DARRELL'S DINER #18

2506A SE 17 ST

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

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All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 2/14/2025

High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
4
Total
5
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Soiled green bag stored over soft drink syrup boxes
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean stacked Equipment ( metal bins and soft drink cups )not properly air-dried, and stored wet on clean ware rack resulting in wet nesting. Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. reach in freezer gasket soiled with food particles
  • 24-17-4:Basic - Silverware/utensils dried with a towel/cloth. Dishwasher dried silverware with towel.
  • 12A-02-4:High Priority - Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Server brought a soiled plate to dishwasher then handled a plate with toast and served to customer without washing hands after handling soled plate. Cook wearing gloves cracked eggs then handled Ready-To-Eat tortilla and prepared food items, without removing gloves, washing hands and putting on clean gloves. Discussed with Manager. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Food Inspector #8871446
2025-02-14
★★½☆☆ 3.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/14/2025 revealed 5 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic).

Inspection on 8/26/2024

High Priority
5
Intermediate
0
Basic
4
Total
9
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee salad stored on middle shelf above door service to the public I walk-in-cooler. Manager discarded salad Corrected On-Site
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Equipment not properly air-dried, and stored wet on clean ware rack resulting in wet nesting( cups at server station)
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly Coffee filter not covered or protected at server station.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Chicken in reach in freezer and fresh coffee ground placed in coffee filters not covered at server station. Manager covered coffee and filters Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Two dozen raw shelled eggs stored above green peppers in walk-in-cooler . Manager removed raw shelled eggs Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 02C-01-5:High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Potato salad in walk-in-cooler dated eight days earlier
  • 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee was on the cookline then went to walk-in-cooler then returned to cookline ad handled toast, without removing gloves, washing hands and putting on clean gloves. Discussed with Manager.
  • 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Potato salad in walk-in-cooler dated eight days earlier
  • 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. See stop sale. Raw shelled eggs kept on time did not have the most current time mark. Manager put the correct time mark on the white board in the kitchen Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Food Inspector #8722896
2024-08-26
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/26/2024 revealed 9 total violations (5 high priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic).

Inspection on 2/26/2024

High Priority
3
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At the cook line, bowl no handle inside home fries container, French fries and onion rings, employee moved all. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. During inspection manager provided a digital copy. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket and personal belongings stored above dry goods and cleaned containers, manager moved all. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At the cook line, observed raw pooled eggs (French toast mix) stored above pancakes batter and home fries, employee moved, also In freezer near back door, observed raw chicken stored above raw beef, Manager moved. 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. At the cook line, raw shell eggs no time marked, employee marked.
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Grill cleaning brick above cleaned containers and food, manager moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink at the triple sink, soap containers in front of sink, employee moved. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
Food Inspector #8539319
2024-02-26
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/26/2024 revealed 7 total violations (3 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).

Inspection on 10/30/2023

High Priority
2
Intermediate
5
Basic
5
Total
12
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At the cook line bowl no handle inside home fries container, also at the dry storage area, observed bowl no handle inside black pepper container.
  • 14-74-7:Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Reach-in cooler at the server station, (front counter) ambient air temperature of 56F.
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Near back door, employee purse on top of coffee box.
  • 21-04-4:Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. At the prep area, observed in use cutting board with a white wet towel underneath
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. At the prep area, wet wiping cloth on prep table, employee moved to bucket. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. At the cook line, two employees working with food, stopped and started wearing gloves and no hand washed occurred, Inspector instructed to properly washed their hands. Also male employee adjusted glasses with tip of his finger and didn't change his gloves and continued working with food m
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at the server station (front counter): milk 57F, sour cream 57F, per Manager items placed at 8:00am, milk and sour cream moved to freezer. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of microwave soiled. Also at the front counter area, ice chute with mold like substance
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink at the three compartment sink area used as a dumped sink, observed container with soiled utensils inside and another container in front of it. Manager moved all items. Corrected On-Site
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. For one female employee at the prep area.
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No plans available, inspector provided a digital form.
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In front of three compartment sink, observed bottle with yellow substance not labeled, Manager labeled. Corrected On-Site
Food Inspector #8345201
2023-10-30
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/30/2023 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 5 intermediate, 5 basic).