Z BEST ORIGINAL TUNIS
7400 103 ST
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 1/29/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 1/28/2025
High Priority
6
Intermediate
5
Basic
15
Total
26
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed three unsecured CO2 tanks in small storage area between cook line and hallway prep table.
- 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Observed soiled cardboard lining interior of middle reach in cooler on cook line.
- 36-37-5:Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. Observed wall behind cook line not a smooth and easily cleanable material.
- 36-36-4:Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Observed missing ceiling tiles in hallway between cook line and dry storage area.
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee coffee cup with lid stored on shelf next to sauce storage unit across from grill top. Employee removed beverage and placed in designated storage location. **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. Observed employee jacket and backpack stored on dry storage wire racks next to food items. Person in charge removed employee belongings. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed one employee engaging in food preparation on cook line wearing a watch and a bracelet. Inspector educated person in charge appropriate food handler jewelry. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed one employee on cook line with dense beard not wearing beard guard. Person in charge provided employee with beard guard. **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor, walls, and/or ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed; ceiling tiles throughout kitchen soiled. Walls behind cook line soiled with grease build up. Floors on cook line soiled with debris and soiled cardboard. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed; hood filters soiled with grease build up above cook line. Soiled gaskets on reach in cooler doors on cook line. Soiled backplates around soda nozzles on soda tower near to-go window. Employee began cleaning backplates. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Observed open lid on dumpster at rear of establishment. **Repeat Violation**
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Observed door with a disconnected self-closing arm causing door unable to self close located at rear exit of kitchen. Employee began reattaching self-closing arm. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 14-12-4:Basic - Utensils in poor condition. Observed; metal sauté pan in disrepair with large portions missing, hooked sharp points, and frayed corners used as a scoop for gyro meat shaved from cone. Rubber spatula with chips and frayed rubber end stored in dish ware area. Person in charge voluntarily discarded spatula. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 36-30-4:Basic - Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. Observed wall behind cook line not a smooth and easily cleanable material.
- 14-06-4:Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Observed in use wooden cutting board with cracks and no longer sealed on cook line.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee remove soiled gloves, touch soiled clothing, then don new gloves without washing hands. Observed hand wash sink at end of cook line completely blocked by standing reach in cooler. Per employee the reach in cooler had been blocking hand wash sink for multiple days. Only other available hand wash sink was located next to three compartment sink at rear of establishment and had no paper towels. Inspector educated employee proper handwashing procedures. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed employee handle raw gyro meat to place on flat top grill then prepare ready to eat sandwich items for service. Observed hand wash sink at end of cook line completely blocked by standing reach in cooler. Per employee the reach in cooler had been blocking hand wash sink for multiple days. Only other available hand wash sink was located next to three compartment sink at rear of establishment and had no paper towels. Inspector educated person in charge proper handling of ready to eat and raw animal foods. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 08B-27-4:High Priority - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Observed multiple original commercial packaged bags and boxes for raw chicken used as storage containers for cooked chicken. Employee began moving cooked chicken to appropriate storage containers. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Observed opened box of raw ground beef stored over opened box of ready to eat biscuits. Person in charge rearranged food items to proper storage levels. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed employee touch soiled clothing with gloves then begin in food preparation with raw animal foods and milk wash without changing gloves. Observed hand wash sink at end of cook line completely blocked by standing reach in cooler. Per employee the reach in cooler had been blocking hand wash sink for multiple days. Only other available hand wash sink was located next to three compartment sink at rear of establishment and had no paper towels. Inspector educated employee proper handwashing procedures. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Observed threaded hose bibb with no vacuum breaker located on exterior of establishment near rear exit.
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Observed person in charge unable to provide written procedures for the event of vomiting or diarrhea.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed interior of knife storage container soiled with food debris. Knife storage located on wall at end of cook line near gyro cone heating unit.
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed hand wash sink at end of cook line completely blocked by standing reach in cooler. Per employee the reach in cooler had been blocking hand wash sink for multiple days. Only other available hand wash sink was located next to three compartment sink at rear of establishment and had no paper towels. Employee moved reach in cooler to make hand wash sink accessible. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed plastic to-go cup stored in hand wash sink that was blocked by standing reach in cooler. Person in charge removed cup. **Corrected On-Site**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at hand wash sink next to three compartment sink at rear area of kitchen. Employee provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/28/2025 revealed 26 total violations (6 high priority, 5 intermediate, 15 basic).
Inspection on 8/7/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
3
Basic
14
Total
19
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed single use soufflé cup used as scoop in container of red pepper flakes and oregano. Person in charge removed cups and discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed soiled ceiling tiles and vents throughout kitchen area and cook line.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed; employee cup on shelf on cook line next to tall reach in cooler. Pack of cigarettes on shelf above flip top coolers on cook line. Jackets hanging on shelf in dry storage by back door next to box of opened romaine lettuce. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed gasket on walk-in cooler in disrepair. Observed cracked plastic blender in dry storage area. **Repeat Violation**
- 33-09-4:Basic - Garbage not placed in a receptacle for storage until pick up to make the garbage inaccessible to insects and rodents. Observed bags of garbage on floor around dumpster with multiple flying insects.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup up in reach in freezer by to go station.
- 10-01-5:Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Observed; scoop in flour bin with handle touching product on cook line. Scoop in large bin of flour in dry storage area by walk-in cooler with handle touching product. Scoop in lemon pepper breading in dry storage with handle touching product. Person in charge removed all scoops and placed in dish area. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-36-5:Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Observed reach in freezer by to go station with lid in disrepair and exposed insulation.
- 36-62-4:Basic - Light not functioning. Observed light out in walk in freezer.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed; soiled gaskets and door frames on reach in cooler in kitchen area. Soiled gaskets and door frame on walk-in cooler door. **Repeat Violation**
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Observed dumpster lid left open and exposed to flying insects. **Repeat Violation**
- 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Observed packaged cakes stored in box of shelled eggs in walk-in cooler.
- 33-31-5:Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Observed back area with grease receptacle holding unused, soiled equipment. **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed large bin of white powder in dry storage area next to walk-in cooler with no label. Person in charge stated it was a different flour from other storage bins and labeled accordingly. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sliced cheese at flip top cooler temping between 55-59F. Person in charge moved sliced cheeses to reach in cooler and retemp for both sliced cheeses was 43F. Sliced cheese, sliced cheese (55-59F - Cold Holding) Sliced cheese retemp, sliced cheese retemp (42-42F - Cold Holding) **Corrected On-Site**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed uncooked commercially process gyro meat consisting of lamb and beef not reaching 135F for hot holding. Gyro meat, gyro meat retemp 60 minutes (107, 110F - Hot Holding)
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed mold like substance build up on soda nozzles at drink station by to go window.
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Observed no soap at hand wash sink by three compartment sink. Person in charge provided soap. **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed unlabeled spray bottle hanging in shelf above three compartment sink. Person in charge stated it was bleach and labeled it accordingly. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/7/2024 revealed 19 total violations (2 high priority, 3 intermediate, 14 basic).