On the Record 6

Sir Gregory’s Billiards & Sports Café; 3620 S. Campbell; Reinspection; 2 noncritical violations corrected. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

Sonic Drive In; 635 W. Commercial; Critical violations found: 2 * Ice bin is not clean in back corners (clean and sanitize). * Cleaner being stored on top of electrofreeze soft serve equipment (cleaner must be stored in such a way as to prevent possible food contamination by cleaner) (corrected immediately). Noncritical violations found: 4.

Sonic Drive-In; 3195 S. Campbell; Reinspection; Ice bin at front station is clean. Soda nozzles are clean. Employee was reminded the policy concerning using ice scoop to scoop drink ice. Two non-critical violations corrected. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 1.

Sonic Drive-In; 5656 Farm Road 157; Critical violations found: 1 * Surface temperature on hotdogs at 130 (potentially hazardous foods must hold at 140 degrees F or above) (temperature log presented but was pre-filled out for the entire day through the end of the last shift) (log was thrown out and a new log was started at that time). Noncritical violations found: 5

Springfield 8; 3200 E. Montclair; Critical violations found: 1 * Inside top area of ice machine not clean ( clean and sanitize) Noncritical violations found: 1

Springfield 8; 3200 E. Montclair; Reinspection; all violations corrected, both ice machines cleaned and sanitized. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

Springfield Golf & Country Club Snack Bar; 3106 E. Valley Water Mill; Critical violations found: 1 * Upright refrigerator not cold holding at proper temperature 53 degrees F ( PHF discarded, no longer in service for PHF). Noncritical violations found: 2.

Springfield Lutheran School; 2852 S. Dayton; Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 2

Springfield Skateland; 5163 S. Campbell; Water sample taken at this time. Critical violations found: 1 * Soda nozzles not clean (clean and sanitize) (corrected). Noncritical violations found: 1

Subway; 329 E. Kearney; Critical violations found: 2 * At 2:30 pm teriyaki chicken, roasted chicken and steak at 55-65 degrees F on cold hold (potentially hazardous food must hold at 41 degrees F or below) (according to employee items put out on cold hold at 2:00 pm - moved to walk-in fridge unit). * Ice chute had mold build-up (clean and sanitize). Noncritical violations found: 2

Subway; 329 E. Kearney; Reinspection; Ice chute is clean and sanitized. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

Sunshine Saloon; 1326 W. Sunshine; Critical violations found: 2 * Large reach-in refrigerator at 55F and smaller refrigerator at 51F (Refrigerators must hold at 45F or below)(Must be fixed before holding potentially hazardous foods) * Ice machine moldy (Clean and sanitize) Noncritical violations found: 4

Taylors Drive-In; 139 Memorial; Reinspection All critical violations were corrected. Raw meats have been moved to lower shelf of refrigerator. Need to have test strips available. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

Texaco - Rapid Roberts No.123; 3165 N. Glenstone; Permit suspended due to severity of violations and inability to promptly correct them. Critical violations found: 4 * Brats and hot dogs were 125 degrees F at 10:45 a.m. These had been on for over two hours according to staff. Discarded immediately (Must heat hot dogs and brats to 140 degrees F within 2 hours.) * Inside of ice machine and tongs were not clean. (Must clean and sanitize more frequently.) * In-use tongs were not being sanitized every four hours. Three-vat sink was very dusty. (Must wash - rinse - sanitize utensils in-use with potentially hazardous foods at least every four hours.) * Grease interceptor is leaking on to floor by three-vat sink. (Must repair leak.) Noncritical violations found: 5

Thai House; 2811 S. Campbell; Critical violations found: 1 * Dish machine is sanitizing at less than 10 ppm chlorine (dish machine must sanitize at 50-100 ppm chlorine) (corrected by repair service while inspector on-site). Noncritical violations found: 4

Tong’s; 3454 S. Campbell; Critical violations found: 3 * Open employee drink cup in kitchen (employee drink must be in closed container or have a lid and a straw) (corrected). * At 1:30 p.m., chicken and shrimp on cold hold at 58-65 degrees F (potentially hazardous foods must hold at 45 degrees F or below) (allowed to move to fridge unit as employee states product was just out for lunch rush). * Utensil stored between pieces of equipment and stored dirty (clean and sanitize utensils and do not store between pieces of equipment) (corrected). Noncritical violations found: 6

Townhouse II; 528 N. Prince; Critical violations found: 6 * No date marking on ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous foods (all ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous foods must be datemarked 4-7 days from open or prep date) * Outdated cottage cheese (discard) * Cutting boards deeply grooved ( discard and replace) * Sanitizing solution at bar is weak ( corrected at 50-100ppm) * Inside ice machine not clean ( clean and sanitize) * Knives stored dirty in Tupperware container (clean and sanitize and keep in storage where knives won’t become contaminated ). Noncritical violations found: 7

Uncle Bentlys; 4123 S. National; Permitted. Lighting improved over bar area, floor sealed and refrigeration units up and functioning. Will be making sandwiches, no cooking except warming frozen pizzas and nuggets. No violations.

