HOT WOK
3715 EMERSON ST
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 2/25/2025
High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
16
Total
23
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On cooked chicken, discarded by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-45-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves. For egg roll bags **Repeat Violation**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf above noodles, employee moved drink, also open drink on back prep table **Corrected On-Site**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Lotions on shelf above egg roll bags, front counter, employee moved them **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket is torn in prep reach in cooler
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Boxes with food in walk in freezer, placed on shelf by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of lid for clean oil, by rice warmer, also shelves in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Rears door **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-39-4:Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Employee cutting broccoli, hasn't been washed, explained to him
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of upright cooler, also vent in upright drink cooler
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Box with to go containers, employee placed it on shelf **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Peeled onions in walk in cooler, covered by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Repeat Violation**
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe in hand sink by mop sink, next to cook line
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep table, discarded by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Yellow powder, employee wrote bullion **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Pain killer on prep table, employee moved it **Corrected On-Site**
- 03C-44-5:High Priority - Cooked poultry not reaching a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. 155f wing, employee drooped it again, got to 170f **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-11-4:High Priority - Employee used the bathroom and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands upon returning to employee area. Employee came back from bathroom and grabbed scoop to scoop food, explained to him and he washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. For wings, employee wrote time on **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. +200 ppm chl in bucket, test strip turned almost black, diluted by employee, 100 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- 16-33-4:Intermediate - Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer. For bucket
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Pink solution at front counter, cleaner per employee **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/25/2025 revealed 23 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 16 basic).
Inspection on 9/18/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
5
Basic
11
Total
20
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On cut onions in walk in cooler, removed by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Dirty for to go bags, employee discarded and placed a new one **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cutting broccoli, he put hat on **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Sac with onions in walk in cooler, employee placed it on shelf **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler shelved and fan soiled by prep area, also vent in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Exterior door **Repeat Violation**
- 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Employee placed clean broccoli in same box that came in dirty, explained to him, washed again and placed it in another container **Corrected On-Site**
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Box with to go containers on floor, explained to him and he placed them on shelf **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Cut onions in walk in cooler, employee coved them **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep area **Repeat Violation**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One by triple sink
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken on shelf above celery in walk in cooler, raw beef in open container one shelf above egg rolls in walk in freezer, employee rearranged **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-17-6:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken on tray on shelf above raw beef on tray in walk in freezer, explained to him and he rearranged **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 60f raw wings by triple sink, employee said he seasoned them in the morning and left them there, explained to him, he placed them in walk in cooler, less than 4 hrs **Corrective Action Taken**
- 02C-03-5: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. Egg rolls opened a couple of days ago, employee wrote date on, walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in prep sink, explained to him and he washed in hand sink **Corrected On-Site**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. With trash can and mop sink, hand sink by mop sink, trash can moved by employee **Corrected On-Site**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. In restroom, employee placed some **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Red solution, labeled degreaser by employee **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/18/2024 revealed 20 total violations (4 high priority, 5 intermediate, 11 basic).