See which Reno-area restaurants failed December health inspections
Four Reno-Sparks eateries failed and nine received a conditional pass in their inspection in December.
Northern Nevada Public Health, formerly known as Washoe County Health Department, issues four types of inspection ratings:
Pass: Fewer than three critical violations during inspection.
Conditional pass: Three to five critical violations that can be corrected immediately. The facility may remain open and a reinspection will occur to “verify that all violations have stayed corrected,” according to NNPH’S explanation of the process.
Fail: A restaurant has more than six critical violations that are able to be corrected during the inspection. The facility may remain open before a reinspection to ensure all violations have stayed corrected.
Close: Restaurant has critical violations that can’t be remedied during the inspection.
Fail
Mexcal
516 S. Virginia St.
● Hands clean and properly washed: Employee was observed loading dirty dishware into dishwashing machine before handling clean dishware without first washing hands.
● Separating raw animal foods from raw or cooked ready-to-eat foods: Observers found raw lengua and raw marinated carne asada stored on shelf next to cooked shredded short ribs.
● Proper date marking and disposition: Inspectors found no date-marking on lamb, lengua, steak, enchilada sauce, shredded short rib, cut cabbage or pico de gallo.
Lakeside Bar & Grill
3466 Lakeside Dr.
● No bare hand contact with readyto-eat foods: Observers saw staff garnish a plate with orange and lettuce using bare hands, other staff was observed