Salem-area Restaurant Inspections: DaVinci Ristorante, French Press

Emily Teel
Statesman Journal

ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS

This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion and Polk County health departments.

Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker hygiene, dishwashing and sanitizing, and equipment and facility cleanliness.

Violations: Scores are based on a 100-point scale. Priority violations deduct 5 points, and priority foundation violations deduct 3 points. Violations recorded on consecutive inspections result in point deductions being doubled.

Scoring: Scores of 70 or higher are considered compliant. Restaurants scoring below 70 must be re-inspected within 30 days or face closure or other administrative action. Restaurants display a placard by the entrance to indicate whether they have passed their last inspection.

MARION AND POLK COUNTY

Semi-annual restaurant inspections from April 19 to April 26.

Boba Boom

Location: 370 High Street NE

Date: April 23

Score: 100

Cachet Bakery

Location: 1105 Wallace Road NW

Date: April 26

Score: 95

Priority violations: 

  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: domestic refrigerator is at 43°F. Several items in refrigerator were between 43°F - 46°F. Point deduction: 5

Chinese Café at Salem Center

Location: 401 Center Street NE #258

Date: April 22

Score: 100

DaVinci Ristorante, located at 180 High St. SE, scored a perfect 100 on its semi-annual inspection April 24.

DaVinci Ristorante

Location: 180 High Street SE

Date: April 24

Score: 100

Donald Tavern

Location: 10791 Main Street NE, Donald

Date: April 23

Score: 97

Priority violations:

  • Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: heavily soiled scoop stored with clean utensils. Point deduction: 3.

Fiesta Pizza

Location: 1950 Lancaster Drive NE Suite 131

Date: April 19

Score: 100

Flying J Travel Plaza

Location: 12334 Ehlen Road, Aurora

Date: April 9 (re-inspected April 23)  

Score: 92 

Priority violations:

  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Packages of sliced Kraft cheeses 45°F, cream cheese  45°F, milk 44°F, packaged deli meats 45°F on bottom two shelves in the corner of the beverage walk-in refrigerator. Milk bag 43-44°F at the Cinnabon refrigerator. Point deduction: 5
  • Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: Several scoops with food build-up and soiled pizza divider stored with clean utensils. Point deduction: 3.
French Press Coffee & Crepes, located at 2725 Commercial Street, scored 90 points on its semi-annual restaurant inspection on April 19.

French Press Coffee & Crepes

Location: 2725 Commercial Street

Date: April 19

Score: 90

Priority violations:

  • (REPEAT) Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Front prep cooler air thermometer reading 50°F, shredded cheese at 51°F. Point deduction 10 (Normally 5, doubled to 10.)

Frosted Spheres Ice Cream

Location: 401 Center Street 281-4

Date: April 23

Score: 100

The Gallon House

Location: 219 Oak St, Silverton

Date: April 22

Score: 100

Half Court Sports Bar

Location: 3960 Center Street NE

Date: April 22

Score: 97

Priority violations:

  • Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the hand-washing sink, specifically: Paper towel dispenser not working. Point deduction: 3

Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant

Location: 111 Locust St, Stayton

Date: April 22

Score: 90

Priority violations:

  • Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: Raw chicken and raw ground beef stored over raw shrimp at the cookline meat reach-in refrigerator. Raw ground beef stored above whole cuts of beef and box of raw shrimp stored above kegs inside the walk-in. Point deduction: 5
  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Rice 112-131°F and enchilada sauce 132°F inside the hot box. Pitchers of salsa 59°F on the counter top without temperature control. Point deduction: 5

Josey's Family Restaurant

Location: 2280 Broadway St Ne

Date: April 22

Score: 100

Little Caesars West Salem

Location: 1395 Edgewater Street NW 100

Date: April 23

Score: 100

Love Love Teriyaki II

Location: 6385 Ulali Drive, Keizer

Date: April 12 (re-inspected April 25)

Score: 89

Priority violations:

  • Cooked potentially hazardous food is improperly cooled, specifically: center of cut cabbage stacked in the middle of two other cut cabbage containers measured 45°F at the back produce refrigerator (edges measured 37-41°F). And fried rice placed covered in deep plastic container measured 45-46°F on the third shelf of the three-door refrigerator. Point deduction: 5
  • The use of time as a public health control is not properly monitored, food is not properly marked or written procedures have not been developed, specifically: No time marking in place for sushi rice on the counter top in the sushi station. Bins of noodles, cut cabbage, and breaded chicken at the prep table not time marked  (still measured 41°F). Point deduction: 3
  • Equipment for maintaining hot and cold holding temperatures, and cooling and heating food is not sufficient in number or capacity, specifically: All refrigeration units full; 5 boxes of raw chicken, 4 containers of cooling par-cooked chicken and more boxes of noodles still need to be placed in cold holding. Point deduction: 3

