A restaurant in Westmoreland County with several health violations has been ruled “out of compliance” after an inspection last week.
The PA Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety says Picante Grille on Route 22 in Delmont was hit with a dozen issues.
Some of those violations include an employee observed leaving a bathroom without washing their hands after leaving the restroom.
The employee was seen handling clean dished and was scooping tortilla chips without washing their hands.
The employee was also handling dirty dishes in a sink and putting away clean dishes without washing their hands.
An employee was observed “touching raw shrimp and raw beef with gloved hands and then continuing to handle (ready to eat_ ingredients and clean dishes without removing gloves or washing hands.
One employee was seen on the cookline with a dirty towel attached to an apron. They were seen wiping their hands on the towel after touching raw shrimp and beef. The restaurant was instructed to not have employees store towels on their aprons.
Large amounts of fruit flies were seen in several areas including in and around a bag of onions in the dry storage room, around a kitchen trash can and around the soda fountain.
The out of compliance posting first appeared on June 17 and is still active as of Monday, June 22.
To see the full report and any updates, visit here.
