Marion County restaurant inspections: RAM Restaurant and Brewery, Tup Tim Thai Cuisine
ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department.
Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker hygiene, dish-washing and sanitizing, and equipment and facility cleanliness.
Violations: Restaurant scores are based on a 100-point scale. Priority violations deduct 5 points, and priority foundation violations deduct 3 points. Violations recorded on consecutive inspections result in point deductions being doubled.
Scoring: Scores of 70 or higher are considered compliant. Restaurants scoring below 70 must be reinspected within 30 days or face closure or other administrative action. Restaurants display a placard by the entrance to indicate whether they have passed their last inspection.
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Semiannual restaurant inspections from Dec. 20.
Marion County restaurant inspections
Chula Vista Taqueria
Location: 135 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 92
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: No paper towels provided in the employee restroom. Point deduction: 3.
Ice used as a medium for cooling food or equipment is used as a food, specifically: Container of lime juice stored in the ice bin at the soda dispenser. Point deduction: 5.
Elmer's Restaurant
Location: 255 Arney Road Suite 100, Woodburn
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Mount Angel Abbey Restaurant
Location: 1 Abbey Drive, Saint Benedict
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 97
Priority violations:
A handwashing sink is not accessible for employee use at all times, is used for purposes other than handwashing or is not operated properly, specifically: Coffee mug in handwash sink at start of inspection. Point deduction: 3.
Chula Vista Restaurant
Location: 3935 State St. NE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: Food build-up on racks inside the two-door refrigerator, the upright commercial refrigerator and the back 2-door upright refrigerator. Point deduction: 3.
RAM Restaurant and Brewery
Location: 515 12th St. SE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 82
Priority violations:
Food employees do not use the proper cleaning procedure for washing their hands, specifically: Observed cook line employee swiftly rinse hands under water after handling raw meat and attempt to return to the cook line. Point deduction: 5.
Food-contact surfaces are not cleaned between different raw animal foods, between raw to ready-to-eat food, or as frequently as necessary, specifically: Observed employee wipe cutting board used for raw beef with a dry cloth in preparation to use for sandwich buns. Point deduction: 5.
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed the prep cooler opposite the fryers on the cook line improperly holding the following food that an employee stated was stocked the previous night: diced tomatoes (50 degrees Fahrenheit), pulled pork (50 degrees), cooked chicken breast (51 degrees), cooked rice (49 degrees), pico de gallo (51 degrees) and shredded cheese (48 degrees). Point deduction: 5.
Temperature measuring devices are not provided or readily accessible for checking food temperatures, specifically: Probe thermometer is present but malfunctioning and not providing a legible readout. Point deduction: 3.
Holland's Bar & Grill
Location: 2155 Silverton Road NE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 90
Priority violations:
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: In the walk-in refrigerator: raw chicken stored above raw beef, shell eggs stored over case of water and cooked fried chicken, raw chicken stored over kegs, raw meat stored over root vegetables with red liquid dripping into root vegetables. Point deduction: 5.
Food-contact surfaces are not cleaned between different raw animal foods, between raw to ready-to-eat foods, or as frequently as necessary, specifically: chef knife by cookline and magnetic strip used to store it have dried cabbage on them; several knives stored on magnetic strip over two-compartment sink near walk-in door are soiled with old food buildup; ice scoop and tray used to store it atop the icemaker are soiled with grease and dust buildup. Point deduction: 5.
La Hacienda Real
Location: 3690 Commercial St. SE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 80
Priority violations:
The quaternary ammonium sanitizer concentration, pH, or temperature is not adequate, specifically: 0 parts per million quaternary ammonium measured in wiping cloth buckets used to sanitize food contact surfaces made less than one hour prior to inspector's arrival. Point deduction: 5.
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed nine 4-inch deep pans of cooked beans from last night stacked in groups of three uncovered on top of each other on top shelf of walk-in maintaining temperature between 44-75 degrees Fahrenheit. Point deduction: 5.
Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food has not been consumed within the required time period or is not properly date-marked, specifically: Observed the following food past seven-day disposition or missing datemarks including: shrimp broth (Dec. 13), cooked beef (Dec. 12), flan, opened milk and Clamato mixer. Point deduction: 5.
La Parranda Nightclub and Sports Bar
Location: 990 N Pacific Highway Suite C, Woodburn
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Panera Bread
Location: 799 Lancaster Drive NE Suite 110, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Lum Yuen Restaurant
Location: 3190 Portland Road NE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Raw chicken over fried chicken in Traulsen upright; raw beef and chicken in Turbo Air prep area upright. Point deduction: 5.
Tup Tim Thai Cuisine
Location: 3860 Commercial St. SE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 74
Priority violations:
Food employees eat, drink or use tobacco in unapproved areas or use an inappropriate beverage container for drinking, specifically: Observed employee beginning to eat in back prep area and unapproved employee beverage containers (opened water bottle and mug of tea). Point deduction: 3.
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: In cookline's upright domestic kitchen reach-in fridge, raw chicken stored above ready-to-eat food (quartered tomatoes and cooked chicken). In chest freezer, repackaged raw chicken stored above repackaged raw fish, beef and pork. In back domestic kitchen reach-in, raw chicken stored above papaya. Point deduction: 5.
The chlorine sanitizer concentration, pH, or temperature is not adequate, specifically: 0 parts per million of chlorine in wiping cloth bucket near raw food prep station. Point deduction: 5.
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed the following food left out at room temperature for more than one hour: eggs (61 degrees Fahrenheit), pot stickers (54 degrees), lettuce rolls (54 degrees) and sticky rice (72 degrees). Point deduction: 5.
Las Islas
Location: 1615 Mt. Hood Ave., Woodburn
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 87
Priority violations:
Soap is not provided at a handwashing sink, specifically: There is no soap at the handwashing sink. Point deduction: 3.
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Raw fish is stored above lettuce in the walk-in refrigerator. Point deduction: 5.
The chlorine sanitizer concentration, pH, or temperature is not adequate, specifically: The dishwasher is not dispensing any sanitizing agent during the final rinse cycle. Point deduction: 5.
McGrath's Fish House
Location: 3805 Center St. NE, Salem
Date: Dec. 20
Score: 92
Priority violations:
Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: Cutting board soiled with food debris stored with other clean cutting boards. Point deduction: 3.
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Raw salmon in drawer under grill area at 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Point deduction: 5.
Em Chan covers food and dining at the Statesman Journal. You can reach her at echan@gannett.com and follow her on Twitter @catchuptoemily.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Marion county inspections: Tup Tim Thai, RAM Restaurant and Brewery
