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Press Impresses Health Dept.; SCSU Doesn’t

by Caitlin Emma | Feb 13, 2012 1:02 pm

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Posted to: Food, Health Care

Caitlin Emma Photo City health inspectors gave high marks to the restaurant Press on State Street. Southern Connecticut State University and two outlets didn’t do as well on their exams; one market had to hold off on anymore cooking until it could get rid of the grease build-up and rodent-catching bait.

These were some of the highest and lowest scoring New Haven establishments during the city’s routine restaurant inspections.

Sanitarians at the Environmental Health Department inspect all of New Haven’s restaurants once a year. Restaurants with a score of less than 80 have about two weeks to make the recommended corrections. The department can also close a restaurant, regardless of score, if they see an immediate danger to public health.

Some trends from this round of inspections include a lack of toilet paper and paper towels, dirty walk-in freezers and floors that need some repairing.

Below are the latest scores for a handful of sit-down restaurants, luncheonettes, local markets, ice cream shops and college dining options. They were inspected during the last week of January.

Jan. 25, 2012

Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut Hall, 501 Crescent St.
Score: 74/100
Corrections due: Feb. 8, 2012

• Two hand sinks in women’s toilet room in disrepair
• Missing hand-washing soap in women’s toilet room; sanitizer only on counter
• Lobby outtakes with mini strawers, not individually wrapped, used as stirrers
• Plastic forks and spoons face up; need handles up
• Thermometers missing at self-serve breakfast area reach-ins
• Shell eggs stored over ready-to-eat mushrooms
• Bagels out uncovered
• Hat and apron stored in refrigerator with shell eggs
• Underside of milk station not clean
• Sharp knife and cloth in pizza hand sink
• Hot chocolate machine underside and back splash, underside of juice machine not clean
• Sandwich/salad area with open pans of food uncovered
• Brooms stored on floor by beverage cooler in kitchen
• Missing labels on salad dressing bottles in salad area
• Thermometer on grille area not working on unit
• Wiping cloths and linens stored throughout, not in one place
• Fake crab meat (pollock) at 60 degrees Fahrenheit in serving line
• Dry store room shelves lined with cardboard
• Floor in dry store room not clean
• Dishwasher final rinse only 155 degrees Fahrenheit
• Cutting boards lined with damp wiping cloths
• Mold underside of beverage dispenser (sodas) in faculty room
• Missing toilet paper in faculty toilet rooms

Ashley’s Ice Cream, 280 York St.
Score: 84/100
Corrections due: ASAP
Owner: Joe Ametrano

• Eliminate cups as scoops, provide scoops with handles
• Don’t store scoops inside food product
• Clean shelves in walk-in freezer
• Clean floor in walk-in freezer
• Broken plastic lids on dry goods
• Properly label food product out of original containers
• Clean overhead hood
• Clean and sanitize bathroom
• Provide paper towels at hand sink in bathroom
• Clean refrigerator gaskets
• Replace broken refrigerator gaskets
• Dipper well water line must be above lip of bin
• Clean basement throughout

Jan. 26, 2012

Press, 932 State St.
Score: 93/100
Corrections due: ASAP
Owner: Peter Ferraro

• Store raw food under cooked and ready-to-eat food
• Paint or seal cement floor in back
• Finish wall in back, paint
• Properly store cleaning equipment, hang mops/brooms
• Paint or shelac wood door
• Replace broken refrigerator gaskets
• Provide paper towel holder at hand sink
• Provide floor/wall juncture where missing

Cerda Market, 209 Shelton Ave.
Score: 83/100
Corrections due: ASAP
Owner: Imran Khan

• Missing labels on squirt bottles and shakers
• Hand sink blocked by bread trays
• Storage shelves missing in rear
• Paper liners of shelves not clean
• Container holding condiments not clean
• Deli door case tracks and deli door handles not clean
• Grille in disrepair
• Grease accumulation on everything in kitchen
• Grease on walls, now discolored; holes in the wall
• Rear store room needs reorganizing and purging
• Counter under grilles, not clean
• Inside milk/beverage cooler, not clean
• Floor throughout in disrepair
• Bait for rodents not approved for food service establishment
• Mop and broom should hang up
Note: no cooking until corrected

Jan. 30, 2012

J.I. Luncheonette, 161 Chapel St.
Score: 93/100
Corrections due: April 30, 2012
Owner: Juan A. Reyes

• Plastic forks stored face up; need handles up
• Inside white rear refrigerator, not clean
• Wood shelves need to be sealed wood paint or polyurethane
• Missing labels on plastic squirt bottles of liquid
• Cove molding missing
• Floor in disrepair throughout, particularly in toilet room

Chap’s Grille, 1174 Chapel St.
Score: 88/100
Corrections due: ASAP
Owner: Khalil Elsankary

• Provide a paper towel holder at the hand sink
• Cover all food product during storage
• Properly store cleaning equipment, hang mops/brooms
• Repair damaged walls, holes in walls
• Rusty shelves in walk-in
• Replace broken refrigerator gaskets
• Provide floor/wall juncture where missing
• Provide wall plates on plugs/switches
• Eliminate damaged cabinet
• Clean floors in basement
• Store single service articles inverted
• Properly label food product out of original containers
• Broken/cracked floor tiles
• Don’t store scoops inside food product

Pot Au Pho, 77 Whitney Ave.
Score: 89/100
Corrections due: ASAP
Owner: Thu Huong Thi Nguye

• Smooth out ceiling and walls, paint
• Properly label food product out of original containers
• Cover all food product during storage
• Properly store personal items
• Eliminate all unnecessary articles
• Hot water in bathroom must not exceed 115 degrees Fahrenheit
• Clean floors under equipment
• Properly store cleaning equipment, hang mops/brooms

Jan. 31, 2012

Waucoma Yacht Club, 279 Front St.
Score: 95/100
Corrections due: July, 31, 2012
Owner: Charles Lemon

• Hand sink at bar not clean
• Can opener rusty in kitchen
• Broom stored on floor

Shelton Grocery, 383 Shelton Ave.
Score: 84/100
Corrections due: April 31, 2012
Owner: Shumaila Yousuf

• Missing thermometer in Sobe cooler and deli cooler
• Storing shell eggs over ready-to-eat foods in deli cooler
• Rusty retail food shelves
• Reach-in beverage cooler doors in disrepair
• Rubber gaskets in prep area cooler, shredded
• Wooden shelves not sealed
• Rusty retail shelves inside Sobe cooler not clean
• Missing paper towels in toilet room handsink
• Perimeter of store littered
• Floor around equipment not sealed
• Floor tiles by deli case in disrepair

Salsa’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant, 99 Grand Ave.
Score: 96/100
Corrections due: April 31, 2012
Owner: Juana Ramirez

• Missing labels on plastic containers of powder and bottles of liquid
• Can opener not clean
• Floor in disrepair

 

 

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