The Health District shut down Praya Thai on Sunset Road and Decatur Boulevard on March 10 for excessive demerits--52 in total--and "uncontrolled food-borne illness risk factors."
The Health District shut down Praya Thai on Sunset Road and Decatur Boulevard on March 10 for excessive demerits--52 in total--and "uncontrolled food-borne illness risk factors."
*OR* DRINKING.TONIGHT..IT WAS NOT A MIRAGE..ACCORDING TO HEALTHINSPECTORS THOSE REALLY *WERECOCKROACHES AT THE MIRAGE..WE ALSO HAVE RATS AT ALOCAL RESTAURANT AS WELL AS ADEMERIT-DRIVEN SHUTDOWN ATANOTHER.13 CHIEF INVESTIGATOR....DARCY SPEARS SERVES IT ALLUP.... IN TONIGHT’S "DIRTYDINING".WE BEGIN AT PRAYA ON SUNSETAND DECATUR.
THE HEALTHDISTRICT SHUT THE THAIRESTAURANT DOWN ON MARCH 10 FOREXCESSIVE DEMERITS AND"UNCONTROLLED FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSRISK FACTORS."WE’RE HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS HADTHAT CLOSURE FROM THE HEALTHDISTRICT WHERE THEY SHUT YOUDOWN AND GAVE YOU 52 DEMERITS,WHICH IS A TON OF DEMERITS.THAT’S ENOUGH TO SHUT DOWN ARESTAURANT JUST BASED ONDEMERITS ALONE.
DO YOU GUYSTHINK YOU DESERVED ALL THAT ORWHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THATINSPECTION?I THINK FOR THE SHUTDOWN... NOWIT’S BETTER THAN BEFORE.BEFORE, INSPECTORS FOUNDCOOKED CHICKEN STORED IN AREUSED CARDBOARD BOX.
CURRY WASCOOLING IN THE SAME SINK ASDIRTY EQUIPMENT.
WASHEDCUCUMBERS AND EGGPLANTS WERESTORED ON DIRTY SHELVES.EXPIRED STICKY RICE IN THEFRIDGE DATED BACK TO MARCH 2.AND THERE WAS A REPEAT VIOLATIONFOR RAW CHICKEN, PORK AND SHRIMPBEING STORED IN THE SAMECONTAINER.WHEN THE HEALTH DISTRICT CAMEIN AND WROTE UP ALL THEVIOLATIONS, WAS IT A SURPRISE TOYOU GUYS?YES, A SURPRISE.DID YOU THINK THERE WAS THATMUCH WRONG IN THE KITCHEN?MMMMM, I DON’T THINK SO.OTHER VIOLATIONS INCLUDEDCOOKED CHICKEN STORED AT ROOMTEMPERATURE THAT HAD TO BETHROWN OUT, EMPLOYEE CELL PHONESON PREP SURFACES, LETTUCE THATWAS NOT WASHED BEFORE BEING CUTAND A PERSON IN CHARGE WHO WASNOT KNOWLEDGEABLE IN BASIC FOODSAFETY.THIS MANAGER, WHO ONLYIDENTIFIED HERSELF AS KATE,ATTRIBUTED SOME OF PRAYA’SPROBLEMS TO NOT ENOUGH FOOTTRAFFIC.BUSINESS HAD BEEN SLOW AND NOTTOO MANY CUSTOMERS?YES.AND IS THAT KIND OF WHY THINGSGOT NEGLECTED IN THE KITCHEN?YEAH.SHE SAID THE RESTAURANTCOMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FOR AWHILEDUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, SOFINANCES WERE A FACTOR TOO.IF THEY DON’T HAVE MONEY THEYCANNOT DO MUCH.PRAYA THAI RE-OPENED MARCH 12WITH A ZERO-DEMERIT "A" GRADE./NAT SWISH/ACROSS TOWN, A RESTAURANT INCOMMERCIAL CENTER ON SAHARA ANDMARYLAND PARKWAY THAT’S SIMPLYNAMED "NIGERIAN FOOD" WAS SHUTDOWN MARCH 10 FOR TWO IMMINENTHEALTH HAZARDS: NO HOT WATER ANDA RAT INFESTATION.INSPECTORS WENT TO NIGERIANFOOD TO FOLLOW UP ON A COMPLAINTABOUT DIRTY FLOORS IN THEKITCHEN, FLIES RESTING ON COOKEDFOOD, A MANAGER NOT WEARING AMASK, STAFF SEEN SPITTING ON THEFLOOR AND NO HAND SOAP IN THEBATHROOM OR KITCHEN.BUT THEY FOUND EVEN MORE THANTHAT.
