LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE #5636 health score and inspection history

3-301.11(B) Use gloves or utensils to handle ready to eat food (except when washing fruits and vegetables).// Employee handled bread with bare hands. COS- bread was discarded.

(B) Provide an irreversible registering temperature indicator for measuring the utensil surface temperature in hot water mechanical warewashing operations (Glass maximum registering thermometers are prohibited).// Irreversible registering temperature indicator not available.

Cease using hand sinks for any purpose other than handwashing.// Sanitizer bucket stored in hand washing sink behind bar.

5-205.15(B) Repair condensate leak in refrigeration units.// Severe condensate issue in WI freezer. 5-205.15(B) Maintain plumbing in good repair. (ex: floor drain covers, missing toilet tank lid, broken toilet seat, etc.)// Drip coming from pipe underneath bar, incorrectly routed to discharge next to drain, instead of above drain. 5-205.15(B) Repair slow or inoperative drain (indoor or outdoor).// Dump sink just outside of bar area is not draining.

Provide a drain plug for the dumpster.// Drain plug for dumpster missing. 5-501.113 Keep the waste-grease receptacle closed.// The waste-grease receptable was left open.

2-302.11, ADPH 420-3-22-.02(4)(b) Keep fingernails trimmed, filed, and maintained so that edges and surfaces are smooth and cleanable, and fingernails do not extend beyond the finger.// Employee making drinks wearing long painted nails without gloves.

(B) Loosely cover or uncover food until cooled.// Bags of rice cooled in sealed bags.

Store personal items away from food, utensils, equipment, linens and single service/single use articles.// Employee glasses left on prep surface; ear buds left on prep surface.

5-205.15(B) Maintain plumbing in good repair. (ex: floor drain covers, missing toilet tank lid, broken toilet seat, etc.)// Leak at faucet in dish pit, underneath dish area, and at front of dish machine. 5-205.15(B) Repair condensate leak in refrigeration units.// Severe condensate issue in WI freezer..

Keep dumpster doors and lids closed.// Dumpster lid left open. 5-501.114 Provide a drain plug for the dumpster.// Dumpster does not have drain plug. 5-501.116 Clean the dumpster and/or grease receptacle at a frequency necessary to prevent accumulation of soil or becoming attractants for pests.// Dumpster heavily soiled with grease on side 5-501.113 Keep the waste-grease receptacle closed.// Top of waste-grease receptacle ajar.

Store clean equipment and utensils covered or inverted.// Clean forks in storage not inverted or covered.

Store single service and single-use articles at least 6 inches above the floor.// Boxes of single service items stored directly on floor in back dry storage area.

Store refuse and recyclables in receptacles so that they are inaccessible to pests. 5-501.113 Keep dumpster doors and lids closed. 5-501.114 Provide a drain plug for the dumpster. 5-501.115 Remove unnecessary items from the refuse storage area. 5-502.11 Provide adequate refuse collection frequency to minimize objectionable odors and other conditions that attract insects and rodents. 5-501.116 Clean the dumpster and/or grease receptacle at a frequency necessary to prevent accumulation of soil or becoming attractants for pests.// Excessive amounts of trash piled high around dumpster area; no drain plug; inoperable equipment stored in dumpster area; dumpster door left open; grease spilled on side of dumpster

Cease using hand sinks for any purpose other than handwashing.// Hand sink in back of facility has ice inside it; hand sink to left of line is being used as a dump sink.

Clean facilities (floors, walls, ceilings, ceiling/wall vent covers, fixtures, etc.) as often as necessary to maintain cleanliness.// Excessive grime, debris, residue, and sludge in dish pit area; excessive standing water throughout back of facility.

Prevent the contact of food with non-food contact surfaces, or, with food contact surfaces that are not properly cleaned and sanitized. (ice bins, bev. nozzles or other equipment in continuous use)// Bottles of bar mixes stored in ice bin that contains ice used to make drinks.

(A)(2) Maintain TCS food at 41 F or below.// Cut tomatoes, cut lettuce, cheese and all other TCS foods in make table on left of make line ranging in temperatures from 45-56F. COS- PIC discarded foods.

Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment as often as necessary to prevent accumulation of residue.// Excessive residue and grime accumulation underneath handles of drawers.

Prohibit employees from wearing artificial nails or nail polish when working with exposed food, unless wearing gloves in good repair.// PIC wearing painted artificial nails and no gloves throughout entire inspection.

Store food wrapped, in packages or in covered containers to prevent contamination.// Potatoes in dry storage stored without covering. 3-305.11 Store food at least 6 inches above the floor.// Boxes of food stored directly on floor in dry storage; bag of potatoes stored directly on the floor in WI.

(B) Provide an irreversible registering temperature indicator for measuring the utensil surface temperature in hot water mechanical warewashing operations (Glass maximum registering thermometers are prohibited).// Irreversible registering thermometer does not work.

2