LOS VALEDORES RESTAURANT health score and inspection history

Provide a covered receptacle for sanitary napkins in a toilet room used by females.

4-502.11(C) Maintain water temperature measuring devices to be accurate and in good repair./ The kitchen dishmachine wash solution temperature gauge is broken or inaccurate (reading 115F; the wash solution measured 120F with a max-registering thermometer on multiple, repeated runs of the machine).

5-205.15(B) Maintain plumbing in good repair./ Repair the leaking drain trap on the handsink in the rear prep area.

Cease wearing jewelry on the arms and hands (other than a plain ring) while preparing food./ Foodhandlers with wristwear.

6-303.11(C) Provide at least 50 foot candles of light in food prep areas where employee safety is a factor./ Blown bulbs in the ventilation hood over the grill and deep fryers.

Inform consumers by way of a disclosure and reminder by denoting with an asterisk on the menu that raw or undercooked animal foods may increase the risk of foodborne illness./ Salmon and ribeye steak are available undercooked to the doneness requested by the consumer; a written consumer advisory with disclosure and reminder for consuming these animal foods undercooked is not provided on either the electronic menu board or the paper menus. Provide complete consumer advisories for these animal foods on the electronic and paper menus.

Discard RTE/TCS foods that have exceeded 7 days or for which the date of preparation cannot be determined./ Posole marked as prepared 29 JULY and beans marked as prepared on 30 JULY and found stored in the WI cooler were voluntarily discarded during the inspection. Discard in-house prepared TCS foods at the end of Day 7 following the date of preparation (Day 1) + 6 days = 7 days refrigerated storage limit.

4-602.11(E)(4)(b) Clean surfaces of equipment such as ice bins and ice makers, at a frequency specified by the manufacturer or as often as necessary to preclude accumulation of soil or mold./ In the ice machine at the service counter, build-up of black residue on the deflector shield inside the machine and heavy accumulation of dust around the door of the ice bin.

Provide a covered receptacle for sanitary napkins in a toilet room used by females.

3-501.14(A) Cool TCS food from 135F to 41F or lower within 6 hours, and from 135F to 70F or below within the first 2 hours of cooling time./ Found stored in the WI cooler in 5-gallon plastic bain maries: cooked pepper salsas from 03 & 04 AUG measuring 46F-48F; meat stocks from 04 & 05 AUG measuring 46F-69F; and chicken stocks from 01 AUG measuring 45F-46F, were all voluntarily discarded. Use: shallow containers that facilitate heat transfer; stirring food in ice-baths; rapid cooling equipment such as chill sticks, or a combination of these methods and cool food within the required time/temperature parameters.

Wash hands properly at the handsink after any potential contamination./ The dishmachine operator was observed touching his nose and his face and then turn to start unloading clean dishes from the machine: he washed his hands properly at the handsink after he was interrupted and directed to do so.

Store single service and single-use articles at least 6 inches above the floor./ Sleeves of disposable cups stored on the floor beside equipment at the bar.

Cease wearing jewelry on the arms and hands (other than a plain ring) while preparing food./ Foodhandlers with wristwear.

ADPH 420-2-22-.03(3) Provide the country of origin of a covered commodity and differentiate for farm-raised or wild caught fish as required by the Alabama Seafood Labeling Law./ The establishment was briefed on inspection 22 OCT 2025 on the revised Alabama Seafood Labeling Law and provided a copy along with the updated signage for posting as required by the law.

(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)./ The bar uses a heat sanitizing dishmachine; an irreversible registering temperature indicator for use with this equipment is not provided.