Lenoir County restaurant inspections

The following restaurant inspections were conducted by the Lenoir County Health Department:

Quick & Chicken 

802 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston 

Date: 8/27

Score: 86

Observations: 
Person in charge washed her hands and did not turn off water with paper towels. 

Raw eggs stored above cut and uncovered vegetables. 

Sanitizer too weak. 

Bugs crawling around in clean tubs on dish rack. 

Chicken in fryer basket observed to be par-cooked. 

Cooked rice missing date mark. 

Roach defense and oven cleaner stored in food supplies. 

Some oils and spices at the back of the establishment are not labeled. 

Observed live roaches, as well as pest remains and dead pests throughout establishment. 

Clean utensils are being stored in a soiled container. 

Handwash sinks, toilets and urinals still need thorough cleaning. 

Drain plug missing from dumpster. Dumpster is very rusted and damaged. 

There are lots of items stored in this establishment. 

Floors, walls, and cleaning need additional cleaning. 

Holes in the walls scattered around the establishment. 

Fairfield Inn & Suites Foodservice

667 Sheffield Drive, Kinston 

Date: 8/26

Score: 95

Observations: 

No certified food protection manager present. 

Soap for only hand-wash sink in kitchen ran out early in inspection.

Sausage patties are not date marked. 

No stem-type thermometer provided. 

Food employee does not wear a hair restraint. 

One wet wiping cloth on prep table. 

Gasket for table-top refrigerator in customer area has pulled away from door. 

Handle that turns water on and off for spray nozzle at 3-comp sink is broke. 

Stopper for the sanitizer compartment of 3-comp sink is broken and does not allow sink to be plugged to hold sanitizer. 

Pizza Plus 

4149 Hwy 11 S, Deep Run 

Date: 8/26

Score: 98

Observations: 

Several spiders present at establishment, and webs scattered around in corners or along walls. 

Both employees present in establishment wearing watches. 

Several empty containers of chili and buckets from past food items sitting in the clean dishes rack. 

Observed accumulated grease, and other debris on equipment, inside reach in coolers, gaskets and pizza pans. 

Damage present on walls along baseboards. 

Heavy grease build up present in establishment on floors, walls, and cleanings. 

Lots of extra pans and plastic containers are on the rack that are not used. Build up is present on these items. 

Lighting in prep area is not intense enough. 

Olympian 

601 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston 

Date: 8/25

Score: 90

Observations: 

There needs to be a certified food protection manager present at all times. 

Employee observed making salads with her bare hands. 

Sanitizer was testing way too strong. 

Ice machine visibly soiled. 

Spaghetti sauce and chili missing date mark in walk in cooler. 

Several containers of cleaning products scattered around kitchen in unlabeled bottles. 

No thermometers available in lifttop or prep coolers.

Employees observed wearing bracelets. 

Observed employee with fingernail polish handing food with bare hands. 

Wet wiping cloths observed scattered around prep and grill area. 

Several items stacked wet. 

Lots of single service containers observed being reused, not approved. 

Can opener pin visibly soiled. 

Pizza prep unit lifttop not properly holding temperature and has torn gaskets, plexiglass cracked in walk in cooler, shelves visibly rusty, walk in freezer is still leaking. 

Establishment did not have proper test strips for chlorine sanitizer. 

Shelving and bottoms of equipment visibly soiled. 

Dumpster bottom heavily rusted. 

Walls and ceilings throughout facility are visibly soiled and need additional cleaning. 

Baseboard in walk in cooler is coming off and needs to be replaced/repaired. 

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q

4483 US Hwy 70 W, Kinston 

Date: 8/22

Score: 93

Observations: 

No written procedures for employees to follow for vomit or diarrheal events. 

Hand-washing sink at front counter area reached 78 degrees F, should be 100 degrees F. 

Onion/potato dicer found with dried food debris today. 

Food needs to be quickly cooled by approved methods. 

Flies present in back kitchen area. 

Several employees seen today handling items with beards and not wearing beard restraints. 

Several wet wiping cloths seen in back kitchen area outside buckets of sanitizer. 

Replace cracked chicken breading pan. Replace wire fryer baskets in poor repair. 

Cleaning needed in hot holding cabinet to remove accumulated grease and food debris. Clean shelving at chicken breading area.