Eight Eateries Slapped With Consumer Alerts This Summer

PITTSBURGH, PA - The Allegheny County Health Department issued consumer alerts to eight eateries over the summer. What follows is a summary of the various violations and whether or not the alert has been lifted.

• Las Palmas, Brookline
  

Posted: Aug. 21

Removed:

Violation: Unsafe cold-holding temperatures; improper cooling of foods; lack of sufficient and properly functioning refrigeration; cross-contamination not prevented; poor employee hygiene; lack of sufficient and properly functioning handwashing facilities; and fly infestations.

• Burgatory, Waterworks

Posted: Aug. 15

Removed: Aug. 16

Violation: Facilities not maintaining foods at safe temperatures; unsafe cold holding; unsafe hot holding; presence of insects.

Thai Touch Kitchen, Mt. Lebanon

Posted: July 31

Removed: Aug. 2

Violation: Failure to prevent contamination of food; improper employee practices for personal
cleanliness; failure to properly clean and sanitize equipment and utensils; Improper cooling of cooked food; Unsafe cold holding temperatures for food and ineffective measures to control insects in kitchen.

• Royal Caribbean Takeout, Wilkinsburg

Posted: July 22

Removed: July 31

Violation: Evidence of sewage backup in basement; rainwater flooding toilet room; food and
paper goods contaminated from clean-up; lack of certified Food Protection Manager.

• Dive Bar and Grille, Lawrenceville

Posted: July 25

Removed: July 26

Violation: Recurrent violations concerning unsafe cold holding due to refrigeration units which do not assure the maintenance and cooling of food at required temperatures.

• Edgar's Best Tacos, Station Square

Posted: June 1

Removed: July 25

Violation: Unsafe cold food temperatures; cold holding units not maintaining temperature; employees not washing hands; no soap for hand washing.

• R & B's Pizza, Bellevue
  

Violation: Unsafe holding temperatures; Malfunctioning facilities to maintain temperatures; Lack of probe thermometer.

Fortune Star Buffet, Pleasant Hills

Posed: July 3

Removed: July 8

Violation: Cross-contamination of foods; unsafe holding temperatures of foods; facilities unable to maintain safe temperatures; Equipment and utensils not properly cleaned and sanitized; dish machine not sanitizing.

• Ichiban Steakhouse, O'Hara

Posted: June 27

Removed: July 1

Violation: Unsafe cooling of foods; Unsafe cold-holding temperatures; facilities to maintain food
temperatures malfunctioning; contaminated utensils; utensils not properly cleaned and sanitized.