Health Inspections

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

JAN. 23 DAIRY QUEEN

119 S. Bloomington St., Lowell Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Box of cake being stored on floor in walk-in freezer; bag of ice cream mix and icing being stored on floor of walk-in cooler.

DOLLAR GENERAL

202 U.S. 412 West, Suite F, Siloam Springs

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Product spilled in the bottom of the refrigerator in the back store room. Permit posted is expired.

DOMINO’S

2100 W. Hudson Road, Suite 1,

Rogers

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Permit

expired.

EUREKA PIZZA

202 U.S. 412 West, Siloam

Springs

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Employee working with open food not wearing a beard restraint. No sanitizer concentration registering on test where wiping cloth is stored. Gasket on the right door on the prep table is torn.

LITTLE CAESAR’S

931 W. Walnut St., Rogers Critical violations: No paper towels available at handsink nearest back door. Quat solution 0 ppm in sanitizer bucket and three-compartment sink. Dispenser damaged. Items in prep table including shredded cheese and pineapple 50 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Employees lacking hair restraints. Permit expired.

LOS CERRITOS MARKET

303 N. Bloomington St., Lowell Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No certified food protection manager on staff. Boxes of food stored on floor in walk-in freezer.

SCHLOTZSKY’S

400 U.S. 412 West, Siloam Springs

Critical violations: Meats from about midline to the oven are not maintaining at 41 degrees or below. Bottle of what the person in charge says is frosting not labeled or date-marked with contents. Noncritical violations: Paper towel dispenser in the back area is not working. Food employees shall wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and singleuse articles. Ice scoop laying handle down on the ice in the ice machine.

SONIC TACO BELL JAN. 24 CHINA CAFE

115 S. Bloomington St., Lowell Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Squeeze bottles of sauces in kitchen lack labels. 207 S. Bloomington St., Lowell Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Freezer

door will not close.

TRAILSIDE COFFEE COMPANY

10 Riordan Road, Bella Vista Critical violations: Baked items and kolaches prepared at home were offered for sale. Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager. Packages of baked goods for self-service were not labeled. 2600 W. Pleasant Crossing Drive,

Suite 80, Rogers

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Containers of food stored on floor of walkin cooler. Plastic bowl being used as scoop in rice and left in rice container between use. Reusing single-use sauce containers when preparing sauces.

FAMILY DOLLAR

2405 W. Olive St., Rogers Critical violations: No handwash

signage in restroom. Noncritical violations: Posted

permit expired.

KFC

1618 E. Centerton Blvd., Ben

tonville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Posted

permit is expired.

WHATABURGER JAN. 25 BRAUM’S SONIC BIG WHISKEY’S PARADISE DONUTS BENTONVILLE

1101 N. Walton Blvd., Bentonville Critical violations: No paper tow

els at handwash sinks. Noncritical violations: No chlorine test strips available for testing sanitizer.

THE HAPPY HANGOUT

1219 U.S. 412 West, Siloam

Springs

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Dog in location. Food bowl in food preparation area. No barrier or gate up at the beginning of inspection. 4335 S. Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers

Critical violations: Sliced cheese in refrigerator being held at 44 degrees.

Noncritical violations: None 1101 W. Walnut St., Rogers Critical violations: Kitchen handsink lacking proper signage. Country gravy 90 degrees.

Noncritical violations: Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of walkin freezer and prep areas.

HARPS - DELI/BAKERY

710 W. Centerton Blvd., Centerton

Critical violations: Chicken tenders bowl (chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese) at 103 degrees. Observed a ham with a sell-by date of Jan. 22, 2023, and a ham with a sell-by date of Jan. 23, 2023, in the deli case. Observed a zip bag of deli meat and cheese with no date-marking. Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager. Employee drinking a beverage with gloves on. Both slicers had a buildup of debris. Box with boxes of gloves stored on the floor and to-go items stored on a shelf that had a buildup of dust and food debris. Multiple nonfood contact surfaces have a buildup of dust and food residue.

HARPS - FOOD STORE

710 W. Centerton Blvd., Center

ton

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager. Observed a section with for-sale items that were expired such as green beans that expired on Oct. 17, 2021, and stuffing mix that expired July 28, 2022. Raw bacon in display over cheese and cracker party trays. Raw eggs over butter. Boxes of raw sausage over ham and raw sliced bacon over smoked salmon.

PIEOLOGY PIZZERIA

2998 U.S. 412 East, Suite 90,

Siloam Springs

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Floor around the pizza cutting table, hot-box and corner by oven is starting to peel. The floor surface is no longer in good condition or easily cleanable. Some areas around a floor drain and in front of the makeline refrigerators has gouges or missing flooring. 923 W. Walnut St., Rogers Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Accumulation of food debris on and around prep table. Accumulation of grease and food debris in between fryers and tall refrigerator. 2998 U.S. 412 East, Suite D, Si

loam Springs

Critical violations: Rice, sausage mix in the grill drawer cooler is at 43 degrees. Pan of Spanish rice has a use-by date of 1/17/23. Employee said the item was frozen and removed from the freezer on 1/24/23, but the date was not changed when removed from the freezer. Foods in the prep table are not date-marked as needed. Noncritical violations: At least one employee who has supervisory and management responsibility and the authority to direct and control food preparation and service shall be a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a test that is part of an accredited program. Employees covered beverage stored on the prep table while food preparation is in process. Spinach dip prepared just prior to inspection is in the walk-in cooler at 148 degrees. Employee did not use an approved cooling method to cool dip. Cooked spinach thawing in hot water. Employee said it was needed to make the spinach dip. Spinach is 62 degrees. Ice scoops stored on top of the ice machine bin. Ice scoop holder at the servers station has tape on the side of the holder. The scoop is in contact with the tape. Tape is not an approved repair method. Replace or repair holder properly as needed. Scoop holder in the kitchen area has the finish gone in places and is starting to get rusty. Repeat violation. No front cover on the top part of one ice machine. Open bottle of chocolate milk in the glass two-door cooler stored above facility food. Facility does not use chocolate milk.

JAN. 26 DOLLAR GENERAL

111 Commercial St., Centerton Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Box of Pain Relief PM expired on October 2021 and eight boxes of Cough and Chest Congestion expired on February 2022. Chemicals observed over some paper goods and some medications. Milk residue in the bottom of the refrigerator. Observed a gap in the bottom of the back door.

EL MATADOR RESTAURANT

2998 U.S.412 East, Suite 10, Si

loam Springs

Critical violations: Employee handled raw meat and did not wash hands or change gloves before handling tortillas. No date-marking on open package of hot dogs. Bottle of what employee says is soap stored at the servers handwashing sink is not labeled with contents. Spray bottle used in the dish area not labeled with contents. Employee is using a spray bottle to apply sanitizer to items too large to put in the dish machine. Employee is using beach without diluting it. Noncritical violations: Employee beverage bottle stored in the ice bin at the bar. Area under the bar sinks and between the dishwasher and beer cooler is visibly dirty.

KUM & GO

2811 E. Central Ave., Bentonville Critical violations: Powdered coffee dispenser nozzles have buildup of coffee powder residue.

Noncritical violations: No certified food manager documentation available.

KUM & GO

800 S.E. J St., Bentonville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Posted

permit expired.

KWALITY ICE CREAM & BAKERY

3404 S.E. Macy Road, Suite 18,

Bentonville

Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: No certi

fied food safety manager.

NATURAL MUSE

1500 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville Critical violations: None Noncritical violations: Shelf above chicken prep cooler had an accumulation of grease and dust.