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Violations marked as priority contribute directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction in the hazards associated with foodborne illness. Priority violations include prevention of contamination, cooking, reheating, cooling and handwashing.
Priority foundation rules support, facilitate or enable one or more priority items.
Core violations include items that usually relate to general sanitation, operational controls, equipment design or general maintenance.
Only categories in which an establishment was cited are listed.
BENTON COUNTY
Aug. 18
Babaz Kitchens
2901 Highway 412 E., Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Employee did not wash hands when changing tasks that involved working with open food. Foods being reheated in the hot holding unit. Hummus at 43 degrees in the prep table.
Priority Foundations Violations: No paper towels at the back hand-washing sink in the ware washing area. Back dispenser is broken and there is no front dispenser. Not all food items are date marked as needed. Facility does not have a thermometer to check cold food temperatures. Label holder is made of unfinished wood. Item is stored in the food preparation area.
Core Violations: No certified food protection manager. Employee working with open food is not wearing an effective hair restraint. Shelves and supports in the back storage area are unfinished wood.
Domino's #5304
2075 E. Main St., Suite A, Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Food in the single door cooler is not at 41 degrees or below.
Core Violations: Some food employees working with open food are wearing visors which are not effectively restraining their hair. Legs of the cutting/boxing table are visibly dirty. Handle and door of the walk-in cooler is visibly dirty. Women's restroom door is no longer self closing.
Aug. 19
Airport Stop
7403 S.W. Regional Airport Blvd., Bentonville
Priority Violations: Bottle of Drano stored next to the cup lids.
Priority Foundations Violations: No paper towels at the hand washing sink.
Dollar General Store #23820
8100 S.W. Regional Airport Blvd., Bentonville
Core Violations: Permit posted but expired.
Maria's Cafe Food Truck
500 N. Byers Ave., Gentry
Core Violations: Food mobile keeps door open for ventilation, it lacks protection for insects. Original container of mayonnaise and of pickles are reused to store salsa verde.
Mojito's 2
2300 Promenade Blvd., Suite 102, Rogers
Core Violations: Accumulation of food debris and metal shavings around piercing parts of can opener. Concrete floor in high traffic areas in kitchen and in bar area is chipped, cracked and broken, creating an absorbent surface that is not smooth or easily cleanable.
Orellanas Taqueria Y Pupuseria
832 W. Cypress St., Rogers
Core Violations: Restroom hand sink lacking handwashing signage. Facility lacks sanitizer test strips at time of inspection. Dust accumulated on air vents and ceiling tiles above food preparation areas.
Papa's Ozark Mountain BBQ
6505 S.W. Spindle Drive, Bentonville
Core Violations: No certified food protection manager. Fresh water tank must be large enough to supply water for the entire day and processes.
Pinnacle Springs Retirement Community
2055 S. Bellview Road, Rogers
Priority Foundations Violations: No hand towels available at handwashing sink to left of kitchen.
Core Violations: Boxes of food stored on the floor in walk-in freezer. Single-serve foam cups stored on floor in dry storage area. Accumulation of food debris around piercing parts of table mounted can-opener. Posted permit expired.
Sweet Spins - Lowell
4138 E. Arkansas 264, Lowell
Core Violations: The three-compartment sink and handwashing plumbing was observed to not be in good repair, the three-compartment faucet cannot be turned off independently.
Texas De Brazil
2203 S. Promenade Blvd., Suite 1510, Rogers
Priority Violations: Mechanical dish machine labeled that it is using hot water to sanitize reaching 143.9 degrees measured by a dish simulating irreversible registering temperature indicator. Mechanical dish machine is hooked up to chlorine sanitizer but 0 ppm chlorine sanitizer detected in mechanical dish machine.
Priority Foundations Violations: No hand cleanser available at bar handwashing sink. Rinse temperature of mechanical dish machine labeled that it is sanitizing with hot water reading 148 degrees on mechanical dish machine thermometer.
Core Violations: Boxes of single-service to-go containers and cutlery stored on floor in dry storage area. Toilet room opening into kitchen area lacks self-closing door.
Tokyo House Of Rogers
401 N. 46th St., Rogers
Priority Violations: Beef at 46 degrees and chicken at 45 in cold hold cases across from grill.
