And back to our regularly scheduled programming, we’ve discovered a little website called the Thomas Jefferson Health Food district that documents all the health inspections for Charlottesville area restaurants. It brings up a lot of violations from our favorite food places. Most of these violations are silly things like the lack of signs. But, here are some of our favorites/most scary (some seem overly picky, no?):
Critical Repeat A review of the menu with the foodservice operator indicates that there is no consumer advisory for the steak tar tar and the duck that may be served raw and/or undercooked
To our suprise, White Spot doesn’t have ANY critical violations.
Repeat Honey stored on the floor or food stored less than 6″ above the floor.
Employee (Female staffer had bang dangling out of bun) observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
Critical Repeat The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: Meat slicer. Owner stated that this was for personal use, but needs to be labeled as such and not be out in regular prep area.
Corrected During Inspection Critical Using chlorine at a concentration exceeding 200ppm for soaking whole tomatoes.
Little Johns…hehehehehe that’s why you don’t eat here sober
Critical Cooked barbeque chicken and sliced turkey noted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
Repeat Cleaning is being done during periods in which food is exposed to contamination. Spray cleaning floor in rear while cooling cooked chicken.
Repeat Food stored in a location where it is subject to splash, dust or other contamination–adjacent to handsink at service area.
There are a lot more if you want to look through them.
[pic from cupcakes2/flickr]
Related posts:
- Any idea what’s happening with The Tavern (restaurant on Emmett St, formerly Sarge’s)?
- Free Charlottesville Deck Inspections (Dilapidated Porches Encouraged to Apply)
- Restaurant News: Aqui Es Mexico and Escafe (aka “The Cafeteria”)
Miller’s Restaurant
# of Critical Violations on Last Inspection: 0
# of Non-Critical Violations on Last Inspection: 0
Wait…”Restaurant”….they serve food there?
I guess I’ve never bothered to read the menu while I’m slamming $1.00 beers during happy hour.
AAAAH! asian express serves its sushi RAW.
no way!
When’s the box going to open? Anybody got the skinny?
lovely: i always get a caesar salad with a plain bagel with HONEY- served off the floor from Bodos… just fabulous. now thats why i have a cold. DAMN IT!
side note: i suggest the combo the sweet really compliments the garlic
I say Bodo’s FAILS cause NO TOASTER!
Where are we gonna talk about no parking and no toasters now that this place is gone…??? And Halsey Minor? God I almost forgot about the crooked Woodberry hair model….
I was going to go there with Bodo’s/toaster but I held back. Thank you for stepping up.
Bodo’s. Hmmm. I suppose it might be an amusing Cvillain going-away prank to have an Improv Anywhere-style setup where a bunch of us show up at all the various Bodos locations simultaneously carrying toasters. after the initial gag, we could presumably use AC/DC converters to do our bagels from car cigarette lighters in the parking lots.
As to Halsey—poor fish. I’ll miss him. The Landmark was his last holding in Cville wasn’t it? I assume he’ll just hide out at his Carter’s Grove Plantation near Williamsburg, not show his face in this town much again.
Excerpts from the press release for Minor’s purchase of Carter’s Grove, which will result in the historic property being no longer accessible by the public:
“The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has transferred ownership of Carter’s Grove Plantation, including the Georgian style mansion and 400 acres that are subject to a conservation easement, as well as an additional 76 acres adjoining the property. Halsey Minor, a Virginia native and successful entrepreneur, has purchased the property for $15.3 million. He intends to use the site as a residence and as a center for a thoroughbred horse breeding program….
“Halsey Minor’s respect for the property, his determination to protect it for the long term and his intended use are clear indications that he will be a fine steward of Carter’s Grove,” said Colonial Williamsburg’s President].”
hahahahaha! respect for the property!!!!!
he’ll have barry manilow out front as a lawn-jockey and other fave hair-models milling about the place in pantaloons and admin-assistants and bodyguards in ill-fitting suits bustling around him making fradulaent implausible dis on bad art by teleconference, constructing unpaid-for dovecotes and columbaries out of leftover girders and trusses from Landmark.
used to go to Carter’s Grove on picnics when i was a kid-student at W&M.
farce. one assume that with all his other fiscal distress, he’ll be foreclosed-upon and wind up living in a basemant apartment in Fifeville soon.
Can I just defend restaurants in general here? You can get a critical violation if you have a cup of coffee in the kitchen. So while it is a good thing to have health inspectors lest we swallow cockroaches or eat food that has been poorly stored/refrigerated, be sure to read the details and don’t just see the phrase “critical violation” and never eat there again.
I mean the take-it-away violation is a perfect example. Who doesn’t have the occasional fly away? I sure don’t mind.
/she’s back
//and now she’s gone again
yeah, i read a bunch of them & thought they were ridiculous. the only ones that really concerned me were bizou’s no sinks for kitchen staff to wash their hands & other handwashing ones & the refrigerators that are 20 degrees too warm.
Who knew there was a restaurant at the stockyards on Franklin. Stay away hipsters, it’s for cowboys only.
From the Take It Away citation:
…(Female staffer had bang dangling out of bun)…
/tee hee hee hee