Restaurant inspections

Critical violations are those factors leading to food-borne illness and must be corrected immediately. Noncritical violations relate to maintenance of food operations and cleanliness.

BENTON COUNTY Oct. 4 Gusano’s Pizza

2905 S. Walton Blvd., Suite 9, Bentonville

Critical violations: Cleaner marked and being used as a sanitizer in a bottle. Noncritical violations: No certified food safety manager.

Handy Mart

141 E. Roller Ave., Decatur Critical violations: Chicken strips in the hot box are not at 135 degrees or above. Open packages of ham not date marked as needed. Cases of food stored on plastic crates sitting in at least half inch of standing water in the walk-in cooler. Noncritical violations: Pizza cutter stored in a cloth towel between uses. Test strips on location are no longer in good condition. Floor under the shelves has debris under it. Floor under and the wall behind the fryer and table is visibly dirty.

Kum & Go

200 W. Hudson Road, Rogers Critical violations: Employee drinking from unapproved container in prep area.

Noncritical violations: Employee lacking proper hair restraint. No certified food manager documentation available.

Las Vaquitas Mexican Food

9210 Mount Zion Road, Decatur Critical violations: No sanitizer on location at the time of inspection. Lettuce 56 degrees. Person in charge said it was cut about an hour prior to inspection. Maintain food at 41 degrees or below.

Noncritical violations: Ambient air and water temperature measuring devices shall be easily readable and accurate to plus or minus three degrees in the intended range of use. Food temperature measuring devices shall be accurate to plus or minus two of the intended range. No test strips on location at the time of inspection.

Subway Sandwich Shop

2301 W. Walnut St., No. 23, Rogers Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No proof provided during inspection that a person in charge is currently certified as a food protection manager. Permit is not posted in public view.

Oct. 5 Airport Plaza

7402 S.W. Regional Airport Blvd., Bentonville

Critical violations: Cartons of raw eggs stored above ready-to-eat foods. No date marking on the cold deli sandwiches and wrapped foods. Repeat violation.

Noncritical violations: No thermometer in the Red Bull and small refrigerator.

Great Day Skate Place

1615 Moberly Lane, Bentonville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Certified food handler certificate not available.

Malco Roger Towne Cinema Grill

621 N. 46th St., Rogers

Critical violations: Employees drinking from unapproved coffee containers. Employee washed hands in three-compartment sink. Employee handling cellphone went to put on gloves without first washing hands. Noncritical violations: No certified food manager documentation available.

Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter

860 N.W. Vaughn Road, Bentonville Critical violations: Package of ham exceeds the use by date based on the date put on the bag. Noncritical violations: Employee changed gloves between task change, but did not wash hands first. No certified food protection manager.

Qdoba Mexican Grill

2005 Promenade Blvd., Suite 100, Rogers

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Knives in holder by grill are greasy and have food debris on the handles. Ice machine has black growth inside. Dirty wiping cloth laying on floor under make line and another laying on shelf near warmer. The window on the inside of the walk in cooler door is missing the trim and the insulation is exposed. Repeat violation. The equipment and floors in kitchen show marked improvement from previous inspection in cleaning efforts, however, there is food debris on inside of prep cooler by grill and on inside of salad prep cooler. Shelves in walk-in have buildup in the harder to reach area of the shelving. The fan covers in the walk-in have lint buildup. Bin holding rice covered in black residue. The spray fixture on three compartment sink has temporary fix (per previous inspection) to keep nozzle from hanging in sink, below the lip of the sink. There is food debris and black greasy buildup on floor at the make line and on floor in front of the grill. Grease is dripping down from shield across from vent hood over the grill.

Wingate Inn

7400 S.W. Old Farm Blvd., Bentonville Critical violations: Hot foods are not at 135 degrees or above. Gravy temping at 98 degrees and sausage at 107 degrees. Yogurt in the small customer service refrigerator is not at 41 degrees or below. Chemicals in spray bottles are either not labeled or a the bottle was reused for a different chemical.

Noncritical violations: No thermometer in the small customer service breakfast refrigerator. Commercial mechanical dishwasher was replaced with a residential mechanical dishwasher, which does not meet multiple requirements in the rules and regulations.

