Trump National, Cracker Barrel: What Kitchen Inspections Found

MOORESVILLE, NC — Recent health inspections at a dozen Mooresville area restaurant kitchens found numerous violations, from dirty pans with food still on them to ready-to-eat food handled by an employee using their bare hands.

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 Mooresville and elsewhere in Iredell County, performed by the Iredell County Health Department.

All recently inspected restaurants in Mooresville kept their "A" health rating, however multiple violations were found.

At Sebastiano’s, for example, a Jan. 24 inspection found 11 violations, including a dirty cheese grater, a dirty mixing bowl and other kitchen items with food residue on them stored with clean dishes and food without date marks.

At Hong Mei Buffet, a Jan. 28 inspection found nine violations, including items on the buffet, such as croutons, ginger and peanuts, not under a sneeze guard. Eight violations were found in the kitchen at Cracker Barrel, including dirty metal and plastic pans stored as clean, a bucket of sanitizer sitting next to the ice cream dipper, and food pans and container stacked wet.

Five violations were reported at Trump National Golf Club in a Jan. 29 inspection, that noted an employee was seen handling ready-to-eat bread loaves with their bare hands and bacon that had been held for several hours at an improper temperature.

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Results from the Iredell County Health Department inspections conducted Jan. 23 — Jan. 29, 2019 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.

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