Lenoir County restaurant inspections
The following inspections were conducted by the Lenoir County Health Department:
Golden China Buffet
4147 W Vernon Avenue
Score: 88
Date: 3/02
Observations:
Several Employees not following proper technique when washing hands.
Dish machine is not sanitizing properly.
Majority of cold holding temperatures taken during inspection were above 41F.
Fly strip in kitchen is installed above the prep line.
Two large gray pans of chicken were stored on the floor to cool.
Food in walk in stored in grocery bags.
Wet wiping cloths left around kitchen.
Several dishes stacked together wet.
Several shelves in middle storage area are beginning to rust.
Freezer doorframe is in disrepair and the insulation is showing.
Shelving, bottom of refrigeration, equipment, outside and lids of food bins, meat marinator, floors, walls, and tops and sides of equipment need additional cleaning.
Freezer doorway has ice buildup.
Outside dumpster is missing one lid.
Walk-in floor in disrepair and some floor tiles are missing or damaged.
RHA Health Services NC, LLC
5540 Greenwood Avenue, Kinston
Score: 98
Date: 3/05
Observations:
Thermometer reads 20F in ice water.
Several plates, lids, and bowls, stacked together wet.
Area near dish machine where the wall meets to ceiling needs additional cleaning.
McDonalds
4194 West Vernon Avenue, Kinston
Score: 100
Date: 3/08
Quick N Chicken
802 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston
Score: 97.5
Date: 3/09
Observations:
No employee health policy currently in place
Several temperatures were above 41F.
Single-use trays stored right side up between rice cookers.
Several non-food contact surfaces are visibly soiled. Kitchen needs detail cleaning.
San Juan Mexican Restaurant
2423 N Herritage Street, Kinston
Score: 92.5
Date: 3/10
Observations:
Employees prepping salad and putting chips in baskets with bare hands.
Steaks cooked to order. No consumer advisory on menu.
Several spray bottles of various chemicals not labeled.
Food stored on the floor in walk-in.
Some dishes stacked wet.
Gasket around walk-in door and automatic closer on walk-in door is missing/in disrepair.
Inside and outside of equipment, shelving, floors, walls, ceilings, and light covers need additional cleaning.
One dumpster door is missing/broken off.
Some cracked tiles and some walls in disrepair.
Two lights in dry storage area missing light shields.
New Main Moon
909-E W Vernon Avenue, Kinston
Score: 95
Date: 3/12
Observations:
Employee drink stored on shelf above prep unit with no lid or straw.
Several different types of medicine stored above food storage bins.
Egg rolls sitting on counter cooked around 2 o'clock were 92F.
Fly light and fly strips hanging over food.
Employees prepping food without hat or hair nets.
Knife stored between wok and prep table.
Shelving, inside of refrigeration units, outside of equipment, floors, walls, ceilings, and dry food bins need additional cleaning.
Dumpster door was left open.
Some floor tiles in disrepair.
Smith’s Cafe
2424 Hwy 258N, Kinston
Score: 97.5
Date: 3/16
Observations:
Fresh link sausage in pan on flat top was 120F-130F at top of pan.
Sliced tomatoes, sliced ham, lettuce, smoke sausage, coleslaw, and cooked chicken were not date marked.
Shelving, inside of reach-in-freezer, and outside of microwave need additional cleaning.
Skill Creations of Kinston
901 Doctors Drive, Kinston
Score: 100
Date: 3/17
Observations:
Thermometer was not calibrated properly.
Amy's Kitchen
3264 Doug Drive, Kinston
Score: 98.5
Date: 3/17
Observations:
Chicken salad and chili were kept beyond seven days.
Chili was not date marked.
Lovicks
320 N Herritage Street, Kinston
Score: 96.5
Date: 3/22
Observations:
Some food in ice bath and in prep unit were not above 41F.
Employees prepping food without hat or hairnets.
Some dishes were stacked wet.
Carts, shelving, dry food bins, outside of equipment, and inside of refrigeration need additional cleaning.
Ruby Tuesday
3725 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston
Score: 92
Date: 3/22
Observations:
Dish machine is not sanitizing properly.
Several foods temped above 41F.
Incorrect date was marked on noodles cooked today.
Upon inspector arrival, soup was thawing in the sink under hot running water.
Single-use clamshells stored on shelf underneath prep unit were wet from splash generated by cleaning.
Bottoms of reach-in refrigeration beside fryers needs additional cleaning.
Tops and sides of equipment, pipes, and walls need additional cleaning.
Pipes under pre-wash sink in dish area are leaking and seem to be corroding.
Floor has broken tiles.
Floors have standing water.
Jin Jin Chinese Restaurant
304 B East Washington Street, La Grange
Score: 100
Date: 3/23
Irie Eats
203 Caswell Street, Kinston
Score: 91.5
Date: 3/25
Observations:
No certified food protection manager present.
Some food in reach-in from a couple of days ago was not date marked.
Thermometer being used is made to take meat temperatures.
Splashguard between prep sinks is not installed properly.
Raw meat stored in grocery bags.
Inside of reach-in coolers, freezers, shelving, walls and dry food bins need additional cleaning.
Mop sink is clogged with dirty water.
Some ceiling and floor tiles in disrepair and wall has large crack.
Light in restroom not working.
Dos Amigos Commissary
4615 Chapman Drive, Grifton
Score: 98.5
Date: 3/26
Observations:
No certified food protection manager present.
Cutting boards were visibly dirty.
Sanitizer buckets were not labeled.
Cutting board stacked wet.
Inside and outside of reach-in cooler and freezer needs additional cleaning.
Dumpster lid left open.
Dumpster missing drain plug.
Floor needs additional cleaning.
