June 3, 2009

unsanitary restaurants in BK

Recently, a friend of mine went to Habana Outpost to eat with her friends and within 24 hours she came down with stomach pains. So, I decided to do a little research on the Habana Outpost restaurant to see if there were any others that had similar problems. The first website I checked was the department of health and mental hygiene and after visiting their website; boy, was I surprised to see how many sanitary violations they received. In just the last 2 months alone they received 164 sanitary violations! On 4/30/2009 they received 64 violations, 5/19/2009 they received 94 violations and on 5/22/2009 they received 6 violations. Finally, on 5/19, the citations were so serious that they were order to be closed for business! The violations mostly sanitary concerns are enough to make anyone get a stomach ache. If you happened to stop by that week, they had a "closed for spring cleaning" sign posted. In may? Why the need for spring cleaning when they had been opened for only 2 months and closed since October 2008? Mr. Sean MEENAN and Mr. Lopeti ETU are not being completely honest. I hope for our community well being, they cleaned all the rats out of there.
Places like this should not be allowed to remain open nor be accepted by the community, they are a disaster waiting to happen. I guess it is a good thing they have a medical center not far on Dekalb to pump out stomachs.
THIS IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS WEBSITE
HABANA OUTPOST
757 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN 11217
718-858-9500
05/19/2009
757 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN 11217
Inspection Date: 05/19/2009
Violation points: 94
Establishment Closed by DOHMH. Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
Sanitary Violations 1.) Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.

Sanitary Violations
1.) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained.
2.) Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
• Improper personal hygiene practices and poor food-worker health.
• Improper hand washing and bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods.
• Improper cooking, holding, and re-heating temperatures.
• Cross-contamination of food and food equipment.
• Food from unapproved sources.
Food Service Establishment Inspections:
Bureau of Food Safety and Community Sanitation (BFSCS) Public Health Sanitarians (PHS) conduct unannounced annual inspections of food service establishments (FSEs). During inspections, PHS's evaluate a FSE's conditions and practices and identify risk factors for food-borne illnesses. These risk factors include:
• Improper personal hygiene practices and poor food-worker health.
• Improper hand washing and bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods.
• Improper cooking, holding, and re-heating temperatures.
• Cross-contamination of food and food equipment.
• Food from unapproved sources.
Sanitary Violations 1.) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained.
2.) Food contact surface not properly maintained.
3.) No facility available to wash, rinse, and sanitize utensils and/or equipment not provided.

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