LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE #5451

Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee wearing a watch while cooking. Manager had employee remove watch.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In cookline prep cooler: cheese (55F - Cold Holding). Manager moved excess in bin to walk-in cooler. Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Half-n-half creamer in bar reach-in cooler not date marked and opened two days prior. Manager voluntarily discarded. Corrective Action Taken

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook-line soiled with mold-like substance. Repeat Violation

Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Ceiling tile missing over ice machine.

Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards grooved. Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substances. Repeat Violation

High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee wiped hands on her pants and continued with bare-handed food service. Manager instructed employee to wash hands. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cookline breading station: shrimp (48F - Cold Holding). Manager moved to walk-in cooler and adjusted unit thermostat. Corrective Action Taken

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Knife handle in storage rack soiled with old food debris. Cutting boards on cook-line soiled with mold-like substance. Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee open-top drink on frontline prep table. Employee discarded. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cutting boards grooved. Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substances. Hood filters soiled with grease accumulation. Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook-line soiled with mold-like substance. Microwave interior soiled with old food debris and grease accumulation. Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee partially-eaten, uncovered, cake with fork in pan in walk-in cooler. Manager discarded. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Microwave fan-guard missing. Cutting boards grooved. Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Upper part of soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substance. Underside of cookline pass-through shelf soiled with old food debris and grease accumulation. Repeat Violation

High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee on cookline rubbed gloved hands on his apron and continued to plate and prep food with no glove change or handwash.

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook-line soiled with mold-like substance. Microwave interior soiled with old food debris and grease accumulation.

Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. No-handle bowl used as scoop in bulk container. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Ceiling tiles missing over ice machine.

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on shelf over prep table. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cutting boards grooved and melted. Microwave fan guard missing.

Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle submerged in bulk container of rice. Manager removed for cleaning. Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of bulk container of rice soiled with old food debris and grease accumulation. Upper part of soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substance. Underside of cookline pass-through shelf soiled with old food debris and grease accumulation.

Intermediate - Priority: Intermediate Observed: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed interior of microwaves soiled with grease

Basic - Priority: Basic Observed: Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured in outside back corner.

Basic - Priority: Basic Observed: Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed cutting board on cook line with grooves and stained in kitchen.

Basic - Priority: Basic Observed: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed mold like substance on the underside of the non food contact surface of the nozzles on the soda dispensing machine at server station. Observed monitors above cook line soiled with grease. Repeat Violation

Basic - Priority: Basic Observed: Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Observed unwashed produce ( strawberries) stored over ready-to-eat food ( sauces) in walk in cooler

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cheese in reach-in cooler on cook-line at 47F. Manager placed in ice bath to quickly reduce temperature. Corrective Action Taken

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook-line soiled and grooved. Upper plates of coffee and tea machines soiled. Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Microwave missing fan guard cover/splatter shield. Fan guard missing in one of the three microwaves together on the cook-line.

Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Ceiling tiles missing over ice machine.

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food in cooler near bar, not marked or segregated. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood, vents and piping soiled with grease accumulation. Hood and exhaust pipe over dish machine soiled. Dust accumulation on wire storage racks for clean dish-ware.

Observed electrical wiring in disrepair. For reporting purposes only. Damaged under-counter light fixture in bar area. Hard-wired with exposed wires held together with wire connectors. Observed scorch marks on fixture.

High Priority - Employee touched apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee wipe right hand on pants then touched clean plate for a salad.

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior reach in freezer and dessert reach in cooler soiled. Reach in cooler drawers across from raw beef cooler soiled. Interior metal plate inside ice machine. Both soda gun nozzles. Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. 2 cases of air pods on shelf next to bread on cooks line. Employee placed items in his pocket. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Large plastic containers at dish area on clean rack. Repeat Violation

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Green cutting board hanging on clean dish rack with deep cut marks. Repeat Violation

Basic - Open dumpster lid and grease receptacle.

Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Raw steak cooler on cooks line. Repeat Violation

Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Cases of strawberries above ready to eat sauces (honey mustard, blue cheese, jugs of sauce) in walk in cooler.

Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Longhorn cup with seasonings inside not labeled. Operator labeled. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. melted butter (98 - Hot Holding) operator added more water to steam well. Corrective Action Taken

Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Half half cream in reach in cooler behind bar.

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of ice well behind bar. Interior of the melter on the cooks line. Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Beverage on table at salad station. Employee moved to drink holder. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Silver containers above clean dish area coming out of dish machine.

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. 2 cutting boards on the cooks line with deep scratch marks. Racks in reach in freezer at the end of cooks line by fry station with shelves that has rust pitted the surface. Repeat Violation

Basic - Food stored on floor. Box of potato soup on floor in walk in freezer. Operator placed on shelf. Corrected On-Site

Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. 2 pairs on cooks line.

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Blue dish guards soiled on clean end of dish machine. Reach in freezer gasket soiled at end of cooks line by fry station. Repeat Violation

Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. 2 containers on clean dish rack. Repeat Violation

Basic - Sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil. At salad station. Employee made a new bucket. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Behind bar.

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over cooked noodles in reach in cooler on cooks line. Operator moved noodles. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. On cooks line.

Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. In liquor room and single service storage area under shelves.

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on cooks line drawers. Repeat Violation

Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. On sifters on clean dish shelf. Operator removed and placed at dish to be washed.

Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Observed drink in reach in cooler above raw beef on cooks line. Operator discarded. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Reach-in cooler interior have accumulation of soil residues. Behind the bar.

Basic - Reach-in freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Next to battering station. Repeat Violation

Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Behind bar on cooler. Operator placed in buckets. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Behind bar. Operator placed on shelf. Corrected On-Site