By Dawn Burleigh

The Orange Leader

 

Kam Wah Buffet, located at 150 Strickland Drive in Orange, will see the Orange County Health and Code Compliance Inspector daily after a recent inspection resulted in a 63 out of a possible 100.

The health inspector entered the restaurant with the employees as they were arriving for the day and witnessed fried shrimp in a bucket from the night before. Other demerits included uncovered foods found inside coolers and freezers, foods being stored inside ice machine, and improper storage of raw meats.

Several containers of dirty dishes were found from the previous night, as well as the inspector witnessing no handwashing by employees prior to cooking, as well as toxic items stored on top shelf near the prep table, and foods from the night before found inside sinks and dishwasher.

The health inspector noted on the report, “Inspector walked in when employees arrived for work. Found lots of violations and lots of cleaning that had not been done the night before. Need to clean before going home at night and all foods need to be covered, dated and placed inside cooler/freezer before going home. Follow up visits are required by the inspector.”

 

Scores:

• Two Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant

2308 Lutcher Drive, Orange.

Score: 87

Demerits include opened metal cans of food stored inside walk-in cooler, bare hand contact with ready to eat foods, and employees without required food handler certifications.

• The Donut Shop

1125 Texas Ave., Bridge City

Score:91

Demerits included boudin, sausage and shelled eggs at unsafe temperatures, found record of time for holding boudin at room temperature, and raw dough stored in plastic bags inside reach-in cooler.

• Brick Oven Pizza Company

1125 Texas Ave., Bridge City

Score: 95

Demerits included containers stored directly onto ready to eat foods, such as lettuce, inside the walk-in cooler, sanitize cloths being stored on top of counter, not in sanitizer buckets and packages of pizza boxes being stored directly on the floor.

• Wienerschnitzel #152

2420 MacArthur Drive, Orange

Score: 89

Demerits included storing packages of hot dogs on bottom shelf under bread toaster, improper jewelry found on employees, current food service permit and certified food manager certificates not posted in front of restaurant, no food handler certificates found on any employees.

• Auntie Annes Pretzels

3115 Edgar Brown Drive, Orange.

Score: 98

Demerits included improper jewelry and storing sanitizer buckets on top of prep table.

• Lucky Wok

1803 16^th Street, Orange.

Score: 86

Demerits included fried chicken and eggrolls at unsafe temperatures, foods in coolers and freezer were uncovered, employee without the required food handler certificate, pre-cooked chicken being stored in cardboard box without a liner, container of raw beef stored on the floor in the walk-in cooler and defrosting bag of shrimp in three compartment sink.

• Mongolian Grill and Sushi

3104 Edgar Brown Drive, Orange.

Score: 88

Demerits included employees without the required food handler certificate, employee using cell phone, sponge found inside sanitizer bucket, and the back of the restaurant need s to be cleaned of old trash and equipment.

• Spanky’s Bar and Grill

1703 North 16^th Street, Orange.

Score: 92

Demerits included employee using bare hand contact with ready to eat foods, paper towels needed at the handwashing station, and wiping cloths being stored on the prep table.

 

The following locations had zero violations and received a perfect score of 100:

• Shiver Shack

6928-B Hwy. 87 North, Orange.

 

The following locations passed pre-opening inspections:

• Lakeview Exxon

4315 North Main Street, Vidor

Only the store has been inspected at this time.