ZIM ZARI CALIFORNIA COASTAL GRILL
3230 LITTLE RD
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/21/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
4
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 24-06-4:Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack.
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. 4 cooks **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Butter in the walk in cooler not covered. Covered during inspection Corrected On-Site
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at Cook line. Employee replaced Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/21/2025 revealed 5 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 1/29/2025
High Priority
4
Intermediate
1
Basic
2
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf above reach in cooler, employee discarded drink Corrected On-Site
- 29-17-4:Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster. Holster sitting above hand sink
- 22-49-4:High Priority - Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine chlorine sanitizer at 0ppm, detergent line in sanitizer bucket and the sanitizer line in detergent bucket. Manager switched the lines sanitizer now at 100ppm Corrected On-Site
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef above cooked pork in walk in cooler, raw beef moved to bottom shelf Corrected On-Site
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. pasta salad (51F - Cold Holding) on expo line sitting on top of ice pulled from the walk in cooler approximately 20 minutes ago Admin Complaint
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 7 total violations (4 high priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 4/10/2024
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 4/10/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 3/28/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed Pico (47F - Cold Holding); Shredded Cheese (47F - Cold Holding); Shredded Lettuce (47F - Cold Holding) in three door lift top reach-in cooler at end of cook line across from grill. The items had been in the reach-in cooler for less than 4 hours. Discussed repeat violation and the importance of following proper protocol with this violation was reinforced with the operator, discussed same problems with same reach-in cooler. Operator started to have employees ice down products. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/28/2024 revealed 1 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 12/12/2023
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 12/12/2023 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 12/8/2023
High Priority
2
Intermediate
1
Basic
0
Total
3
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm, sanitizer container and detergent container had dispenser tubes switched, operator switched tubes and primed machine, corrected to 50 ppm Warning
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In 3 door cooler on end of cook line - Plant Foods (53F - Cold Holding); Monterey Jack (48F - Cold Holding); cooked onions/ peppers (50F - Cold Holding); pork belly (49F - Cold Holding); pico de gallo (49F - Cold Holding) All temperatures were at 41 F or below at 10 am. Moved all to walk in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. In bar, mixing cups in hand wash sink , operator removed Corrected On-Site Warning
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/8/2023 revealed 3 total violations (2 high priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic).