A coffee shop with rodent droppings stayed open despite rodent droppings, a sushi house was cited for roaches and rodent dropping, and another restaurant had to throw out food because it had the potential of making customers sick.
The Point Coffee Shop on Moncrief Road stayed open despite inspectors finding hundreds of rodent droppings. The inspector noted 150 dry rodent droppings in a drawer and cabinets next to the cook line and 50 more on the floor by the water heater.
He wrote in the inspection report that the manager started to clean them up and it was corrected on site. The inspector also saw an employee crack an egg and then handle cheese and canned crab with the same gloves. The inspector explained to her why that was a problem.
An inspector came back three days later to check on Point Coffee Shop and found no high-priority violations.
Sushiya on County Road 220 had seven high-priority violations.
Roaches and dozens of rodent droppings were found in the kitchen. Two roaches were not near food and droppings were in the hot water heater and behind the ice machine.
Since none of them were near food, Sushiya was allowed to stay open. The inspector came back the next day and only found one high-priority violation, a single fly in the kitchen. Sushiya was cleared and has now met state standards.
Taste of Vietnam was cited with seven high-priority violations.
There were no serious problems with bugs, but there were concerns about whether the food was safe to eat.
The restaurant had to throw out beef stock, chicken, shrimp filling and rice because it was too warm to be considered safe. It was also storing beef over ready to-eat food, which the inspector said could lead to contamination.
Taste of Vietnam still needs a recheck.