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. 11 7 Brew Coffee

2500 U.S. 412, Siloam Springs

Critical violations: Spray bottle of what appears to be multipurpose cleaner not labeled with contents.

Noncritical violations: Chest of ice stored under the hand washing sink and the sink drain. Pitchers of espresso mix stored on the floor in the walkin cooler. One pitcher doesn’t have a lid and is covered with a cloth towel. Employees making drinks/open beverages wearing fingernail polish. Employees working with open beverages are not wearing hair restraints. Employee wearing tank top exposing underarms while working with open beverages. Employees working with open beverages wearing bracelets and/ or watches. Cloths used to clean the steam wand is not stored in sanitizer. Ice scoops stored in the ice machine are buried in the ice. Consider storing the scoops in such a way so they don’t get buried in ice. Top underside of the ice machine bin is rusty. Water from the ice comes in contact with this part of the machine and rust can drip onto the ice. Sink compartment of sanitizer is not clean. Tape was used to mark the water level. The tape and area around the tape is dirty. No test strips on location for quaternary ammonia sanitizer to check the concentration. Coffee grounds, lids and other debris in both floor drains. Walk-in threshold has a gap at the bottom exterior. Issue was supposed to have been corrected prior to opening.

Hissho Sushi Craft Beer Bar

4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Rice scoop stored next to rice cooker in container at room temperature.

La Estrella Super Market

115 N. Dixieland Road, Suite 17, Rogers

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Chip wheels, beans, peanuts, dried chilies, dried hibiscus (Jamaica) and other items packaged from bulk do not have labels that identify ingredients, source and volume of contents. No proof provided during inspection that a person in charge is currently certified as a food protection manager.

Oct. 12 Dos Gordos Tacos

825 S. Mount Olive St., Siloam Springs

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: No test strips on location. Fryer and the exhaust vent are visibly dirty with grease buildup.

Harps-Deli-Bakery

715 N. Second St., Rogers

Critical violations: Multiple employee drinks not approved for use in prep area. No paper towels available at only deli handsink at time of inspection.

Noncritical violations: Cappuccino machine has accumulation of beverage powder on dispensing nozzle.

Monte Olivo Grocerie Store

808 S. Olive St., Siloam Springs

Critical violations: The prep table is not working properly. The thermometer is reading 44 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Cement blocks under the ice machine are not sealed. Wooden shelf under the mixer is not sealed. One shelf in the two-door refrigerator finish is coming off and is rusty.

Rogers New Tech High School

2922 S. First St., Rogers

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Edges of rubber spatulas are melted creating a rough edge; cutting board stained.

Russell D. Jones Elementary School

2926 S. First St., Rogers

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Growth on ceiling of ice machine.

The First Seat

106 S.W. Second St., Bentonville

Critical violations: Both hand-wash sinks (one in food prep area and one in bar area) had utensils and other items in them.

Noncritical violations: No certified food safety manager.

The Hive

200 N.E. A St., Bentonville

Critical violations: Grits and white beans in walk-in cooler uncovered.

Noncritical violations: None

Oct. 13 Braum’s

551 U.S. 412 West, Siloam Springs

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Items on the make line do not have a current time identifying when the food is to be used by or the food on the line has exceeded the use by time listed. Employee preparing food is not wearing a hair restraint. Employee working with open ice cream is wearing jewelry. Holder for the ice scoop on the ice machine is visibly dirty in the bottom.

El Senor De Los Tacos Bar & Grill

1612 S. Eighth St., Rogers

Critical violations: Refried beans were not reheated prior to placing in hold unit.

Noncritical violations: Boxes of beef left on sink boards to thaw. Floor of walk-in cooler has a triangular hole in metal larger than a coaster where you see insulation. Men’s restroom door does not have a self-closing device. No proof provided during inspection that a person in charge is currently certified as a food protection manager.

Pupuseria Salvadorena

1610 S. Eighth St., Rogers

Critical violations: Dishes in cooking pots in walk-in cooler do not have a cover while in storage. Bulk foods in walk-in cooler that are held for multiple days do not have a date mark.

Noncritical violations: No proof provided during today’s inspection that a person in charge is currently certified as a food protection manager.