Oct. 6 28 Springs Restaurant

100 E. University St., Siloam Springs Critical violations: Employee washing dishes did not wash hands after handling dirty dishes prior to handling clean dishes. Because the equipment being washed in the dish machine is not reaching proper sanitizing temperatures, person in charge instructed employee washing dishes to manually sanitize after washing. Employee was putting dishes away, but was not manually sanitizing first. Food in the one corner of the walk-in cooler is not at 41 degrees or below. Diced chicken, sliced chicken, grilled onions not at 41 degrees or below. Employee said these items were cooked that morning. Cool items properly as needed. Items moved to walk-in cooler for further cooling. Spray bottles not labeled with contents. Repeat violation. Noncritical violations: No thermometers in the line coolers. Corn slicer is attached to the wall next to aprons, coats and other personal items. Ice bin in the back servers area is rusty where ice comes in contact with the bin. No sanitizer test strips at the bar for the dish washer. Water dripping from under the ice tea containers and onto the floor causing standing water in the front servers area. Floor finish is peeling in various areas throughout the kitchen and dish area. Floor is no longer in good condition and easily cleanable. Repair as needed. Employees personal belongings being stored in areas of food preparation and where clean equipment is stored.

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill Bar

2707 S.E. Moberly Lane, Bentonville Critical violations: Employee drinking energy drink from unapproved container. Employee slicing and zesting citrus fruit for beverage use with bare hands. Spray bottles not labeled with contents. Noncritical violations: Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on the floor of walk-in freezer. No permit posted. No certified food manager documentation available.

Lang’s Asian Fusion

115 N. Dixieland Road, Suite 16, Rogers

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Rice paddle stored in a container of water at 71 degrees and should be stored in water at 135 degrees or warmer.

Taqueria Real Jacona

2308 S.E. 28th St., Suite 4, Bentonville Critical violations: Items in refrigerator including ground beef and shredded pork held past use by date. Noncritical violations: Posted permit expired. No certified food manager documentation available.

Wingstop Restaurant

231 N. Walton Blvd., Suite 1, Bentonville

Critical violations: No paper towels at two out of three handwash sinks. Noncritical violations: Dead insects in back storage area.

Oct. 7 Jim’s Meat Market

2503 S. Walton Blvd., Suite 13, Bentonville

Critical violations: Potato salad, chicken salad and other deli options are not labeled with an ingredient list. Noncritical violations: No certified food safety manager.

Loafin Joe’s

623 W. Walnut St., Rogers Critical violations: Employees drinking from unapproved aluminum can containers. No paper towels available at only hand sink at time of inspection. Noncritical violations: Posted permit expired. No certified food manager documentation available.

Spice Shuttle

801 S.E. Eighth St., Bentonville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No certified food manager documentation available.

The Cafe On Broadway

123 N. Broadway St., Siloam Springs Critical violations: Food and the thermometer in the white refrigerator in the stock room are not at 41 degrees or below. Small refrigerator in the bakery is not holding food at 41 degrees or below. Potato salad, chicken salad and tuna salad in the bottom of the prep table are not at 41 degrees or below. Food in the upper part of the unit is in temperature. It may be the unit is overfilled. Equipment for cooling and holding cold shall be sufficient in number and capacity to maintain internal food temperatures in accordance with rules and regulations.

Noncritical violations: No thermometer visible in the bakery refrigerator. Storage containers of food, boxes of food serving items and bags of drinking cups stored on the floor in the store room. Food employee wearing rings and watch while preparing food. Food worker’s hair is not effectively restrained while preparing food. Repeat violation. Gasket and inner door panel are falling off on the milk reachin cooler. Repair as needed. Repeat violation.

Trucks and Tiaras Learning Center

610 S.W. A St., Bentonville Critical violations: Dog in food service area.

Noncritical violations: One employee’s hair not effectively restrained.

Oct. 8 Dairy Queen Grill & Chill

102 U.S. 412 East, Siloam Springs Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Employees wearing jewelry and working with open food. Employees working with open food/ice cream wearing fingernail polish and not wearing intact gloves. Lid used on the sauce bowl is cracked and no longer in good condition or easily cleanable. Frost buildup along the wall/ceiling toward the back of the walk- in freezer. Permit posted is expired.

Fresh Donuts

2502 S.W. 14th St., Bentonville Critical violations: Employee did not wash his hands when reentering food service area after smoking. Bags of flour stored directly on kitchen floor. Raw eggs stored in kitchen at 64 degrees (temperature taken from cracked egg).

Noncritical violations: Multiple areas in the kitchen have an accumulation of food debris and residue: floor around fryers, around oven and near doughnut prep area.

It’ll Do BBQ

2110 Slack St., Pea Ridge Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Cardboard boxes of potatoes being stored directly on floor of unit. Scoop being stored in bulk coleslaw container with handle in contact with product. No certified food manager documentation available.

