Owner: Despite State Inspection Napoli’s Restaurant Open (Update Saturday)

10:15 a.m. Saturday 5-11-13 Hay Post spoke with Tony Nuredini, owner of Napoli’s. He confirmed the restaurant was inspected but despite the paperwork posted by the state they did not close and are open for business. Another inspection by the state is expected sometime in May. “When they came to inspect, I was not here. We used to have a different corporation,” Nuredini said. “We changed to a different corporation and didn’t know we had to have new paperwork. If they (the state) wanted to close they could but we have completed the paperwork and are working out details to comply with the state.”

Friday 12:11 p.m. Napoli’s Italian restaurant, 2522 Vine Street in Hays was voluntarily closed after an inspection by the State Department of Agriculture earlier this month revealed numerous violations. They also had been operating without an appropriate food establishment license. (click on the Dept. of Ag letter for a closer look.)

Hays Post attempted to contact the restaurant owner/manager. A man named Alex identified himself as someone who was at the restaurant “all the time,” and did not want to discuss the report. He said, “We are open seven days a week.”

Additional details of the inspection include the following.

Fail Notes 2-103.11(B) Persons unnecessary to facility not in food prep, food storage & ware washing areas

[child of employee eating on a prep table at the south wall area of the kitchen.]

Fail Notes 3-501.14(A)(1) P – Cooling PHF-135 to 70°F within the first 2 hours
[cooked lasagna placed in walk in cooler, according to cook at
11:30am, was found to be foiled sealed and at 3:40 pm tested at 100 degree F. COS owner discarded]

Fail Notes 4-601.11A Pf – Food Contact Clean to Sight and Touch
[gallon can opener cut blades with buildup of dried on food debris and
metal shavings built up on the lower edge of the cutting blade and on the gears. COS ]
Fail Notes Pf – Handsink use prohibition
[kitchen west wall hand sink was used to thaw raw sea shell muscles. COS owner discarded ]
Pf – Handwash cleanser provided
[hand cleanser at kitchen west wall hand sink emoty. COS refill dispenser bottle.]
Pf – Hand Drying Provision.
[no hand drying provisions at the kitchen west wall hand sink and the front area waitress station hand sink. COS provided

Fail Notes
3-501.16(A)(2)(a)
P – PHF Cold Holding-<41°F [ raw sea shell muscles at 56 located in the bowl of the hand sink in the kitchen, unknown by owner how long they were there. COS discarded garlic and oil mixtures left out at room temperature between lunch and dinner hours. COS discarded and homemade salsa in large metal container in walk in cooler was at 46 COS discarded by owner Individual portion cups taken from box labeled that butter is to be kept refrigerated were in bowls at customers tables at 68 degree F COS removed and discarded] 21. Proper date marking and disposition. ̈ þ Fail Notes 3-501.18(A)(2) P – RTE PHF, Disposition-discard if in a container w/out a date [large metal container of home made salsa in walkin cooler held >
24 hours with no date mark. COS
Fail Notes 7-201.11(B) P – Separation, Storage-chemicals above food, etc.
[one un-capped spray can of [D-G] oven cleaner on wood shelf above
and facing over bag of thawing sea shell muscles at the kitchen hand sink. COS moved]

Fail Notes 3-501.15(A) Pf – Proper cooling methods used for PHF
[shallow metal pan with foil tight seal over cooked Lasagna not
allowed to vent heat off during cooling in the cold hold walk in cooler. COS discarded for additional reason noted in item # 31]

Fail Notes 3-501.13 Proper thawing methods used for PHF
[not thawing properly the sea shell muscles located in the bowl of the
hand sink , noted in item # 20]

Fail Notes 4-302.12 Pf – Food thermometers provided & accessible; Appropriate thermometer for measuring thin foods provided [Owner advised, “he has a food temperature measuring device but said he does not know where it is at.”]

Fail Notes 6-501.112 Removing dead pests
[dead aged spiders, cock roaches and black beetles on a glue board in
used basement area of the building.]

Fail Notes 3-305.11(A)(2)
38. Personal cleanliness.
Food storage-protected from contamination
[south wall make table to the left of the back entry door is located under where water drips are entering from the ceiling and joint/wall area , on this day having moderate light rain conditions. (moved the make table to be protected from water)]

39. Wiping cloths: properly used and stored.
Fail Notes 3-304.14(B)(1) Wet wiping cloths stored in sanitizer
[no wipe cloths stored in santizer.

Fail Notes 3-304.12(B) In-use utensil storage(non-PHF)-handles above food
[using common food beverage glass cups to retrieve salt and sugar
from bulk bags. (No Handles provided )

Fail Notes 4-202.11(A)(2) Pf – Food-contact surface cleanability-free of imperfections
[food grade plastic onion chooper held together with masking tape
because of broke out section of the side wall and two broke out sections at the top lip of the container. COS Discarded]

Fail Notes 4-204.15 Leakproof bearings
[oil leaking from the bearing located under the dough mixer that is
directly above the open mix bowl.]

Fail Notes 4-601.11(C) Nonfood contact surfaces of equipment clean
[ wired metal racks in the walk in cooler have rusty and dried on food
buildup that can fall into foods below.]Fail Notes
Physical facilities maintained in good repair
[exterior walk in cooler with floor in rusty conditon, being covered by cardboard.]
Premises free of unnecessary items
[old equipment no longer in use or owed by the operator are stored in the kitchen and basement.]
Physical facilities clean
[greas pooling and food debris under the deep fat fryer/grill/cooking stoved in the center area of the kitchen.]
Mops allowed to air dry after use
[ wet mop in empty scrub bucket not allowed to air dry.]
54. Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used. ̈ þ
Fail Notes 4-301.14 Ventilation hood adequate to prevent grease & condensation build-up [grease condensation drips forming on the lights/ conduits under the
ventilation hood]

Notes K.S.A. 65-689(a) Operating without a food establishment license
[Operator has not applied for Food License after a change of
ownership]

NOTICE: Food safety and lodging inspections are unannounced, and inspection results represent only those conditions found in the establishment at the time of the inspection.