Waffle House #2391

Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner

Clean plates on shelf over dish machine not protected from customer contamination at front counter.

Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils

Opened bottle of water on shelf over waffle batter in reach in cooler. nEmployee drink on prep table in front of tea urns. nEmployee drink on top of case of napkins. Repeat Violation

Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items

Phone on shelf over hotbox in back room. nPurse on top of bag in a box sodas. nUsed apron on top of of bag in a box soda.

Basic – Exhaust/ventilation hood system not designed to prevent grease or condensation from dripping onto food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items

Grease dripping under hood filters on cookline. Warning

Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris

Discarded gloves, napkins and food debris on floor at front counter.

Basic – Food stored on floor

Jugs of butter on floor at front counter.

Basic – Ice bucket/shovel stored improperly between uses

Ice bucket on rack in front of ice machine. Manager flipped. Corrected On-Site

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust

Around doors of reach in coolers near gaskets soiled. Repeat Violation Warning

Basic – Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present

Back door cracked open.

Basic – Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination

Coffee filters on top of coffee mugs not protected. nNo lids over cups at two fountain areas. 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 placed hands in pockets and continued to refill drink without washing hands. Warning

High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area

Two live flies in kitchen area.

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food

In reach in cooler at front counter: raw ground beef on shelf over ready to eat ham steaks. nAlso, raw animal food not separated based on cooking temperature requirements

In reach in cooler at front counter: ground pork sausage stored on shelf over bacon.

High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse

Butter blend packets 62F, 67F, and 68F on roll cart at front counter

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit

Butter blend packets 67F, and 68F on roll cart at front counter. Stop sale issued. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

High Priority – Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed

Sanitizer chlorine over 200 ppm in sanitizer bucket at front counter. Manager refreshed then 100 ppm.

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

Sausage gravy made yesterday with no date mark.

Intermediate – Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information

Several certificates missing information including CFM number name, dates of expiration and dates of training.