Information is from state Health Department records. Restaurants are listed in order of inspection date. All reports are from regular food service inspections unless otherwise noted. Critical violations are defined as items relating directly to factors that lead to food-borne illness and must be corrected immediately. Noncritical violations are defined as items that relate to maintenance of food operations and cleanliness.
Oct. 7
Zoe's Kitchen
3379 N. College Ave., Suite 8, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Food service workers observed performing multiple dirty-to-clean duties and changing gloves without washing hands between; must ensure employees wash hands any time contamination could have occurred, when changing tasks, between glove changes to prevent cross and incidental contamination of food and food contact surfaces. Blade on slicer, utensils in clean storage and knives placed on clean knife rack; observed only rinsed after using food prep; have food and grease residues; must effectively wash, rinse and sanitize food contact surfaces.
Noncritical violations: None
Holcomb Elementary
2900 N. Salem Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Knife blades and slicer blade in clean storage have food and grease residues on food contact surfaces; must ensure food prep utensils and equipment are effectively cleaned and sanitized to sight and touch; corrected by cleaning.
Noncritical violations: Interior of ice machine and exterior vent hood surfaces were found with moderate food, grease and mold on surfaces; must effectively and frequently clean to prevent accumulation of residues.
Montessori School
57 E. Township St., Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Interiors of warewashing sinks have debris and food residues accumulating; must clean frequently to sight and touch.
Happy Hollow Elementary School
2175 Peppervine Drive, Fayetteville
No violations.
E-Z Mart
1540 S. 15th St., Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: One damaged floor tile in food preparation area lacks replacement. Two ceiling tiles are not installed beside the furnace in the back storage area. Two light bulbs lack shielding above the bulk ice maker. Light bulb and ballast in food preparation area lacks replacement.
Stonebridge Meadows Golf Club
3495 E. Goff Farms Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: A portion of the wall finish is damaged behind the three-compartment sink.
Oct. 8
Sodexo Sports & Leisure Push Carts
Razorback Stadium, Gate A, Room 149, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Pushcart No. 1, employee beverage must be covered, uncovered beverage over storage of food. Employees must wash hands between glove changes, all stations. No water pressure; push cart 29 had not turned water on; push cart 1 had no pump pressure and was not able to turn on water. Hot holding out of temperature (95 and 103 degrees); food changed out for hot food, cold food will be reheated. Need consumer advisory on prime rib at point of sale. Sanitizer lacks label.
Noncritical violations: Silverware is available for all to grab; food contact surfaces shall be clean and sanitized, handles shall be all one way.
Razorback Stadium Food
Razorback Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Clean hand washing sinks. Soap out in employee restroom. Provide an adequate supply of hand cleanser (liquid, powder or bar) at each hand washing sink. Knives and scoops lack cleaning.
Noncritical violations: Sugar and cornmeal in general containers lacked labels. Sanitation sink lacks cleaning. Drain line from pea trap not aligned to collection collar for floor drain; waste water leaking to the floor.
Oct. 10
Holt Middle School
2365 N. Rupple Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Cutting blade on slicer, scoop in clean drawer and interior of ice machine has food, grease and mold deposits; must effectively clean and sanitize food contact surfaces to sight and touch.
Noncritical violations: None
Waffle House
2311 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fayetteville
Critical violations: Raw chicken and shell eggs in walk-in cooler holding at 44-46 degrees; must ensure potentially hazardous foods maintained at 41 degrees or below for safe, cold holding; temporary correction by relocating to working cooler for rapid chill.
Noncritical violations: Cooling unit used for potentially hazardous foods (not currently storing them) still found holding at 50 degrees; must repair to maintain at 41 degrees or below.
Jim's Razorback Pizza
2584 Gregg St., Fayetteville
Follow-up inspection
Critical violations: All issues addressed, remedied and in compliance from most recent routine inspection.
Noncritical violations: None
Lincoln Middle School
502 E. Roth Rock Drive, Lincoln
Critical violations: No sanitizer in new pizza serving area.
Noncritical violations: Must have a sign or poster that notifies food workers to wash their hands at all hand washing sinks used by food workers and shall be clearly visible to food workers; there is no signage at hand wash sink in new pizza serving area. White edge inside ice machine that does not have contact with ice is not clean.
Lincoln Elementary School
613 County Ave., Lincoln
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Vents in ceiling above the serving line are not clean.