Thai Cuisine

1100 S.E. 14th St., Suite 8, Bentonville

Critical violations: Pineapple and utensils in hand wash sink. Raw chicken stored above avocados, cream cheese and curry sauce. Chicken thawing in sink with no running water. Middle of chicken was 30 degrees while the outside water was 43 degrees. Bags of rice, onions and carrots stored directly on kitchen floor.

Noncritical violations: There is an accumulation of grease on hood above grill and wok causing grease to drip.

Vivace

1100 S.E. 14th St., Suite 6, Bentonville

Critical violations: Multiple open cans and cups of employee drink cups throughout kitchen. No paper towels at hand wash sink. No chlorine residual after running dishes through ware wash machine.

Noncritical violations: Food residue, crumbs and grease on surfaces throughout kitchen; floor around back storage area, walls and ceiling throughout kitchen and shelves and equipment in kitchen. No certified food safety manager.

Walmart Neighborhood Market-Deli-Bakery

3510 S.E. 14th St., Bentonville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Employee wearing wristwatch while handling food.

Oct. 14

Ali Lynn’s Bubble Tea Food Truck 910 Sunset Lane, Centerton

Critical violations: Sanitizer is too strong. Should be 50-100ppm.

Noncritical violations: None

Burrito House and Taqueria

183 Rebecca St., Suite C, Gentry

Critical violations: Food checked in the refrigerated preparation table is not at 41 degrees or below. Salsa ranchera 43 degrees, shredded beef 45 degrees and diced tomatoes 43 degrees. Foods not date marked as needed. Repeat violation.

Noncritical violations: No thermometer inside the preparation table. Not all food workers wearing an effective hair restraint.

Subway

183 Rebecca St., Gentry

Critical violations: Employee did not wash hands prior to changing gloves to assemble a customer order. Inconsistent cold holding temperatures. Some meats on the make line (bane), reach in (right side) and walk-in are not at 41 degrees or below.

Noncritical violations: Employee did not lather with soap long enough prior to rinsing off the soap. Leak under the beverage station. A pan is being used to catch the drips. Empty the pan frequently as needed. Repeat violation. No certified food protection manager.

Oct. 15 Back Forty Restaurant

1059 S. Maxwell St., Siloam Springs

Critical violations: Container and portion cups of salsa stored at room temperature. Salsa must be held at 41 degrees or below at all times. Salad prep table is not holding food at 41 degrees or below. Items not date marked as needed.

Noncritical violations: Containers of food stored uncovered in all refrigeration units. Uncovered cooked potatoes stored in walk-in cooler in direct contact with the bottom of another container. Handle and door of the freezer where the hash browns are stored is visibly dirty. Permit posted is expired.

CCSS Childcare Facility

920 S. Carl St., Bldg. 4, Suite 1-3, Siloam Springs

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Area around the door threshold in the kitchen has missing a part of the flooring.

Jersey Mike’s Subs

2301 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Suite 105, Rogers

Critical violations: Peeled onions in walk-in cooler are in an uncovered pan.

Noncritical violations: No certified food manager on staff.

The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:

Oct. 11 — Bentonville Thomas Jefferson, 810 Bella Vista Road, Bentonville; Old High Middle School, 406 N.W. Second St., Bentonville; Walmart Market-Deli-Bakery, 1703 E. Central Ave., Bentonville; Walmart Market-Food Store, 1703 E. Central Ave., Bentonville; Walmart Market-Fuel Center, 1803 E. Central Ave., Bentonville; Walmart Supercenter-Food Store, 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers; Walmart Supercenter-Deli-Bakery, 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers

Oct. 12 — Harps-Food Store, 715 N. Second St., Rogers

Oct. 13 — Walmart Neighborhood Market-Food Store, 3510 S.E. 14th St., Bentonville

Oct. 14 — Subway, 3504 S.E. Riveria Road, Bentonville

Oct. 15 — Papa Murphy’s Pizza, 2301 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Suite 107, Rogers; Saffron Indian Cuisine, 5212 W. Village Parkway, Suite 12, Rogers

WASHINGTON COUNTY Oct. 11

Alex’s Taqueria 2323 B2 Old Missouri Road, Springdale

Critical violations: Food employee touches ready-to-eat food with bare hands (bread/torta), gloves are not available. Food preparation area, hand washing sink lacks soap. Walk-in-cooler has several food items (cooked meat, salsas) that do not have date marked.