Pho Thanh Restaurant

1204 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville Critical violations: Peelers, slicers and graters hanging by handwash sink had an accumulation of food on surfaces. Noncritical violations: None

Southside Elementary School

200 W. Tulsa St., Siloam Springs Critical violations: Final rinse in the dish washer is not reaching proper sanitizing temperature as indicated on a maximum hold thermometer run through the machine. The issue may be with the wash temperature. Establishment is manually sanitizing until the unit can be repaired. Noncritical violations: Floor finish is peeling around the drain under the dish machine.

The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:

Oct. 4 — Bapcha, 2929 W. Walnut St., Rogers; Rogers Activity Center, 315 W. Olive St., Rogers; Souls Harbor Of Rogers, 1206 N. Second St., Rogers; Walgreens, 1311 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville

Oct. 5 — Starbucks Coffee, 3811 U.S. 71, Bentonville; Subway, 4 Cunningham Corner, Bella Vista

Oct. 6 — Cadence Academy Preschool, 1300 S.W. Liberty Ave., Bentonville; Central Park Morning Star Elementary, 1400 S.W. Liberty Ave., Bentonville; First Friends Preschool and After School, 905 S. 13th St., Rogers; Fox Trail Distillery, 2121 S. Bellview Road, Rogers; Mahalakshmi, 2502 S.W. 14th St., Suite 24, Bentonville; Siloam Springs High School, 700 N. Progress Ave., Siloam Springs Oct. 7 — Mack ‘N Diane Champagne & Roses, 801 S.E. Eighth St., Bentonville; Oakdale Middle School, 511 N. Dixieland Road, Rogers; Williams Soul Food Truck, 630 Saddlehorn Drive, Centerton

Oct. 8 — Ardis Ann Middle School, 3400 Arkansas 72 West, Bentonville; Foodology, 802 N. 10th St., Rogers; Grace Episcopal Church, 617 N. Mount Olive St., Siloam Springs; Howard’s Place, 9838 Buckskin Circle, Rogers; Pea Ridge Football Concession, 781 W. Pickens Road, Pea Ridge; Pea Ridge Junior High School, 781 W. Pickens Road, Pea Ridge; Siloam Springs Middle Schools, 600 S. Dogwood St., Siloam Springs

WASHINGTON COUNTY Oct. 4 Hand In Hand Learning Center

206 N. Pittman St., Prairie Grove Critical violations: Noticed a few rodent droppings in the cabinet. Noncritical violations: None

Sonic Drive-In

225 W. Main St., Farmington Critical violations: The vent for the air conditioning was dripping onto the ice cream toppings during the inspection. Noncritical violations: Sliced tomatoes at 43 to 44 degrees and mayonnaise at 45 degrees in the prep table. Ice scoop was stored on the wire shelving rack. The self-closing door attachment is not attached to the women’s bathroom door that opens into a food storage area. The air conditioning unit is leaking onto the ice cream prep table. The mop sink has a large facet drip. The walk-in cooler has a condensate leak. The freezer door and seal are damaged.

Oct. 5 Meiji Japanese Cuisine

3878 N. Crossover Road, Suite 1, Fayetteville

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: One food employee lacks hair restraint for head. One food employee is wearing a wristwatch and bracelet. Posted retail food permit expired 4/30/2019.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

3878 N. Crossover Road, Suite 10, Fayetteville

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Wrapped cookies for custom self-service shall be labeled as specified by law.

Oct. 6 Eat My Catfish of Fayetteville

32 W. Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville Critical violations: One of the filled soap dispensers is not dispensing soap.

Noncritical violations: One of the handwashing sinks in food preparation area lacks employee handwashing notice posted. Food employee finger ring is not a plain band. Outside waste oil and garbage receptacle lids are open. Several floor tiles are not installed or damaged in food preparation area. One-third of the floor in the food storage walk-in refrigerator is covered in standing water.

Lift Coffee Bar

3889 N. Steele Blvd., Apt 101, Fayetteville

Critical violations: Handwashing sink in bar area lacks disposable towels available.

Noncritical violations: One food employee lacks a hair restraint for head. Two containers of chemical sanitizing solution for wiping cloths are stored on the floor in the food preparation area.

