Blake's on the Park Restaurant & Bar

Inspector notes: Observed an employee prepare a drink and touch the lime garnish with his bare hands. COS- employee put on gloves and drink was remade. 511-6-1.04(4)(a)1,2,3,4(i) - Preventing Contamination from Hands (P), (Pf), (C) (4) Protection From Contamination After Receiving. (a) Preventing Contamination from Hands. 1. Food employees shall wash their hands as specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.03(5). 2. Except when washing fruits and vegetables or as specified under subsection (a)4, food employees shall not contact exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and shall use suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment. P 3. Food employees shall minimize bare hand and arm contact with exposed food that is not in a ready- to-eat form. Pf 4. Par...

Inspector notes: Observed the PIC not able to show in a verifiable manner that the employees are notified on the illnesses they are required to report. COS- I emailed the PIC the health policy and he went through it with the employees. 511-6-1.03(2)(m) - Person-in-Charge Duties (Pf) Food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with the Chapter, to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food; Pf and

Inspector notes: Observed no paper towels At the bar hand sink and in the main kitchen. COS- paper towels were provided. 511-6-1.07(3)(b) - Hand Drying Provision (Pf) (b) Hand Drying Provision. Each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with: 1. Individual, disposable towels; Pf 2. A continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel; Pf 3. A heated-air hand drying device; Pf or 4. A hand drying device that employs an air-knife system that delivers high velocity, pressurized air at ambient temperatures.Pf

Inspector notes: Observed no designated hand sink in the bar area. Ice was being dumped in both sinks. COS- PIC designated a sink as the hand sink and labeled sink. 511-6-1.06(2)(g) - Handwashing Sinks, Nos/Capacities (Pf) (g) Handwashing Sinks, Numbers and Capacities. 1. Except as specified in paragraph 2 of this subsection, at least one handwashing sink, a number of handwashing sinks necessary for their convenient use by employees in areas specified under subsection (2)(l) of this Rule, and not fewer than the number of handwashing sinks required by law shall be provided. Pf

Inspector notes: Observed no response procedures to respond to a vomit or diarrheal incident. COS- PIC was emailed a copy of the procedures. 511-6-1.03(6) - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events(Pf) (6) Responding To Contamination Events. A food establishment shall have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the food service establishment. The procedures shall address the specific actions employees must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of employees, consumers, food, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. Pf

Inspector notes: Observed an accumulation of a black substance on the interior flap of the ice machine. COS- PIC got ice machine cleaned. 511-6-1.05(7)(b) - Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils - Cleaning Frequency (P, C) (b) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils. 1. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned: (ii) At least every 24 hours for iced tea dispensers including nozzles and consumer self-service utensils such as tongs, scoops, or ladles; (iii) Before restocking consumer self-service equipment and utensils such as condiment dispensers and display containers; and (iv) In equipment such as ice bins and beverage dispensing nozzles and enclosed components of equipment such as ice makers, cooking oil storage tanks and distribution lines, beverage and syrup dispensing lines or...

Inspector notes: Observed no test strips to test the sanitizer concentration of the dish machine. CA- test strips shall be provided. 511-6-1.05(3)(h),(i) - Temperature Measuring Device, Manual Warewashing; Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Device (Pf) (h) Temperature Measuring Devices, Manual and Mechanical Warewashing. 1. In manual warewashing operations, a temperature measuring device shall be provided and readily accessible for frequently measuring the washing and sanitizing temperatures. Pf 2. In hot water mechanical warewashing operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the utensil surface temperature. Pf (i) Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices. A test kit or other device that accurately measures the concentration in mg/L of sa...