La Catrina Restaurant

Staff personal cleanliness was inadequate.

Inspector’s note: Observed the manager with no hair restraint in the food prep area.instructed manager to provide and maintain hair restraint while in the prep area preparing foods.

Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

Inspector’s note: Observed a torn door gasket inside of the kitchen 2-door prep line cooler and inside the 2-door stand-up cooler near the dishwashing 3-compartment sink area. Instructed to replace the torn door gasket.

Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

Inspector’s note: Observed frozen meats stored in plastic grocery bags in the reach-in-freezer. Instructed to use only food grade storage bags or containers and maintain.

Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

Inspector’s note: Instructed to detail clean manual can opener and housing attached to the prep table to remove accumulation of dried-up food debris and maintain.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Instructed to remove standing water on the floor near the air conditioning unit installed in the rear basement dry storage room and maintain.

A previously cited basic violation still wasn’t fixed.

Inspector’s note: Found previous core violation not corrected from report dated 5-9-24 inspection #2594304. Found no backflow prevention devices at mop sink.must provide where it can be serviced and located. Priority foundation.citation issued.7-42-090. Must provide.

Plumbing problems, or missing protection against backflow.

Inspector’s note: Found no backflow prevention devices at mop sink.must provide wher it can be serviced and located.

Food wasn’t labeled or wasn’t in its original container.

Inspector’s note: Found bulk food not labeled.(cinnamon, sugar,etc.)must label.

Insects, rodents, or animals were present, or the building wasn’t sealed against them.

Inspector’s note: Found fruit fly activity at basement dry storage areas.observed about 30 fruit flies.priority foundation.citation issued.7-38-020a.must rid of fruit flies and notify pest control operator.

Plumbing problems, or missing protection against backflow.

Inspector’s note: Found no backflow prevention devices at mop sink.must provide wher it can be serviced and located.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Found floors not clean basement dry storage areas.(under shelving units)must clean.

Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

Inspector’s note: Clean the interior and exterior of all coolers and freezers, prep tables, deep fryer, stove, and grill.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Clean the grease and food debris on the floor and baseboards of the prep area. Clean the basement floor along the walls and under equipment.

Ventilation or lighting was inadequate.

Inspector’s note: Clean the grease on the ventilation hood and filters.

Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

Inspector’s note: Clean the prep tables, grill, oven and interior of the basement chest freezer.

Toilet rooms weren’t built, stocked, or cleaned properly.

Inspector’s note: The men's washroom door is not self-closing. Must install a self-closing door device or adjust the door so that it closes by itself.

Thermometers were missing or inaccurate.

Inspector’s note: Observed some coolers missing thermometers. Instructed manager must provide working thermometers for all coolers.

Plumbing problems, or missing protection against backflow.

Inspector’s note: 3-compartment sink missing stopper (x1). Instructed manager must provide additional working stopper for 3-compartment sink.

Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

Inspector’s note: Observed accumulated food build up inside all prep area reach in coolers, coolers doors/corners around hindges, inside coolers door rubber gaskets and food build up on all prep area table tops. Must clean and maintain equipment.

Toilet rooms weren’t built, stocked, or cleaned properly.

Inspector’s note: No covered trash receptacle in womens washroom. Must provide.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Observed food/dirt build up on rear prep area floor along walls/corners. Instructed manager must clean rear prep area floor under and around all cooking equipment and sinks.

Food wasn’t labeled or wasn’t in its original container.

Inspector’s note: Must label food storage containers when food is not in original package.

Food wasn’t labeled or wasn’t in its original container.

Inspector’s note: Observed no labels on repackaged desserts foods for sale with proper info given.must provide and maintain.

Clean utensils, equipment, or linens weren’t stored and handled properly.

Inspector’s note: Must invert multiuse utensils on dish storage shelves in basement.

Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

Inspector’s note: Must apply a sealant or paint raw wood shelving units in basement.

Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

Inspector’s note: Must clean food debris build up from both microwaves.

Equipment or surfaces were in poor repair or made of material that can’t be cleaned.

Inspector’s note: Must repair or replace cracked interior panel inside of ice machine.

Equipment and surfaces were dirty.

Inspector’s note: Must clean debris build up from prep table next to cooking equipment.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Must clean debris build up from wall behind chest freezer in prep area.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Must repair or replace stained ceiling tiles in men's toilet room.

Food wasn’t protected from contamination during prep, storage, or display.

Inspector’s note: Observed no barrier at entry to rear prep area from dining area and no sneeze guard at front bar area.must provide and maintain.(priority no citation issued)

Dishwashing equipment wasn’t set up, maintained, or used correctly.

Inspector’s note: Observed no drain board at front bar 3- compartment sink.must install and maintain.

Plumbing problems, or missing protection against backflow.

Inspector’s note: Must provide a back flow device on mopsink.

Floors, walls, or ceilings were damaged or dirty.

Inspector’s note: Must repair or replace missing wall bases in front bar area and behind cooking equipment.must seal gap in between floor and wall under rear 3- comp sink.