protected from Contamination, Improper Thawing
  • Food Source: Wholesome, Free of Spoilage
  • Food Temperature Control: Cold Hold at 41›F or Less
  • Hand washing Facilities: Soap and Drying Devices
  • Personnel: Hands Washed as Needed
  • Personnel: Hygienic Practices, Minimize Hand Contact, Common Towel, Appropriate Sink, Fingernails
  • Pest Control: Evidence of Insects or Rodents
  • Physical Facilities: Floors, Walls, and Ceilings
  • Physical Facilities: Plumbing and Hand Sinks: Installed and Maintained
  • Poisonous Or Toxic Items: Properly Labeled / Unapproved Toxics
  • Sanitation Rinse: Mechanical
  • Water / Sewage / Plumbing Systems: Backflow, Back Siphonage/Cross-Connections
Routine Jul 18, 2013 48
No violation noted during this evaluation. Follow-Up Jul 26, 2013 100

Violation descriptions and comments

Jul 18, 2013

Raw beef was stored next to ready to eat lettuce on the bottom shelf of the walk in cooler. A dented can of olives was stored with wholesome cans on the rack in the dry storage room. A bottle of liquor at the bar was adulterated with fruit flies. See voluntary condemnation form.
An employee at the dishmachine was observed handling dirty dishes and then clean dishes without first washing their hands.
Food containers were stored in the warewashing area handsink.
Cheese in an ice bath near the grill line was 53°F. Raw chicken, burritos, taquitos, raw beef, and cooked pork were between 53 - 62°F in the cold drawers beneath the grill for less than 4 hours. All product was moved to working coolers. Do not use cold drawers until they maintain food at 41°F or below.
After running the dishmachine in the bar several times, the concentration of chlorine residual at the dish surface failed to reach 50ppm.
A spray nozzle under continual pressure was located downstream of the atmospheric vacuum breaker at the mopsink.
Soap and paper towels were not readily available for handwashing at the handsink in the employee kitchen restroom.
Several flies were observed in the warewashing area.
A chemical spray bottle in the warewashing area was unlabeled as to its contents.
Food in the dry storage room was stored on the floor. Several bulk spice bins in the dry storage room were uncovered.
Tin foil lining the shelfs in the salsa reach in cooler was not smooth and easily cleanable. The cutting board on the grill line cold top cooler was grooved. Several plastic tortilla chip containers in the dry storage room were melted.
The door gasket on the ice machine was torn. The door gaskets on the three door reach in freezer were torn.The caulking on the food preparation sink was torn.
The interior of the three door reach in freezer near the ice machine was soiled with food debris. The blade on the table mounted can opener was soiled with food residue. A severe ice build up was present in the single door white reach in freezer near the food preparation sink. The interior of the two door reach in freezer across from the food preparation sink was soiled with food debris. The interior of the reach in cooler below the beer taps at the bar was soiled with grime. The ice cream reach in freezer contained a large amount of ice build up, and was soiled with food debris.
The food storage racks in the walk in cooler were soiled with debris. The drip tray for the Island Oasis ice shaver at the bar was moldy.
The caulking on the mopsink was moldy. The faucet on the food preparation sink was leaking.
The walls in the walk in cooler were soiled with grime. The wall under the three compartment sink was soiled with debris. The wall to the right of the food preparation sink was soiled with splattered debris. The floor in the dry storage room was soiled with food residue. The floor edges and the lower walls along the bar were soiled with grime. The wall next to the dishmachine was soiled with mold.

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