IHOP
3153 W. Wedington Drive, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Potentially hazardous and time/temperature control for safety food sausage at 119 degrees in hot holding on grill; must be 135 degrees or above or document time and discard after four hours; reheating to 165 degrees, then will hold at 135 degrees.
Noncritical violations: Food must be stored in compliance with established regulations; food not covered in cold holding by the grill. Outside garbage dumpster has no drain plug. Bags of garbage are on the ground next to dumpster. Outside waste cooking oil dumpster top is open.
McNair Middle School
3030 E. Mission Blvd., Fayetteville
No violations.
Oct. 11
Zaxby's
400 S. Thompson St., Springdale
Critical violations: Provide a supply of individual disposable towels or a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or a heated-air drying device at each hand washing sink in food preparation, toilet and warewashing areas. Sliced tomatoes and boiled eggs outside of acceptable temperature zone; old product was discarded.
Noncritical violations: None
Arby's
7460 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale
Critical violations: Roast beef was sliced during inspection; when recorded the temperature was 115 degrees; potentially hazardous foods shall be hot held at 135 degrees or above; meat was discarded.
Noncritical violations: Wall behind trash can on line lacks cleaning; ice machine lacks cleaning.
Johnny Cascones Italian Restaurant
2223 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale
Critical violations: Chef applied cheese to ready to eat food with bare hands; no bare hand contact with exposed, ready- to-eat food or ice, use gloves, spatulas, tongs, deli tissue or other dispensing equipment.
Noncritical violations: Time/temperature controlled for safety foods shall be thawed using an approved method; lasagna was placed on prep table to thaw before slicing; lasagna was placed in the walk-in cooler.
Firehouse Subs
2612 Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 4, Fayetteville
Critical violations: No person in charge available onsite to oversee all food preparation, processing and packaging ensuring food safety; must have person in charge, can not designate whole team to be in charge; one person was chosen to be person in charge. Must be able to identify symptoms of illness to exclude food service operations; informed about jaundice.
Noncritical violations: Food temperature measuring device shall be provided and readily accessible for use in ensuring attainment and maintenance of food temperature; no thermometer both prep cooler and cooler with deli meats, keep at 41 degrees or lower (repeat violation). Dust built up on ceiling above three-compartment sink. Current food permit must be posted where public can see it.
Arsaga's at Church & Center
200 W. Center St. Suite 1, Fayetteville
No violations.
Mount Sequoyah Assembly
150 Skyline Drive, Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Desserts on the food bar lack a sneeze shield. Storage cabinet shelving for coffee machines lack cleaning.
Red Kite Coffee Co.
1852 N. Crossover Road, Suite 2, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Toilet room doors are open.
Noncritical violations: Employee hand washing signage is lacking in toilet room and hand washing sink in food preparation area. Current retail food permit is not posted conspicuous to the customer.
Subway
2000 N. Crossover Road, Suite 1, Fayetteville
No violations.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
3878 Crossover Road, Suite 10, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Mop sink fill hose is attached to the faucet head without a backflow prevention device installed.
Noncritical violations: Boxes of single-service items are stored on the floor. Two electrical outlets in front food preparation wall lack face plates installed.
Oct. 12
White River Discount Foods
2421 N. Center St. Suite A, Fayetteville
No violations.
Happy Feet Childcare Center
1238 N. Center St., Elkins
No violations.
Nellie B's Bakery
2421 N. Center St., Suite B, Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Current retail food service permit is not posted conspicuous to the customer.
Terra Studios
12103 Hazel Valley Road, Fayetteville
No violations.
Tequila Bar & Grill Restaurant
2085 N. Center St., Bldg. A, Elkins
No violations.
Oct. 13
Rockin' Baker
3761 N. Mall Ave., Suite 4, Fayetteville
No violations.
Helen Tyson Middle School
3304 S. 40th St., Springdale
No violations.
Oct. 14
Bright Haven Christian Learning Center
1110 Mathias Drive, Suite F, Springdale
Critical violations: Require food employees to use only designated hand wash sinks for hand washing. Require food employees to wash their hands using the procedure delineated in the Arkansas Rules and Regulations. Provide an adequate supply of hand cleanser (liquid, powder or bar) at each hand washing sink.
Noncritical violations: None
West Fork Elementary School
245 School Ave., West Fork
No violations.
Fayetteville High School
994 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fayetteville
No violations.
Prelude Breakfast Bar
509 W. Spring St., Suite 210, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Food service workers observed handling multiple dirty to clean surfaces with gloved hand and also changing gloves; Must wash hands any time contamination could have occurred, when changing tasks, and between glove changes; corrected by education/proper demonstration of washing hands.