Mariscos Morales

Location: 3724 Pacific Highway, Hubbard

Date: April 24

Score: 92

Priority violations:

  •  Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Raw bacon 50-51°F (shell eggs stored nearby), milk 48°F and open can milk 48°F on bottom two shelves inside small dairy refrigerator. Several bags of cheese stored above (at 41°F), possibly blocking cold air flow. Block of butter at room-temperature on top of the cookline refrigerator. Point deduction: 5
  • Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: vegetable build-up between the grooves of the dicer and octopus build-up along the injection section of the food processor. Point deduction: 3

Mt Angel Specialty Foods at Wallace Marine Park

Location: 200 Glenn Creek Road NW

Date: April 26

Score: 97

Priority violations:

  • Temperature measuring devices are not provided or readily accessible for checking food temperatures, specifically: No probe thermometer for checking internal cooking temperature of hamburger patties. Point deduction: 3

Mount Angel Towers

Location: 1 Towers Lane #2120, Mount Angel

Date: April 22

Score: 100

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Orchards Grille at OGA Golf Course

Location: 2850 Hazelnut Dr, Woodburn

Date: April 23

Score: 92

Priority violations:

  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Fresh ranch dressing 51°F and whipped cream can 48°F at the salad refrigerator (other foods measured 48-52°F). Ham and cheeses stacked high measured about 47°F at the cookline reach-in cold rail (above the ice bath). Point deduction: 5
  • Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: Flaky build-up behind and along the blade of the slicer. Point deduction: 3

Panezanellie Breadstick Shoppe

Location: 111 NE Starr Street, Sublimity

Date: April 25

Score: 100

Polk County Fairgrounds

Location: 520 Pacific Hwy, Rickreall

Date: April 19

Score: 100

Press NW Bistro & Bar at Doubletree

Location: 1590 Weston Court NE

Date: April 26

Score: 94

Priority violations:

  • (REPEAT) A hand-washing sink is not accessible for employee use at all times, is used for purposes other than hand-washing or is not operated properly, specifically: Designated hand-washing sink in bar/espresso area not being used/blocked by items stored in and on it.  Point deduction: 6 (Normally 3, doubled to 6)

Raven Bar & Grill

Location: 262 N Pacific Highway, Woodburn

Date: April 19

Score: 100

Rodeway Inn

Location: 3340 Astoria Way NE

Date: April 22

Score: 100

Santiam Golf Club

Location: 8724 Golf Club Road SE, Aumsville

Date: April 22

Score: 92

Priority violations:

  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Roast beef 47°F and sliced cheese 45°F stacked high at the cookline refrigerator. Point deduction: 5
  •  Temperature measuring devices are not provided or readily accessible for checking food temperatures, specifically: Unable to located a thin-tipped food thermometer able to check hot and cold holding temperatures.  Point deduction: 3

Sing Fay Restaurant

Location: 198 W Main Street, Monmouth

Date: April 25

Score: 95

Priority violations:

  • Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Raw shrimp in the prep unit is at 49°F sitting on top of container, not down in container of unit where air flow can keep it cold. Point deduction: 5

Sloper Café

Location: 590 Confier Circle, Sublimity

Date: April 25

Score: 100

Suki Hana at Salem Center

Location: 401 Center Street NE #251

Date: April 22

Score: 97

Priority violations:

  • Unnecessary poisonous or toxic materials are on the premises, specifically: can of Raid bug spray in the kitchen. Point deduction: 3
Sushi J, located at 413 Main Street in Dallas, scored an 84 at its semi-annual inspection on April 11. The restaurant was re-inspected on April 22.

Sushi J Restaurant

Location: 413 Main St, Dallas

Date: April 11 (re-inspected April 22)

Score: 84

Priority violations:

  • (REPEAT) Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Prep unit under the sushi display case is at 54°F, above 41°F. Point deduction: 5 (Normally 5, doubled to 10)
  • Food employees eat, drink or use tobacco in unapproved areas or use an inappropriate beverage container for drinking, specifically: Plastic cup with straw but no lid sitting on the prep table in the sushi prep area.Point deduction: 3
  • The use of time as a public health control is not properly monitored, food is not properly marked or written procedures have not been developed, specifically: Sushi rice (at 83°F) is not time-stamped to identify four hour hold time. Point deduction: 3

Tiki Sports Lounge & Grill

Location: 165 Lancaster Drive SE

Date: April 22

Score: 100

West Valley Hospital Food Service

Location: 525 SE Washington Street, Dallas

Date: April 25

Score: 100

Wild Pineapple Grill

Location: 1255 Howard Street SE

Date: April 24

Score: 100

Emily Teel is the Food & Drink Editor at the Statesman Journal. Contact her at eteel@statesmanjournal.com, Facebook, or Twitter. See what she's cooking and where she's eating this week on Instagram: @emily_teel

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