Health Inspections

Originally published January 16, 2002

ESTABLISHMENT DATE TYPE RED BLUE

Skippers Dec. 27 Routine 0 7

South Sound Center, Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Laminate edge on counter near soup and salad needs refinishing to make it a smooth, nonabsorbent and easy-to-clean surface. Threshold to walk-in needs additional cleaning. General -- Excellent hot and cold temperatures. Compliance rating: 98 percent.

Taco Bell Dec. 27 Routine 0 0

3815 Pacific Ave., Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Compliance rating: 100 percent, excellent.

Pat's Restaurant Dec. 29 Routine 0 5

6011 Pacific Ave., Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Walk-in walls and ceilings need to be resurfaced to provide a smooth, nonabsorbent, easy-to-clean surface. General -- Sanitation, general cleaning look good. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

McDonald's Dec. 31 Routine 0 0

520 Sleater-Kinney Road, Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Good hot holding temperatures. Appropriate glove and utensil use. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Wendy's Dec. 31 Routine 0 0

526 Sleater-Kinney Road, Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Excellent temperatures. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

McDonald's Dec. 29 Routine 0 0

6000 Pacific Ave., Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Good temps. Facility very clean. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Taco Del Mar Dec. 29 Routine 0 0

730 Sleater-Kinney Road, Lacey

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Store very clean. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Jean Pierre's Dec. 29 Routine 0 0

316 Schmidt, Tumwater

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Compliance excellent. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Mexico Bonito Dec. 27 Routine 0 0

1807 Harrison Way, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Compliance excellent. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Sweet Factory Jan. 7 Routine 0 0

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Char's Jan. 7 Routine 30 30

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- Thick soup was cooling in a 5-gallon container in the walk-in cooler. Food depth was greater than 2 inches. Food depth must not exceed 2 inches if you choose to cool foods in the refrigerator. Do not re-use soda pop bottles for cooling. Correction made. Soup divided in shallow metal pans. Blue -- None. General -- Very good hot holding at front area. Compliance rating: 92 percent.

Chinese Express Jan. 7 Routine 0 0

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Excellent temperatures. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Sub Bros Jan. 7 Routine 10 10

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- Slices of beef steak in individual containers were kept between 52°F (top layer) and 44°F (bottom layer). Cold holding must be uniform at 45°F or below. Recommendation: Do keep foods covered at display case. This should help cold holding. Blue -- Soda pop nozzles and metal ledge inside ice machine need cleaning and sanitizing on a routine daily basis. Repeat violation: Several food workers don't have a current food-handler's card. General -- Very good hot temperatures. Compliance rating: 95 percent.

Joe's Cafe Jan. 7 Routine 0 0

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Compliance rating: 100 percent.

American Frozen Yogurt Jan. 7 Routine 0 5

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- All food workers must obtain a current food-handler card. Some were missing. General -- Facility well maintained. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

Olive's East Jan. 7 Routine 0 0

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Walls surrounding sandwich make table are damaged, not easily cleanable. General -- Excellent temperatures (hot and cold). Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Mrs. Powell's Cinnamon Rolls Jan. 7 Routine 0 5

Westfield Shoppingtown Capital mall, Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Steam wand of espresso machine needs more thorough cleaning/sanitizing after each use to avoid buildup of dried milk. General -- None. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

Puget Pantry Jan. 3 Routine 0 5

1100 Puget St. N.E., Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Provide tongs, napkins, bakery paper for customers to pick up cookies, beef sticks at customer counter. Corrected. General -- None. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

Mondo Shrimp Jan. 3 Routine 0 5

415 Water St. S.W., Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- Some food worker's cards expired Dec. 30. Obtain current cards by Jan. 17. General -- None. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

Rib Eye Jan. 8 Routine 0 0

2423 Fourth Ave. S.E., Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- None. General -- Proper cooling methods used. Plastic gloves used to minimize hand-to-food contact. Compliance rating: 100 percent.

Your Place Deli Jan. 3 Routine 0 3

915 Capitol Way S., Olympia

-COMMENTS: Red -- None. Blue -- One inch gap under back storm door. May allow vermin entry. Corrected, door closed. General -- None. Compliance rating: 99 percent.

*POINTS KEY: Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illness and must be corrected at the time of inspection. Blue violations relate to the overall cleanliness and condition of operation and should be corrected by next inspection. Any establishment receiving more than 35 red or 60 total points is automatically reinspected within two weeks. If an establishment exceeds those limits twice in a calendar year, it is mandatorily closed for at least 24 hours. Comments are taken directly from latest county inspection reports, which are available at each food establishment and at the Thurston County Environmental Health Office. If you have any questions concerning these reports, contact the health office at 360-786-5490.

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