University Plaza Hammons Convention Center; 730 E. St Louis; Critical violations found: 2 * Inside of ice machine is moldy. Requires cleaning and sanitizing. * Can opener has build-up of rust and food particles. Corrected by discarding. Noncritical violations found: 2

University Plaza Atrium Lounge; 333 John Q. Hammons; No violations.

University Plaza-Main Kitchen, 333 John Q. Parkway; violations found: 3 * Cutting boards stained and deeply grooved. Corrected by discarding. * Tomato slicer, small mixer and can opener stored dirty. Requires food contact surfaces to be clean and sanitized. * Spatulas cracked and stained. Corrected by discarding. Noncritical violations found: 2

Valentine’s Restaurant, Inc.; 2902 S. Campbell; Critical violations found: 5 * Rice and potatoes holding at 120 degrees F (potentially hazardous foods must hold at 140 degrees F or above) (allowed to reheat). * Cutting board needs resurfacing (resurface or replace when too deeply grooved to properly clean). * Dish machine is not properly sanitizing (dish machine must sanitize at 50-100 ppm) (repaired while on site). * Auto dispense quaternary ammonia sanitizer is not dispensing correctly (must mix at ratio of 200 ppm) (line had become loose and was reattached - corrected). * Can opener and utensils not clean (clean and sanitize) (corrected). Noncritical violations found: 0.

Valentine’s Restaurant, Inc.; 2902 S. Campbell; Reinspection; Cutting boards have been resurfaced. Dish machine continues to properly sanitize. Action plan will be put into place regarding some critical items cited. Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

Wendy’s; 225 W. Sunshine; Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 1

Yen Ching Stir-Fry Express; 1639 E. Sunshine; Critical violations found: 3 * Some raw chicken was being stored above cabbage and cut onions in refrigerator. Immediately relocated (Must store raw chicken in a manner to prevent possible cross contamination.) * Cooked rice was 128 degrees F at 3:40 PM. Discarded distressed food = $2 (Must keep cooked rice at 140 degrees F or above.) * Pans were not being sanitized. (Must clean pans in the following manner: wash - rinse - sanitize.) Noncritical violations found: 3

Yen Ching Stir-Fry Express; 1639 E. Sunshine; Raw meats were being stored properly at this time. Pans were sanitized properly at this time. Cooked rice was 144 degrees F at 3:20 PM.Critical violations found: 0. Noncritical violations found: 0.

COUNTY RESTAURANT HEALTH INSPECTIONS

Listed here are the restaurant health inspections conducted by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department. Restaurants are inspected for critical and noncritical violations of state standards. According to the Springfield-Greene County inspection code, critical violations are “more likely than other violations to contribute to food contamination, illness and/or injury.” And noncritical violations, “although important to the overall food hygiene of the establishment, do not necessarily present an immediate threat to food contamination, illness and/or injury.” The number of both critical and noncritical violations are given and specific critical violations are listed. *Denotes a critical violation.

Oct. 11-15, 2004

Downtown Barbeque;104 W. Jackson, Willard; No violations noted.

Pennington’s Grocery Store, 112 Boone; Ash Grove; Reinspection Critical violations found: 3 * cheese display packages running as high as 50 degrees, due to poor air flow. * Deli meats that have been opened contain green marker dates, but most are smeared due to label being put on over the date. Suggestions made. * No back flow device on threaded faucet above mop sink. Noncritical violations found: 1

Pippin’s Family Restaurant; A103 East Shopping Center, Willard; Critical violations found: 2 * ham and beans on steam table 122-130 degrees. Required to hot hold at 140 and above. Due to short time frame since reheating, beans were reheated quickly to 165 and put back on the steam table. * sliced ham and turkey in baggies dated to be used by 10/12. Today is 10/15. Meat was discarded. Noncritical violations found: 5

Price Cutter No.17; 1013 E. Republic; Critical violations found: 3 * deli hot case holding food temps less than 140 degrees, when chicken temperatures varied from 130-158 internally. Two heat lamps burnt out causing cool spots. * undercounter fridge in deli has food temperatures above 45 degrees when the relish is 58 degrees. The only perishable items in this unit were an open bottle of dressing and mayo-both were discarded. * pastry decorating tips washed while still in the bag-lots of frosting still in the tips. Noncritical violations found: 6

Sonic; 790 U.S. Hwy. 60 E, Republic; Critical violations found: 1 * Dirty malt collars in running water dipper well, but well is not turned on-corrected. Noncritical violations found: 3

Taco Bell; 610 E. Hwy. 60, Republic; Critical violations found: 1 * Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods observed at the beginning of the inspection. (Complaint had been called in concerning this issue) Noncritical violations found: 3