BENIHANA

Basic - Open dumpster lid.

High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee setting a customer cart, touched raw shrimps, then continue to setting the cart, touching clean utensils and cooked white rice, using same gloves, after manager instructed, employee discarded gloves, washed hands and put in new pair of gloves. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cleaning equipment storage rack in rear kitchen. Large metallic containers stacked wet, employee removed from piles. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Avocados stored on preparation area- bearing sticker - Employee removed to be wash.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cut watermelons on bar area, at room temperature, employee discarded at will. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Outside by back entrance area.

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Two jars inside sink, employee removed. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Bar area, employee provided. Corrected On-Site

Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle inside sugar, employee removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Prep station- salad bowls stacked wet, employee removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Broke. Door handle from ice cream chest freezer.

Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. -bar area -sushi station -dishwasher area.

Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Repeat Violation

Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Old food residues under storage racks inside walk in freezer.

Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Floor Drain -bar area -Sushi station Plummer is working on drains at the time of inspection

Basic - Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly. In front of salad flip top- prep are, slow drain in hand wash sink

Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. -under triple sink -dishwasher area.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Food not prep or portioned today. True cooler- garlic butter (60F - Cold Holding), per manager food moved fro walk in cooler, less than 4 hours, employee moved TCS foods from reach in cooler and placed back inside walk in cooler. For a quick chill, Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Written plan is I completed, missing list of TCS food in time procedures.

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. TRUE- Two doors reach in cooler-not keeping tCS foods to cold holding temperatures of 41 or below

Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary 00ppm), employee made new solution, quaternary sanitizer at 300 ppm Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Food not prep or portioned today. shrimps (50F - Cold Holding), per manager food held less than 4 hours, ice bath container for a quick chill. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Sushi rice, per Chef 0n time at 1:00 pm, employee place time label. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Stored food not covered. Prep carts has garlic butter uncover, Employee placed covers Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. December 1/2022

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Two soda guns by bar area, operator cleaned and sanitized Corrected On-Site

Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Observed employee going to dry storage area, while putting food on her mouth. Manager instructed employee Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Sushi bar, employee removed Corrected On-Site

Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer Bucket- sushi bar (Quaternary 50ppm), employee discarded and made new quaternary sanitizer solution (200 ppm Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed at hand sink next to rice cookers in kitchen. Operator replenished paper towels. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed spray bottle of sanitizer not labeled in staging area. Operator went to label. Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed at rear kitchen door near reach in cooler. Operator stated work order in for repairs. Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation

Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Observed pieces of paper, toothpicks and debris scattered on floor in customer waiting area and on carpeting near hostess area. Operator swept areas. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed soiled hood filters above stovetop range in kitchen area.

High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 1 fly inside a sesame seed dispensing container. Operator killed fly and discarded sesame seeds- sent container to wash. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 1 fly inside a sesame seed dispensing container. Operator killed fly and discarded sesame seeds-sent container to wash.

Intermediate - No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels available at bar hand sink. Operator replenished. Corrected On-Site

Basic - 1.) Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee cellphone stored on cutting board in sushi station. Operator removed and went to sanitize cutting board. Corrective action taken. 2.) Observed several Starbucks coffee cups stored on sushi bar prep table. Operator removed and stored properly. Corrected on site.

Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed at rear kitchen door next to reach in cooler. Repeat Violation