Ramay Junior High School

401 S. Sang Ave., Fayetteville Critical violations: Tomatoes at 51 and 53 degrees on the salad bars. The salad bars did not have ice. Noncritical violations: The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Wood Stone Craft Pizza

3619 N. Mall Ave., Fayetteville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Spatulas and a pair of tongs are stored in a container of 89 degree water. Two box fan shrouds lack cleaning in the food preparation area.

Oct. 7 Farmington Junior High

42 S. Double Springs Road, Farmington

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No irreversible registering temperature measuring strips or dish-temp plate.

Gabriela’s

330 E. Main St., Farmington Critical violations: Employee preparing soft shell taco with bare hands. Cook placed raw chicken on the grill with gloved hand then garnished a plate with lettuce without washing hands and putting on clean gloves. Noncritical violations: No irreversible registering temperature measuring strips or dish-temp plate. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Little Blessings

217 S. West End St., Springdale Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Permit expired 3/31/2021.

Stay Play Learn Children’s Academy

81 E. Main St., Farmington Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Observed milk and French onion dip at 43 degrees in the refrigerator. Facility lacks refrigerator thermometer. Posted permit expired on Sept. 30, 2021. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

The Sugar Shack

280 McKnight Ave., West Fork Critical violations: Screened service window is partially open. Several flies observed in food preparation/warewashing areas.

Noncritical violations: Food employee is wearing bracelets.

Tumbles Day Care

365 McKnight Ave., West Fork Critical violations: Evidence of a rodent in the dry food storage area. Noncritical violations: None

Oct. 8 Elite Catering

3582 Arkansas 112 North, Suite 2, Fayetteville

Critical violations: Several food items were not discarded within seven days. Noncritical violations: The certified food manager certification is expired. No posted permit.

Elite Catering-Mobile

3582 Arkansas 112 North, Fayetteville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager. Posted permit on expired July 15, 2021.

McDonald’s

1200 W. Wilson St., Fayetteville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Food employee is wearing a finger ring that is not a plain band and a wristwatch.

Mi Tienda Supermarket

1505 S. Thompson St., Springdale Critical violations: Ceviche was prepared yesterday, it lacks a date marked. Packaged douro’s do not have a label.

Noncritical violations: Retail food permit expired 07/31/2019. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Sonic

186 N. Cato Springs Road, Fayetteville Critical violations: Walk-in refrigerator food (eggs, cheese, shredded lettuce) internal temperatures are at 47 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Mechanical ventilation hood filters are not installed.

Tobo’s Phillips 66

1200 W. Wilson St., Fayetteville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Food employee failed to wash hands prior to donning disposable gloves for food preparation. Handwashing sink in food preparation area lacks employee handwashing notice posted. Food employee lacks a hair restraint for head.

The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:

Oct. 4 — Prairie Grove Elementary School, 801 Viney Grove Road, Prairie Grove; The Hill School Elementary, 2828 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville; The Hill School Elementary-Sum, 2828 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville; The Hill School Elementary-Daycare, 2828 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville

Oct. 5 — Bondi Bowls, 3768 N. Sassafras Hill Road, Fayetteville; Vantage Point of Northwest Arkansas, 4253 Crossover Road, Fayetteville

Oct. 6 — Bernice Young Elementary School, 301 Pippin Apple Circle, Springdale; Har Ber High School, 300 Jones Road, Springdale; Healthsouth Rehab Hospital-Washington Regional, 153 E. Monte Painter Drive, Fayetteville; Hellstern Middle School, 771 HarBer Ave., Springdale; Oak Grove Montessori School, 5247 Har Ber Ave., Springdale; Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, 1788 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fayetteville; Woodstone Pizza-Mobile, 3619 N. Mall Ave., Fayetteville

Oct. 7 — Archer Learning Center-Springdale, 600 Ash St., Springdale; Dollar General Store, 36 N. Centennial Ave., West Fork; Duke’s Mad Griddle, 2252B Danielle Drive, Fayetteville; Growing Gods Kingdom, 599 N. Centennial Ave., West Fork; Monitor Elementary School, 3955 Monitor Road, Springdale; Oak Avenue Head Start, 500 W. Oak Ave., Springdale; Springdale Head Start, 800 Airport Road, Springdale; Springdale High School, 1103 W. Emma Ave., Springdale; West Fork Senior Activity Center, 222 Webber St., West Fork

Oct. 8 — Helen Tyson Middle School, 3304 S. 40th St., Springdale; Kum & Go, 500 N. Old Missouri Road, Springdale; Shiloh Christian Schools, 1707 Johnson Road, Springdale; Westwood School, 1800 McRay Ave., Springdale