SOUL FOOD EXPRESS
1227 E 21 ST
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.7/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/17/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
2
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 02D-03-4:Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Grab and go Non-TCS desserts on front counter missing all label requirements. Employee removed from front counter as grab and go and place in back on reach in cooler. Operator will create labels in future Corrected On-Site
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw pork chop stored thawing under prep table at 34F. Employee place in reach in cooler Corrected On-Site
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee handling cash at register and then preparing food and handling to go containers without washing hands. Employee washed hands Corrected On-Site
- 31B-05-4:Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. Paper towel near ware washing area not dispensing. Employee fixed it Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/17/2025 revealed 4 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 12/6/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
1
Basic
1
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 01B-14-4:High Priority- Observed: Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Two cracked shell eggs on tray stored in cooler.
- 08A-05-6:High Priority-Observed: Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Bread stored with individually wrapped Cornish hens, manager properly stored Cornish hens during inspection Corrected On-Site
- 14-11-5:Basic - Priority: Basic-5 Observed: Equipment in poor repair. Torn gasket on upright reach in cooler
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Priority: Intermediate-Observed: Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Filled water for sanitizer solution from hand wash sink Reference: 5-205.11(B) FC: (B) Using a Handwashing Facility. A handwashing sink may not be used for purposes other than handwashing.
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/6/2024 revealed 4 total violations (2 high priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic).
Inspection on 4/18/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
2
Total
3
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Black debris on gasket of triple door cooler
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Employee closed lid Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No hand soap at hand wash sink, manager refilled soap Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/18/2024 revealed 3 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 12/1/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
3
Total
4
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bags of chicken in a grey bin stored on floor, employee properly stored chicken Corrected On-Site
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored on floor
- 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 and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time marking on crab cakes stored near register, manager wrote time marking Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/1/2023 revealed 4 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic).