EL BALCON DE LAS AMERICAS REST
7932 W SAMPLE RD
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/27/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
7
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl used as scoop in flip top cooler. Operator removed **Corrected On-Site**
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Gap beneath back exit door
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Stored raw chicken and mashed potatoes in flip top cooler uncovered operator covered **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-18-4:High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee washed hands then wiped hands on apron. Reviewed proper hand washing procedures Employee rehashed hands **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Flip top cooler cut lettuce (39-60F - Cold Holding). Per operator item in unit less than four hours. Observed item overfilled in unit. Operator removed access food and stored in freezer to quick chill **Corrective Action Taken**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked potatoes (119F - Hot Holding). Per operator in unit for less than four hours. Observed potatoes being held in shallow container. Operator reheated potatoes and put them into deeper container **Corrective Action Taken**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Kitchen microwave soiled with food debris
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/27/2025 revealed 7 total violations (3 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 9/6/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
7
Inspection Details:
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Flip top cooler in kitchen contains no latches to securely close.
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Rust in kitchen microwave
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Rust on walk in cooler shelves
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Walk in cooler- raw pork stored over ready to eat vegetables. Operator properly stored **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-15-5:High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Kitchen Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 200ppm). Operator remade solution. Tested 100ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- 11-07-5:Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Provided and reviewed hand out to operator
- 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. Printed and provided poster to operator. Operator posted **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/6/2024 revealed 7 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).