Ciao Thyme Bistro - Inspection Report

Inspection Information:
Facility Type:Restaurant
Inspection type:Routine
Inspection date:February 12, 2013
Number of critical violations:2
Number of non-critical violations:  3
Follow-up Required:  Yes

Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.

Code   Description / Observation / Corrective Action
116   Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment
Observation: Interiors of the line coolers in the kitchen and freezers in the basement needs more frequent cleaning.
Corrective Action: Clean the line cooler and upright freezer interiors more frequently.
116   Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment
Observation: A wooden rack observed being used on the upright cooler. This wooden rack is covered with the food debris and is not easily cleanable.
Corrective Action: Remove the wooden rack from the upright cooler.
116   Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment
Observation: The area underneath the dishwasher is in need of cleaning.
Corrective Action: All hard to reach areas must be regularly cleaned.
116   Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment
Observation: A dirty cardboard is being used on the floor of the walk in cooler. The floor of the walk in cooler is rusted.
Corrective Action: Do not use cardboard on the walk in cooler floor.The walk in cooler floor must be painted/sealed within 3 months from the date of this inspection.
118   Other (Specify)
Observation: Temperature logs are not being maintained.
Corrective Action: Resume maintaining temperature logs for all refrigerators, freezers, hot holding units.
402   Food is protected from contamination (Sec 12(b))
Observation: Observed raw meats and other wrapped foods being stored on the top of each other in the upright freezer. Fish being thawed at the room temperature.
Corrective Action: Store any raw meats only in the raw meat freezer. Thawing must be done in the fridge or under cold running water.
507  Critical Equipment, utensils and food surfaces are washed and sanitized (Sec 17(2))
Observation: The sanitizer container connected to the low temperature dishwasher is empty.
Corrective Action: The low temperature dishwasher must provide minimum 50 ppm bleach in the rinse cycle. Replace the sanitizer container. Provided chlorine test strips to monitoring sanitizer levels in the dishwasher.
604  Critical Adequate handwashing stations at convenient locations are available for employees (Sec 21 (4))
Observation: One of the sinks in the kitchen has no soap and paper towel available. The sink by the dishwasher has no soap available. The bar sink has no hot running water and no paper towel available.
Corrective Action: Hot and cold running water, soap and paper towel must be available on the hand sink. The hot water supply to the bar sink must be restored.

Comments:

Discussed the results of this inspection with Mark Crofton, the chef.
In compliance items:
- Refrigeration temperatures are below 5 degree Celsius.
-Thermometers observed in the cooling units.
-Foodsafe certified food handlers available.
-No signs of any pest infestation.