LA PALAPA RESTAURANT SEAFOOD & GRILL Inspection – June 26, 2024

High Priority 2

#7High Priority12A-16-4

High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed a cook come from the outside and stirred beef cooking at the back cook top.

#8High Priority14-31-5

High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed beef in a shopping bag in the walk-in cooler.

Intermediate 1

#9Intermediate31B-02-4

Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed next to the kitchen entrance. The manager put towels. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Basic 6

#1Basic14-11-5

Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Observed the preparation reach in cooler gaskets torn. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation

#2Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed bags of ice on the walk-in freezer floor.

#3Basic21-04-4

Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. The cook removed the towels. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

#4Basic14-73-4

Basic – No container installed for catching grease from hood drip tray.

#5Basic23-03-4

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed both hood systems and hood filters soiled.

#6Basic14-17-4

Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation

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