18 Health Violations Found In This Charlotte Restaurant Kitchen

CHARLOTTE, NC — Recent kitchen inspections at two Charlotte-area restaurants resulted in their health ratings dropping to a "B" after numerous health code violations, ranging from a sewer backup in a chicken thawing sink to an employee preparing food after handling money without washing their hands or changing gloves.

Do you truly know how clean your favorite coffee shop or restaurant is? Find out with the most recent restaurant and food service inspections in Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson, and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, performed by the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

County health officials recently inspected 136 restaurants in the Charlotte-metro area. Health grades at the following restaurants drop to a B:

• KFC/ Taco Bell #22, 9030 Lawyers Road — 87/ B
• Urban Bricks Pizza, 210 E. Trade St. — 82.5/ B

An April 10 inspection at KFC/ Taco Bell documented 11 violations, including a sewer backup in the chicken thaw sink, dirty cutting boards, food debris in and greasy buildup on sanitizer water, food stored under a leak and raw chicken thawing in 63 degree water left out from a previous shift.

An inspection of Urban Bricks Pizza found 18 violations documented in a report that said the inspector “observed overall lack of control throughout facility.” Some of the violations reported included an employee’s drink sitting on a food prep table, improper hand washing, unwashed produce stored above ready-to-eat food, an employee wearing gloves moving between prepping a pizza and handling money, then back to the food preparation without washing hands or changing gloves. The ice machine had black and pink build up, and an employee “mixing sauces in a container on the floor in the kitchen.”

Results from the Mecklenburg County Health Department inspections done April 10 - April 16, 2019 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.