Noncritical violations: Several containers with medicine are stored with packaged food. Bulk container with food lack label. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained. Retail food permit expired 02/28/2020.

Buffalo Wild Wings

3990 N. Steele Blvd., Fayetteville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Club Buena Vista

2056 Dime Drive, Suite C, Springdale

Critical violations: Raw eggs are stored above container with pineapple.

Noncritical violations: Refrigerator lacks a thermometer. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

La Mangonada Restaurant

1528 W. Sunset Ave., Suite A, Springdale

Critical violations: Food employee washed her hands in sink used to clean utensils. Food preparation area, hand washing sink does not have hot water. Chlorine, chemical sanitizer solution is 10 ppm of concentration. There are several ready-to-eat foods in the walk-in cooler that do not have a date marked. Packaged raw fish is thawing without following label instruction to “remove fish from vacuum pack bag and thaw under refrigeration.”

Noncritical violations: Refrigerator and prep table do not have a thermometer. Spoons are stored with the handle down. Women’s restroom lacks a trash can with a lid. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

La Sultana Supermarket

2111 S. Old Missouri Road, Springdale

Critical violations: Packaged bologna and Salvadorian cheese at 46 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Inside of refrigerator is leaking. They are using quaternary ammonia as a chemical sanitizer, test strips is not available. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Pizza Hut

2921 S. Old Missouri Road, Springdale

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Current retail food permit is not posted.

Oct. 12

Butterfield Trail Village Convocation Center Bistro

1923 E. Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville Critical violations: The mechanical ware-washer chlorine solution level is at 0 ppm.

Noncritical violations: None

Dairy Queen

2091 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Containers of ice cream cakes for customer self-service lack required labeling. Food employee is wearing a bracelet.

Gathering Place

4677 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale

Critical violations: The sanitation solution was out at the time of inspection.

Noncritical violations: Spaghetti noodles stored in open bag.

Green Oak Center

249 W. Main St., Farmington

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Food in the freezer is not covered. A bowl of dog food on the kitchen floor. Floor area along walls and under cabinets and storage racks lacks cleaning. A large amount of ice has buildup around one of the freezer doors. Posted permit expired 9-30-2021. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Latte Da

3901 Parkway Circle, Springdale

Critical violations: Sauce in a container in the reach-in-cooler without a date or name.

Noncritical violations: None

Mandalay Fusion

8 Brown St., Farmington

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Red Dragon Buffet

2111 S. Old Missouri Road, Suite L, Springdale

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Original bucket of soy sauce is used to store food. Several food storage shelves in walkin cooler are covered with corrugated fiberboard. Manual can opener has food debris.

Walmart Super Center-Food Store 2875 Martin Luther King Blvd., Fayetteville Critical violations:

None Noncritical violations: No paper towels at handwashing sink at the raw meat preparation handwashing sink.

Oct. 13

Con Quesos 2016 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fayetteville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: No consumer advisory on the menu. No test strips. Posted permit expired Jan. 4, 2017. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Dollar General

468 N. Main Ave., Fayetteville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Outside garbage dumpster lids are open.

Serrano’s Mexican Grill & Cantina

1031 S. Krupa Drive, Fayetteville

Critical violations: The drawer in the cold holding unit across from grill not holding correct temperature. Mango at 44 degrees and fish at 47 degrees.

Noncritical violations: The hot water was turned off to one of the hand sinks in the kitchen due to a drip at the sink. Facility lacks internal probe food thermometer and refrigerator thermometer for the cold hold drawers across from the grill. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Super 8

1075 S. Shiloh Drive, Fayetteville

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: The kitchen needs a separate handwashing sink. No thermometer in the kitchen refrigerator. No test strips. The kitchen only has a two-compartment sink.

Oct. 14 Acambaro Foods

121 N. Thompson, Springdale

Critical violations: Walk-in cooler had raw chicken and raw beef temping at 43 degrees, ambient temperature 43 degrees. Two buckets with chemical sanitizer, chlorine, do not have a label and in diner room area.

Noncritical violations: The handle of the door of the walk-in cooler is missing the latch. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Fast Trax 10

248 W. Bowen Blvd., Goshen

Critical violations: Food employee is assembling hamburger bun, lettuce, sliced tomato with bare hands.

Noncritical violations: Food employee lacks a hair restraint for head.

