Editor’s Note: Polk County Health Department conducts a bi-annual, unannounced inspection of licensed restaurants. The establishments receive an overall grade on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker hygiene, dish washing and sanitizing and equipment and facility cleanliness. The restaurants are scored on a 100-point scale. They receive a 5-point deduction for priority violation and a 3-point deduction for priority foundation violations. Deductions are doubled if recorded on consecutive inspections. Restaurants are compliant if they receive a score of 70 or higher. They must be reinspected within 30 days if they receive a score below 70 or face closure or other administrative action. Restaurants display a placard by the entrance that indicates passing or failing their most recent inspection.
4700 Highway 22, West Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 25
Dallas Aquatic Center Canteen
1005 S E. La Creole Dr., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 24
131 N. Pacific Highway, Monmouth
Inspection Date: Sept. 24
Inspection Date: Sept. 24
North Dallas Grill & Sports Bar
170 E. Ellendale Ave., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 23
820 E. Ellendale Ave., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 23
1233 Riverbend Rd NW Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 23
Inspection Date: Sept. 23
Score: 95 – Cooked potentially hazardous food is improperly cooled, specifically a large rice pot cooked at 8 a.m. this morning (7.5 hours prior) is 54F.
5172 Salem Dallas Highway, West Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 22
Food employees eat, drink or use tobacco in unapproved areas or use an inappropriate beverage container for drinking, specifically an employee beverage is in coffee cup with lid and no straw.
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically the prep unit in the ice cream area is holding fruit and milk at 47F to 50F. Milk has been in the unit for 24+ hours. The fruit has been in the unit for 3 hours.
1635 SE Miller St., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 21
915 N Main St., Independence
Inspection Date: Sept. 18
4705 Airport Road, Independence
Inspection Date: Sept. 18
Score: 97 – Incorrect methods are used to cool potentially hazardous foods, specifically a 6-inch pan of gravy is cooled in a pan with ice and using an ice wand. Portions of gravy are 122F. The gravy has been cooling for 1.5 hours and has not been stirred.
Inspection Date: Sept. 18
Score: 97 – Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically the front handwashing sink has no paper towels.
75 C St 101 A Independence
Inspection Date: Sept. 17
Score: 97 – Ready-to-eat food is not properly date-marked, specifically a container of kimchi opened 3 days prior has not been date marked.
525 SE Washington St., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 17
Inspection Date: Sept. 15
Origin Story Coffee Co. Commissary
576 Patterson St. NW #110, West Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 15
576 Patterson St. NW #110, West Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 15
1320 SW Fairview Ave., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 15
525 NW Wallace Road., Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 14
Score: 95 – Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically several cartons of milk and milk alternatives are held at room temperature (50F) or in ice well with no ice.
1120 Wallace Road NW, West Salem
Inspection Date: Sept. 14
240 Monmouth St Independence
Inspection Date: Sept. 11
240 Monmouth St Independence
Inspection Date: Sept. 11
Food employees eat, drink or use tobacco in unapproved areas or use an inappropriate beverage container for drinking, specifically a single use coffee cup was sitting on prep unit cutting board.
Food employees are not washing their hands as often as necessary, specifically operator cooking raw pork sausage walked to the prep unit, put gloves on and started prepping greens without washing hands in between tasks.
Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically no paper towels are at handwashing sink.
Inspection Date: Sept. 11
Score: 97 – Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically the front handwashing sink has no paper towels.
117 E Ellendale Ave., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 10
Mira Mar Mexican Restaurant
119 E/ Ellendale Ave., . Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 10
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: margarine boxes are stored on the floor of walk in under several metal containers of raw meats.
Cooked potentially hazardous food is improperly cooled, specifically a 4-inch container is being used to cool beans. beans are 118F, the operator states they have been cooling for 2 hours.
683 SE Jefferson St., Dallas
Inspection Date: Sept. 10
200 Main St. E., Monmouth
319 S 10th St., Independence
319 S 10th St., Independence
Food is unsafe, adulterated or not honestly presented, specifically a plastic container in white reach-in food contains unknown food item with mold on top.
Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food has not been consumed within the required time period or is not properly date-marked, specifically a container of pineapple dated July 31. Open container of oatmilk date marked Aug. 8 – past date of consumption.
Bobablastic – Independence
240 Monmouth St Independence
Rick’s Place Coffee Pushcart
154 S Main St., Independence
Score: 95 – Food that is adulterated, contaminated, unsafe or from an unapproved source is not reconditioned or discarded, specifically a plastic bag of peppers has begun to grow a significant amount of fuzzy mold. Mold is spreading in the bin.
154 S. Main St., Independence
154 S. Main St., Independence
154 S Main St., Independence
154 S. Main St., Independence
154 S Main St., Independence
87 S Main St Independence
87 S Main St., Independence
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