Noncritical violations: Internal ambient air temperature of two cold-holding units at 50-63 degrees; multiple potentially hazardous foods having to be held on ice baths in and outside units or under time as control, four-hour discard, equipment for cooling and cold-holding food shall be sufficient in number and capacity to maintain food temperatures at 41 degrees or below for potentially hazardous foods. Flat of raw shell eggs, under time as control procedure, stored on step of footstool ladder; must store food product on surfaces that do not risk incidental contamination.
White Star Tavern
3000 S. School Ave., Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Retail food permit has expired.
West Fork Middle School
1 School Ave., West Fork
Critical violations: Food employee failed to wash hands prior to disposable glove use.
Noncritical violations: None
West Fork High School
287 School Ave., West Fork
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: One ceiling tile in back dry storage area lacks installation.
Why Not Coffee
285 McKnight Ave., West Fork
Critical violations: Sliced tomatoes were stored at 52 degree temperature.
Noncritical violations: None
Waffle House
2311 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Fayetteville
Follow-up inspection
Critical violations: Pooling condensation on top of contained pies; considered contaminated due to exposure of standing condensation emitting from cooling unit; corrected by discard and relocating foods.
Noncritical violations: None
Oct. 17
Elmdale Elementary School
420 N. West End St., Springdale
Critical violations: Require food employees to use only designated hand wash sinks for hand washing. Require food employees to wash their hands using the procedure delineated in the Arkansas Rules and Regulations. Onions had mold on outside of product; ensure all molded items are discarded when product arrives.
Noncritical violations: Dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, and other pests shall be removed from control devices and the premises at a frequency that prevents their accumulation, decomposition, or the attraction of pests. Tile broken in dish-room, cement crumbling in entryway of hot water room.
Loafin Joe's
3896-A Elm Springs Road, Springdale
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Wiping cloths shall be used as intended and in compliance with regulations. Lid to cold-holding unit lacks repair on hinge; hinges shall be held in good repair per manufacturer specifications.
Oct. 18
Greenland School
200 N. Sandy St., Greenland
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Walk-in freezer has ice accumulating on the boxes of stored food and lacks maintenance.
Area Agency on Aging of NWA
170 N. Letitia Ave., Greenland
No violations.
Greenland High School
30 N. Sandy St., Greenland
No violations.
On the Way
4450 E. Huntsville Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Flip-top refrigerator ambient temperature is at 81 degrees and lacks maintenance.
Noncritical violations: None
Tandem Taco
492 N. West Ave., Fayetteville
No violations.
Oak Grove Montessori School
5247 Har Ber Ave., Springdale
Critical violations: Identify products in container for essential oil cleaner.
Noncritical violations: None
Fayetteville Regional Park
2600 W. Judge Cumings Road, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Chemical sanitizer is lacking for the manual warewashing procedure.
Noncritical violations: Hand washing sink lacks hand washing notice posted. Upright refrigerator lacks a thermometer. Chemical sanitizer test strips are lacking. Permit is not posted conspicuous to the customer.
Oct. 19
Applebee's
3953 W. Sunset Ave., Springdale
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Bar cash register has build-up of sticky residue. Floor tile and cement is broken in walk-in cooler. Leaking condensation on the roof of freezer and cooler.
Taco Bell
408 S. Thompson St., Springdale
No violations.
Shiloh Christian Schools
1707 Johnson Road, Springdale
No violations.
China Cafe
2630 E. Citizens Drive, Suite 16, Fayetteville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Hand washing sink has a cutting board temporarily stored in the basin. Manual can opener lacks cleaning.
Meiji Japanese Cuisine
3878 N. Crossover Road, Suite 8, Fayetteville
Critical violations: Food employee handled drink cup then failed to wash hands prior to wearing disposable gloves.
Noncritical violations: Light bulb and ballast lacks replacement for adequate lighting in warewashing and cooking areas.
Oct. 20
Har-Ber High School
300 Jones Road, Springdale
No violations.
La Quinta Inn and Suites
1300 S. 48th St., Springdale
Critical violations: No paper towels on hand; provide a supply of individual disposable towels or a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or a heated-air drying device at each hand washing sink in food preparation, toilet and warewashing areas. Tropical salad not covered in refrigeration unit.
Noncritical violations: Single-service items must not be reused; tropical salad stored in original can with open lid; salad placed in food-safe container and covered.
NW News on 10/24/2016