THE EVIDENCE OF RATS WASEVERYWHERE: RODENTS HAD CHEWEDUP AND URINATED ON MULTIPLE FOODPACKAGES IN THE DRY STORAGEAREA.INSPECTORS NOTED EXCESSIVERODENT DROPPINGS ON FOOD CONTACTSURFACES, CONTAINERS OF DRIEDFOODS, DISHES, FOOD SUPPLIES,FOOD SHELVES, AND THE CORNERS OFCOOKING AND HOLDING EQUIPMENT.THERE WAS ALSO EXCESSIVE OLDFOOD, BUILD-UP AND STANDINGWATER THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN ANDEXCESSIVELY MOLDY BASIL IN THEFRIDGE.THE OWNER SAID NIGERIAN FOODIS STILL CLOSED BECAUSE SHE’SSTILL WORKING ON THE RODENTISSUE, WHICH IS A PROBLEM FORTHE WHOLE BUILDING.
SHE’D BEENTRAVELING FOR SEVERAL DAYSBEFORE THE INSPECTION AND SAYSTHE GUY SHE HIRED TO CLEAN WASDRUNK OR HIGH, LEAVING A LOT OFISSUES IN THE KITCHEN WHENINSPECTORS ARRIVED.
BUT SHESAYS THE HEALTH DISTRICT’SPICTURES MAKE IT LOOK WORSE THANIT IS.
SHE CALLED THE WHOLEEXPERIENCE "EXPENSIVE ANDFRUSTRATING."/NAT SWISH/INSPECTORS SHUT DOWN VANILLARICE’S HIBACHI HOUSE, A FOODTRUCK NEAR FLAMINGO ANDSANDHILL, AFTER A VERIFIEDCOMPLAINT ON MARCH 10.THE PERSON COMPLAINING SAIDTHE TRUCK WAS "SENDING NOXIOUSFUMES AND GENERATOR NOISE INTOTHE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD." ITALSO NOTED "FOOD WAS BEINGTRANSPORTED TO THE TRUCK USINGPERSONAL VEHICLES." INSPECTORSFOUND THE FOOD TRUCK OWNER WASINDEED "TRANSPORTING MULTIPLEPANS OF RAW CHICKEN, RAW SHRIMP,AND OTHER POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUSFOODS" ON THE DIRTY FLOOR OF ANUN-REFRIGERATED VAN.
THEY ALSODOCUMENTED AN IMMINENT HEALTHHAZARD OF NO POTABLE WATER ASTHE TRUCK WAS GETTING ITS WATERFROM A GARDEN HOSE.IN A STATEMENT, OWNER ZACHTOLEN SAID HIBACHI HOUSE PRIDESITSELF IN HAVING "A WONDERFULAND TRUSTED CONNECTION WITHCUSTOMERS." HE SAYS HEALTHINSPECTORS HAPPENED TO SHOW UPON THE DAY THEIR TRUCK BROKEDOWN, WRITING "WE HAD TO GET THEFOOD FROM OUR COMMERCIAL KITCHENTHAT WE PREPARED EARLIER IN THEDAY TO THE TRUCK.
THE FOOD WASTRANSPORTED IN OUR VAN WITHIN 20MIN... THE INSPECTOR DIDN’T MAKEUS DISCARD ANY FOOD." REGARDINGTHE WATER SUPPLY, HE SAID THEFOOD TRUCK "HAD POTABLE WATER"BUT WAS "USING THE WRONG HOSE."HIBACHI HOUSE RE-OPENED THENEXT DAY, MARCH 11, WITH A ZERODEMERIT "A" GRADE./NAT SWISH/THE MAIN KITCHEN DISHWASHINGAREA AT THE MIRAGE HOTEL CASINOON THE STRIP WAS SHUT DOWN MARCH12 FOR A MULTI-GENERATIONALCOCKROACH INFESTATION.
INADDITION TO THE BUGS, INSPECTORSFOUND HEAVY FOOD DEBRISACCUMULATED BELOW DISH MACHINESAND IN FLOOR DRAINS.IT WAS RE-INSPECTED MARCH 16AND GOT A ZERO DEMERIT "A"GRADE.IN A STATEMENT, A MIRAGESPOKESPERSON EMPHASIZED THEIMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THEHIGHEST STANDARDS AND SAID THEYTOOK IMMEDIATE STEPS TO RESOLVETHIS ISOLATED ISSUE.
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