ZEN & GINGER CAFE & BOBA
304 ASHOURIAN AVE UNIT 108
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/6/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
2
Total
2
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Around drain under triple sink in prep area. Under cooking equipment on cook line. Repeat Violation
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Rack inside cooler at front counter.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/6/2025 revealed 2 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 7/29/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
3
Basic
2
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of large ice machine in storage area, around deflector plate.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under triple sink and cook line in kitchen.
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken wings, removed from original packaging, stored over bag of mango chucks in reach in freezer chest in kitchen, employee moved chicken. Also raw chicken stored over tea in reach in cooler in storage area. Also raw chicken stored over raw shell eggs in reach in cooler in storage area. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. milk (44F - Cold Holding); cream foam (47F - Cold Holding) in reach in cooler at front counter, per employee door has been consistently open for approximately 1 hour.
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No one able to find test strips for Sink and Surface cleaner.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station on cook line. Repeat Violation
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cut lettuce in reach in cooler in storage area, employee on site states they do not know when it was prepared, but knows it was less then a week ago, per manager Filling out daily reports, vehicle report, and timesheet, marking off inspections on FOD, and figuring out what inspections to do next time in field was made 2 days prior.
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/29/2024 revealed 7 total violations (2 high priority, 3 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 1/18/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
4
Basic
0
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. 3 chemical spray bottles stored with coffee filters in cabinet at front counter, bottles removed. Corrected On-Site
- 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. Establishment holds tapioca pearls on time control at the front counter, but does not have any written procedures, operator filled out procedures during inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 31B-05-4:Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. In both men and women's bathrooms.
- 31B-06-4:Intermediate - Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. At hand wash station on cook line. At hand wash station next to large triple sink in back of kitchen.
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle with yellow liquid under hand wash station by triple sink in back of kitchen.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/18/2024 revealed 5 total violations (1 high priority, 4 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 7/20/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
4
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. On the storage shelf adjacent to the three compartment sink, blue cutting board with cutting grooves.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal food stored in the prep area standup reach in cooler not identified as personal food and stored with food for customers. Repeat Violation
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in chest freezer in the prep area, reach in cooler in the cook line area and reach in cooler at the front counter have build up of food debris and mold like substance in the door gaskets.
- 21-09-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Soiled wet wiping cloth in solution at 0ppm Sink and Surface at the front counter. Operator removed the soiled cloth from the solution and replaced the solution. Corrected On-Site
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. No vacuum breaker at mop sink after splitter on non chemical side.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. White cutting board on flip top reach in cooler with food residue staining.
- 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. In the standup reach in cooler in the prep area multiple food items previously frozen and stored with frozen date but no date of when placed back in refrigeration. Repeat Violation
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/20/2023 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 4 basic).