LOU'S CAFE

March 3, 2025 — Passed

0 red flags recorded · 45 minutes on site.

No violations recorded on this inspection.

February 24, 2025 — Barely Passed

11 red flags recorded · 90 minutes on site.

• Ensure all food is separated and protected from potential cross contamination. Store produce and ready-to-eat foods completely separate or above raw foods including but not limited to raw eggs, fish, meat, ratites, game animals, and poultry. Provide adequate sneeze-guard protection, a container that has a tight fitting and securely attached lid, or dispense food from an approved mechanical dispenser. (Code 113980, 113984 (a, b, d, e, f), 113986, 114060, 114067 (a, d, e), 114069, 114073, 114077, 114089.1(c), 114143(c))
• Properly wash hands with hand soap and warm water for a minimum of 10 seconds at the hand washing station when beginning work; before handling food/equipment/utensils; as often as necessary during food preparation to remove soil and contamination; switching from working with raw to ready-to-eat foods; after touching body parts; after using toilet room; contamination of hands occurs. Food employees shall minimize contact with exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and shall use suitable utensils, gloves, or dispensing equipment. (Code 113952, 113953.3, 113953.4, 113961, 113973)
• Maintain onsite an accurate, easily readable metal probe thermometer suitable for measuring temperature of food shall be available. A display thermometer +/- 2F shall be provided for each hot and cold holding unit of potentially hazardous foods and high temperature warewashing machines. (Code 114157, 114159)
• All clean and soiled linen shall be properly stored; non-food items shall be stored and displayed separate from food and food-contact surfaces. Utensils and equipment shall be handled and stored so as to be protected from contamination. (Code 114074, 114081, 114119, 114121, 114161, 114178, 114179, 114083, 114185, 114185.2, 114185.3, 114185.4, 114185.5)
• Designate and ensure a person in charge to be present at facility at all hours of the operation. Exclude persons unnecessary to the food facility from the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. (Code 113945, 113945.1, 113984.1, 114075)
• Properly wash, rinse and sanitize all food contact surfaces. Make a 100 ppm bleach sanitizing solution or a 200 ppm quaternary ammonia solution for the third compartment. (Code 113984(d), 114097, 114099.1, 114099.4, 114099.6, 114101(b, c, d), 114105, 114109, 114111, 114113, 11415 (a, b, D), 114117, 114125(b), 114141)
• Make available the most recent routine inspection report. Post the Health Permit to Operate and restaurant license certificate in a conspicuous area for public view. (Code 114381 [e], 114381(a), 114387)
• Ensure all equipment is approved, properly installed, clean, and maintained in good repair. Ensure all appliances are NSF-approved, commercial grade, durable, and easily cleanable. (Code 114130-114130.5, 114132, 114133, 114137, 114139, 114153, 114163, 114165, 114167, 114169, 114175, 114177, 114180, 114182)
• Discard all contaminated/adulterated food immediately if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it impure or injurious to health. (Code 113967, 113976, 113980, 113988, 113990, 114035, 114254.3, 113975)
• Provide an approved warewashing facility. Obtain chlorine test strips to monitor chlorine sanitizer solutions and mechanical dishwasher. Obtain quaternary ammonia test strips to monitor quaternary ammonia sanitizer solutions. (Code 114067(f, g), 114099, 114099.3, 114099.5, 114101(a), 114101.1, 114101.2, 114103, 114107, 114125))
• Provide soap and single-use towels in dispensers, or a drying device at each handwash sink at all times. Maintain all handwash sinks unobstructed and accessible at all times. (Code 113953, 113953.1, 113953.2, 114067(f))