Sale Barn Cafe

1581 E. Emma Ave., Springdale

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Ven Mart

2103 Powell St., Suite A, Springdale

Critical violations: None

Noncritical violations: Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Oct. 15 Agave’s

112 Southwinds Road, Suite 1, Farmington

Critical violations: Cut tomatoes at 49 degrees and cut onions at 47 degrees in the prep table, salsa at 48 degrees in the to-go-glass refrigerator, and half and half at 45 degrees in the keg refrigerator.

Noncritical violations: Huevos rancheros and steaks on the menu with no consumer advisory. Facility lacks refrigerator thermometer in the bar refrigerator and beer keg refrigerator used to store whip cream and half and half. The facility does not have documentation of a certified food manager.

Domino’s

1065 N. Garland Ave., Fayetteville

Critical violations: An opened beverage canned drink is stored on the back food preparation table near the walk-in refrigerator.

Noncritical violations: Walk-in refrigerator cooling unit condensation drain pan located above is dripping on to the floor.

Harps-Deli-Bakery

3055 N. College Ave., Fayetteville

Critical violations: Green beans and corn in front hot holding case at 108 degrees temperature and should be held at 135 degrees or above. Several containers of cooked chicken stored in the walk-in refrigerator lack discard date marking.

Noncritical violations: One food employee lacks a hair restraint for head. Box fan shroud in back food preparation area lacks cleaning.

Olive Garden

3616 N. Mall Ave., Fayetteville

Critical violations: Food contact surfaces are not sanitized in dish washing machine temperature of surfaces is 133 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Equipment used to keep different kinds of pastas cold does not have a thermometer. Surfaces of container to keep clean dishes on is not clean.

P & N Fast Food

1209 S. Thompson St., Springdale

Critical violations: Refrigerator in food preparation area: raw chicken, raw fish at 44 degrees and watermelon at 43 degrees. Two spray bottles with chemical product do not have a label.

Noncritical violations: Test strips are not available. Manual can opener is not clean. Food preparation area, floor and wall are not clean. Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

Subway

411 S. Thompson St., Springdale

Critical violations: Surfaces of small fan located on the floor is not clean.

Noncritical violations: Food manager certification through an accredited program has not been attained.

The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:

Oct. 11 — Art’s Place, 2530 N. College Ave., Fayetteville; Central Junior High, 2811 W. Huntsville Ave., Springdale; Sonora Elementary School, 20151 Sonora Road, Springdale; Sonora Middle School, 17051 U.S. 412 East, Springdale

Oct. 12 — Fayettefuel, 2920 E. Zion Road, Fayetteville; Harvey Jones Elementary, 909 S. Powell St., Springdale; Mangos Gourmet Taco Shop Dos, 1940 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville; Mount Sequoyah Assembly, 150 Skyline Drive, Fayetteville; Panda Express, 1087 N. 48th St., Springdale; Mojo’s Pints, 2630 E. Citizens Drive, Suites A & B, Fayetteville; Walmart Super Center-Deli-Bakery, 2875 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fayetteville

Oct. 13 — Chipotle Mexican Grill, 550 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville; Greenland Elementary School, 200 N. Sandy Ave., Greenland; Greenland High School-Taher, 30 N. Sandy Ave., Greenland; Greenland Senior Activity Center, 170 N. Letitia Ave., Greenland; Northwest Specialty Hospital, 3873 N. Parkview Drive, Fayetteville; Taco Bell, 176 Joyce St., Fayetteville

Oct. 14 — Dollar General Store, 216 E. Bowen Blvd., Fayetteville; Harp Elementary School, 2700 Butterfield Coach Road, Springdale; Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, 1420 S. 48th St., Springdale; Turnbow Elementary School, 3390 Habburton Road, Springdale

Oct. 15 — Arkansas Department of Corrections, 600 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale; Greenland Football Concession, 30 N. Sandy Ave., Greenland; Mojito’s Mexican Grill, 100 E. Joyce Blvd., Suite 111, Fayetteville; Red Robin America’s Gourmet Burgers and Spirits, 695 E. Van Asche Drive, Fayetteville; Sonic, 186 N. Cato Springs Road, Fayetteville; The Sugar Shack, 280 McKnight Ave., West Fork; West Fork Activity Center-Concession, 287 School Ave., West Fork