Inspections: And then there were three

Great Village Chinese Restaurant and Santana's Mexican Food have joined Nico's Mexican Food (see previous post) on the list of restaurants failing September inspections for food safety and cleanliness.

The Village, 1000 S. Harrison Road, was not so great on a Sept. 11 inspection, collecting the magic number of critical violations (five) that results in a provisional license. Restaurants receiving the provisional rating must pass follow-up inspections to retain their regular licenses to serve food. Great Village was cited for:

• Potentially hazardous foods not held at proper cooling temperature;
  
• Employee's hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed;
  
• Food contact surfaces and equipment not cleaned frequently and properly to prevent food contamination;
  
• Foods not correctly date marked;
  
• Other critical items not in compliance.

Not to be outdone was Santana's, 3719 E. Speedway Blvd., which amassed a whopping nine criticals (that might be a modern-day record) on a Sept. 12 inspection:

• Cooked potentially hazardous foods not cooled properly;
  
• Potentially hazardous foods not held at proper cooling temperature;
  
• Food employees not preventing contamination of ready-to-eat food by limiting bare hand contact to approved methods;
• Food Seperation, packaging, segregation and substitution methods are not preventing food and ingredient contamination;
  
• Effective food contact controls are not preventing food contamination;
  
• Food contact surfaces and equipment are not cleaned frequently and properly to prevent food contamination;
  
• Food contact surfaces not sanitized properly or approved equipment not being used;
  
• Foods are not correctly date marked;
  
• Other critical items not in compliance.