Checkerboard Restaurant, 108 E Monroe St, Pleasantville, IA - Pizza inspection findings and violations

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Business Info

Name: Checkerboard Restaurant
Type: Restaurant with liquor
Sub type: Full Service
Address: 108 E Monroe St, Pleasantville, IA 50225
Owner and phone: RONALD AND KAREN FEE
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: 2/19/2010
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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type
No violation noted during this evaluation. 2/19/2010Mail-In
  • Food Source/Handling
    • Food Protection (Storage, clean, off-the-floor 3-305.11, p 68)
      Food on floor in WI freezer.
    • Handling of ready-to-eat foods (No direct bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods 3-301.11, p 59)
      Employee handling onions with bare hands when making a sandwich.
  • Plumbing/Water/Sewage
    • Back flow/back siphonage protection (Backflow prevention device requirement not met 5-203.14, p 150, IAC 481-31.1(11))
      Spray hose on 3 comp sink, also marked last time.
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Thermometers provided/accurate (Temperature device not designed to check temperature in thin foods (meat patties) 4-302.12(B), pg 120)
      No then probe thermometer to check thin foods, also marked last time.
    • Food contact surfaces (In-use utensils, between use storage 3-304.12, p 65)
      Pizza paddles stored on dirty surface, top of oven.
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Lights not shielded 6-202.11, p 168)
      Lights need end cap, also marked on last inspection.
    • Ventilation (Ventilation system, air ducts, filters not kept clean 6-501.14, p 177)
      Over wall mounted toaster, hood and pipes are dirty.
  • Other Operations
    • Adequate pest control (Outer openings, protected 6-202.15, p 170)
      Back door is not tight fitting.
 2/3/2010Routine
No violation noted during this evaluation. 11/4/2009Mail-In
  • 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)
      Re-heating on hot holding unit; temps were Soup 125, Chilli 120, and Taco Meat 135. Owner corrected by re-heating in microwave.
  • Food Source/Handling
    • Date Marking (Inadequate date marking of ready-to-eat foods 3-501.17, p 83)
      Salads that are held over one day must be date marked.
  • Plumbing/Water/Sewage
    • Back flow/back siphonage protection (Backflow prevention device requirement not met 5-203.14, p 150, IAC 481-31.1(11))
      Spray hose on 3-comp sink needs back flow prevention device.
  • Facility/Equipment Requirements
    • Thermometers provided/accurate (Temperature device not designed to check temperature in thin foods (meat patties) 4-302.12(B), pg 120)
    • Food contact surfaces (Food-contact surfaces, designed, maintained 4-202.11, p 105)
      Floor mixer seal has oil leak. Clean plates not covered or inverted.
    • Food contact surfaces (Storage: equipment/utensils, single service & use items 4-903.11, p 141)
    • Non-food contact surfaces (Nonfood-contact surfaces not clean 4-601.11(C), p 129, 4-602.13, p 133)
      Lights near make tables not clean. Cieling in walk-in cooler needs cleaned and replaced (using wood).
    • Walls, floors, ceiling, lighting (Lights not shielded 6-202.11, p 168)
      Lights not shielded with end caps.
  • Other Operations
    • Handling/storage/labeling of toxic items (Inadequate separation from food, equip, utensils, linens, single service 7-201.11, p 182)
      Fly spring unit too close to food storage (12 ft rule), was removed.
 10/27/2009Routine

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