Ice Bin Mold, Dirty Microwave: Restaurant Inspections

HUNTERSVILLE, NC -- Recent Charlotte-area restaurant inspections found all kinds of things that might make you think twice before eating out: dirty pans with food debris stuck on them, mold in ice bins and several restaurant employees washing their hands incorrectly.

Do you truly know how clean your favorite coffee shop or restaurant is? Find out with the most recent restaurant and food service inspections in Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson, and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, performed by the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

Area restaurants that received a “B” rating for violations include: Los Dos Hermanos located at 409 W. Craighead Road, Metropolitan Cafe and Catering at 138 Brevard Court, Mi Tierrita at 1125 Sugar Creek Road, China Max at 11025 Carolina Place Parkway and Slices at 2212 Park Road.

At Los Dos Hermanos, a health inspection found cooked tomatoes and tomatillos for salsa that had been cooked at home. At Metropolitan Cafe and Catering, an inspector found food debris in a microwave in need of cleaning and “mold like build up” on an ice bin. At Mi Tierrita, raw animal foods were not separated and were also stored above ready-to-eat food, and potentially toxic cleaners stored above straws.

At China Max, a health inspector saw an employee wash their hands without removing their gloves, employee drinks stored over food prep areas, a container of raw vegetables stored on a container of raw chicken in a walk-in cooler and raw chicken stored over ready-to-eat food in a walk-in freezer, a dirty pan with food debris, improperly dated food and a can of WD-40 stored on top of the ice machine. At Slices, an inspector found a slicer with “large debris build up,” and unlabeled food.

Results from the Mecklenburg County Health Department inspections done Nov. 8 - Nov. 14 are listed below. You may find more detailed information here.

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