Marion County restaurant inspections: Shari's, Taqueria El Gato
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 May 6 - 8.
Marion County restaurant inspections
Caballero's Catering
Location: 3575 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem
Date: May 6
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Observed shell eggs stored over peas and cooked chicken in the sliding door cooler. Point deduction: 5.
Gerry Frank's Konditorei
Location: 310 Kearney St. SE, Salem
Date: May 8
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed water-cooled hard boiled eggs from May 6 at 57 degrees Fahrenheit in a container on the counter. Point deduction: 5.
Subway
Location: 12334 Ehlen Road NE, Aurora
Date: May 8
Score: 100
No priority violations.
The Chicken Shack
Location: 3844 River Road N, Keizer
Date: May 8
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Spicee Bite
Location: 4106 State St., Salem
Date: May 8
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Dairy Queen
Location: 2620 Newberg Highway, Woodburn
Date: May 8
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: There were no paper towels in the paper towel dispenser at the hand washing sink. Point deduction: 3.
Shari's Restaurant
Location: 4998 River Road, Keizer
Date: May 8
Score: 90
Priority violations:
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: The cookline/serveline prep cooler is not cold enough: on the serveline, items are kept iced but a large container of cut romaine lettuce is kept mostly out of the cooler (52 degree Fahrenheit). The upper compartment of the cooler (prep) is kept open at busy times on the cookline. Cubed tomatoes (48 degrees) and iceberg lettuce (50 degrees) are too warm. Point deduction: 5.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Location: 2601 Newberg Highway, Woodburn
Date: May 8
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Taqueria El Gato
Location: 1939 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem (mobile unit)
Date: May 8
Score: 92
Priority violations:
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Two reclosable plastic storage bags of raw pork stored above fresh strawberries, cilantro and ice in upright cooler. Point deduction: 5.
Incorrect methods are used to cool potentially hazardous foods, specifically: Pork chunks cooling in prep cooler in pot covered by lid. Point deduction: 3.
Best Little Roadhouse
Location: 1145 Commercial St. SE, Salem
Date: May 8
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Working containers of poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly labeled, specifically: A red spray bottle of clear liquid observed without a working contents label. Point deduction: 3.
Dairy Queen
Location: 2620 Newberg Highway, Woodburn
Date: May 8
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: There were no paper towels in the paper towel dispenser at the handwashing sink. Point deduction: 3.
White's Restaurant
Location: 1138 Commercial St. SE, Salem
Date: May 8
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Em Chan covers food and dining at the Statesman Journal. You can reach her at echan@gannett.com, follow her on Twitter @catchuptoemily or see what she's eating on Instagram @sikfanmai.ah.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Marion County restaurant inspections: Shari's, Taqueria El Gato
