I was pickled with curiosity recently after someone on Huckleberries Online brought to my attention the website for the Panhandle Health District. What fun! They list every food service entity in North Idaho and reveal how many violations they've been slapped with by the health inspectors (pictured left) within the past 3 years. Alas, there's no specifics, and the site itself is about as exciting as watching the Cd'A Resort maintenance men take down the Christmas lights on a rainy February day (hey, I was bored this morning). To save you the torture of weeding through, I've provided the names of the worst culprits, those with 3 or more each. I figured one was forgivable and two was kinda iffy but the third time's a charm. Some of these revelations are quite disappointing and depressing, actually. Grab your Immodium AD and Charmin Ultra kids, meet you at the Pizza Factory!Update: An anonymous comment brings up something I hadn't really considred:
It might be helpful if you note what types of things constitute "a violation". Did you know, for example, that a restaurant can lose points on their inspection if their sanitizing solution has too much bleach in it? It's actually fairly rare for an establishment to get a perfect score in an inspection. Thanks.Noted. But I will say It seemed to me that the majority of restaurants on the PHD list have never been cited at all...
9 Violations
Eddie's Bar & Grill, Arrow Point
7 Violations
Chimney Rock Cafe, Priest Lake
Coyote Cafe, Mullan
Moon's Mongolian Grill, Post Falls
6 Violations
Casa de Oro, Kellogg
O'Malley's, Rathdrum
5 Violations
CJ's Cafe, Kellogg
Domino's, Rathdrum
Golden Dragon, Sandpoint
Sourdough Sam's, Plummer
Wah Hing, Kellogg
4 Violations
1313 Club, Wallace
Breakfast Nook, Cd'A
Breakfast Nook, Rathdrum
Carl's Jr., Cd'A
Domino's, Hayden
O'Shays. Cd'A
Dragon House, Cd'A
Hudson's Hamburgers, Cd'A
Keyser's Villiage Kitchen, Priest River
Pie Hut, Sandpoint
Pizza Factory, Wallace
Snakepit, Enaville
Toro Viejo, Rathdrum
View Cafe, Cocolala
Wallace Inn, Wallace
3 Violations
Applebee's, Cd'A
Arby's, Cd'A
Arlo's, Sandpoint
Bangkok Cuisine, Sandpoint
Blue Plate Cafe, Hayden
Bonsai Bistro, Cd'A
Broken Wheel, Kellogg
Canton, Cd'A
Capone's, Cd'A
Chinese Gardens, Cd'A
Dockside, Cd'A
El Patio, State Line
Garfield Resort, Sagle
Gateway Marina, Harrison
Grub Box, St. Maries
GW Hunters, Post Falls
Hardwood Grill, Priest River
Herbie's Deli Shop, Cd'A
Hill's Resort, Priest Lake
Hope Market Cafe, Hope
Hot Rod Cafe, Post Falls
Jameson, Wallace
Junction Drive In , St. Maries
La Cabana, Post Falls
La Sierra, Spirit Lake
Little Caesar's, Post Falls
Longboard Burgers, Cd'A
Mongolian BBQ, Cd'A
Pizza Factory, Cd'A
Pizza Factory, Post Falls
Pizza Factory, St. Maries
Pizza Guy, Rathdrum
Rustler's Roost, Hayden
Saddle Sore Inn, Post Falls
Spuds, Sandpoint
Sunshine Inn, Kellogg
Toro Viejo, Post Falls
Wildcat Pizza, Kellogg
4 comments:
It might be helpful if you note what types of things constitute "a violation". Did you know, for example, that a restaurant can lose points on their inspection if their sanitizing solution has too much bleach in it? It's actually fairly rare for an establishment to get a perfect score in an inspection. Thanks.
I was suprised to hear that some restaurants are notified when the health inspector is planning an inspection - this from a former employee of a restaurant in Kellogg!
Yes, you should take into account the nature of the violation, most violations are non-critical and can be characterized as bookkeeping errors. The report should show which violations are critical to the public's health. As for "perfect score" we used to strive for "perfect" but it's the inspectors job to find something wrong so we now leave a few "loose ends" just to allow the inspector to find something wrong and get the inspection over with.
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