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Barrow Restaurant Inspections: Jan. 17
Find out how Barrow restaurants and places that offer food services scored on recent health inspections.

The Northeast Health District reports the following restaurant health inspection scores for Barrow County.
Los Vaqueros Mexican Restaurant, 17 Monroe Highway, Suite W, Winder
Score: 71
Inspection date: Jan. 5, 2012
Type of inspection: Routine
Critical violations:
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- Violation of: 2-1C. No bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (Person in charge observed preparing chili relleno (cheese and peppers) with bare hands. Corrected by instructing person in charge to wash hands and don gloves.)
- Violation of: 6-1A. Proper cold holding temperatures (Salas held at 69 degrees F in dining room. Corrected on site by discarding.)
- Violation of: 6-1B. Proper hot holding temperatures
Non-critical violations:
- Violation of: 1-2. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties (Person in charge not aware that bare hand contact is not allowed, not keeping TCS foods — broth — hot and — salsa — cold.)
- Violation of: 10D. Properly labeled; original container; required records: shellstock tags (Multiple dented cans stored in can storage.)
- Violation of: 12A. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display (A can of peppers was being prepped on top of trash can.)
- Violation of: 12C. Wiping cloths: properly used and stored (Cloths not kept in sanitizer bucket. Corrected on site.)
- Violation of: 14C. Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored, used (Single service lard containers being reused for vegetables — onions, tomatoes.)
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VEND, 107 Smith Mill Road, Bethlehem
Score: 90
Inspection date: Jan. 5, 2012
Type of inspection: Routine
Critical violation:
- Violation of: 3-1C. Food in good condition, safe, and unadulterated (Three cans of cooked carrots heavily rusted and appear to be leaking. Corrected on site by discarding the three cans of carrots.)
Non-critical violation:
- Violation of: 15C. Nonfood-contact surfaces clean Water, Plumbing and Waste (Fan grate on condensor fan in walk-in cooler heavily rusted.)
Bojangles, 268 N. Broad St., Winder
Score: 93
Inspection date: Jan. 9, 2012
Type of inspection: Routine
No critical violations
Non-critical violations:
- Violation of: 2-2D. Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible (Hand sink in biscuit station blocked by box on floor. Corrected on site by removing box from floor surface and making hand sink accessible.)
- Violation of: 12A. Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display (Box of Cinn-A-Twist stored on floor surface in biscuit station. Corrected on site by placing box on shelf.)
, 652 Barrow Park Drive, Winder
Score: 99
Inspection date: Jan. 11, 2012
Type of inspection: Routine
No critical violations
Non-critical violation:
- Violation of: 14B. Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried, handled (Pans stacked wet on racks in dish rooms. Allow all items to dry before stacking.)
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