One of the main restaurants that J and I go to get our frappes has been shut down by the health department... and upon further investigation, I discovered that they were shut down last November as well for violations that added up to 128 points! This time around it's only 61, but 4 of the 5 are critical (in red)...
Sanitary Violations
1) Cold food item held above 41º F
(smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during
necessary preparation.
2) Appropriately scaled metal
stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate
temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating
and holding.
3) Evidence of mice or live mice
present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
4) Insufficient or no refrigerated
or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required
temperatures.
5) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions
conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
I'll be honest, the violations don't seem that out-of-the-ordinary for NYC (at least the pest related ones), but I guess it was worse than others!
All I can say is good thing fall is on its way since I don't know how much more time we'd have to sit at this outdoor cafe and drink a cold beverage. Luckily one of our other main frappe locations not only has outdoor seating with heat lamps when it gets cooler out, but also an A rating from the health department so I can rest assured that my frappe season isn't quite over yet :)
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