Taqueria Don Gonzalo LLC

Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.

• Food protection and cross-contamination
  • High priority: Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef stored over ready to eat vegetables in reach in cooler.
  • Basic: Food stored on floor. Canned tomatoes stored on floor in storage closet.
• Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained
  • High priority: Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Food stored in non food grade bags on cook line cooler closest to the entrance of kitchen.
• Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  • Basic: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. On sides.
• Plumbing and backflow prevention
  • Basic: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. In flip top unit next to beer cooler in server station.

The inspector came back, found the problems fixed and allowed the business to reopen.

• Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained
  • Basic: Wood not properly sealed.
  • High priority: Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food.
  • Basic: Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
• Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  • Intermediate: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
  • Basic: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
• Plumbing and backflow prevention
  • Basic: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler, in server station next to beer cooler.

Conditions were a danger to public health, so the business was ordered to close immediately. It can't reopen until an inspector confirms the problems are fixed.

• Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained
  • Basic: Wood not properly sealed. Various under neath storage cabinets, and wall siding in establishments unsealed wood.
  • High priority: Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Observed washed and cut bell peppers stored in non food grade bag.
  • Basic: Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Upright two door cooler left of prep area.
• Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  • Intermediate: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in server station soiled with old food debris.
  • Basic: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Rear ice machine has build up of mold like substance on sides.
• Plumbing and backflow prevention
  • Basic: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler, in server station next to beer cooler.
• Insects, rodents, pests and animals
  • Basic: Dead roaches on premises. 9 egg casings under hand wash sink on left of cook line. 4 dead roaches found under hand wash sink storage on cooks line. 1 dead roach of floor under tortillas station on right side of kitchen. 4 dead in storage closet on floor up against kitchen wall.
  • High priority: Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 6 live roaches under hand sink storage shelf on left of cooks line. 5 live roaches found on floor and wall behind make table on cooks line.