Priority Foundations Violations: In almost every cold case and walk-in raw meat was stored above chopped veggies, and other ready to eat food. Raw meat was also placed behind raw ready to eat vegetables and carried over them when prepping. Food on the floor of walk-in freezer, fridge and dry storage. Scoop without handle used in rice bin by walk-ins.
Core Violations: No covered receptacle for feminine hygiene products in employee bathroom. Missing and damaged tiles in floor of mop sink.
Aug. 20
Adair Early Head Start
1017 E. Tulsa St., Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Sanitizer concentration for the chlorine spray bottle in the kitchen used for food contact surfaces is too strong.
Blu DTR
214 W. Elm St., Rogers
Priority Foundations Violations: Soiled bowl and utensil in handwashing sink. Bottle of cleaner is not labeled with contents of container in kitchen.
Core Violations: No chlorine sanitizer test strips available.
El Sazon De La Guerita
244 N. C St., Centerton
Core Violations: No test strips to measure sanitizer.
Las Palmas
200 W. Poplar St., Rogers
Priority Violations: Fajita chicken being held at 116 degrees and fajita beef being held at 109 degrees in hot holding unit near grill. Shredded cheese being held at 47 degrees, refried beans at 48 degrees, and salsa at 43 degrees in walk-in cooler.
Priority Foundations Violations: No hand cleanser available at handwashing sink in bar area. Bottles of cleaners and sanitizers not labeled with contents of containers.
Core Violations: Shrimp, pork, beef, chicken, diced onions and cilantro stored uncovered beneath cold holding preparation table. Ambient air thermometer on walk-in cooler is not in working order, reading -40 degrees.
Mercy Hospital Rogers
2710 Rife Medical Lane, Rogers
Priority Violations: Facility food preparation sink observed with water inlet spray nozzle hanging inside sink lacking air gap between water inlet and flood level rim of sink.
Priority Foundations Violations: Pasta salad and potato salad offered for grab and go lacks labeling information.
NNThang's Sushi
2710 S. Rife Medical Lane, Rogers
Priority Violations: Tempura shrimp being held at 58 degrees and spicy crab mixture being held at 51 degrees on cold holding preparation table.
On The Border Mexican Grill
577 N. 46th St., Rogers
Priority Violations: Tempura batter by tortilla grill was sitting in an off cold hold unit.
Priority Foundations Violations: Packaged food has ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
Smokin' Joe's Ribhouse 3
2504 E. Central Ave., Bentonville
Priority Violations: Diced ham in salad prep table was 44 degrees.
Priority Foundations Violations: None.
Core Violations: Walk-in refrigerator built-in thermometer is broken. Screening for outdoor cooking area has places that do have screens in place. The screens do not go all the way to the ground and there are gaps where the old shed and the new part are attached that need to be screened or filled in. Small bowls are being used as a scoop for jalapenos in salad prep table and the bulk container of seasoned salt. Water is standing in bottom of sandwich prep table cooler in kitchen. Door seal on walk-in freezer is torn.
Speedy's #1200
1200 N. Lincoln St., Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Open container of pizza sauce, open packages of hot dogs and various pizza toppings are not date marked as needed. None of the food in the hot case is marked with the time the items need to be used by.
Priority Foundations Violations: Facility does not have a written procedure per the regulations to use time as a safety control for the foods displayed in the hot holding case. Door handles on the prep table, and upright food coolers are visibly dirty. Interior and doors of the prep table and upright coolers are visibly dirty. Floor and side of fryer have an accumulation of food and grease. Floor in the kitchen is visibly dirty especially around and under equipment. Both sides of the swinging door between the kitchen and customer area are visibly dirty.
Core Violations: One set of shelves in the walk-in cooler is rusty in places. The rack in the hot food display case where the chicken is directly in contact with the rack has what appears to be built up grease and food debris, especially at the connecting joints. Arkansas Retail Food Permit is not posted in customer view.
The Sous Chef
111 N. Broadway, Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Dishwasher is not dispensing sanitizer at the correct concentration.
Priority Foundations Violations: Clean all equipment, clean and sanitize all food contact surfaces prior to re-inspection.
Core Violations: Finish the trim around the kitchen doorway.
Aug. 21
Blue Ember Smokehouse
1723 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Rogers
Core Violations: Facility lacks posted handwashing signage at all handwashing sinks used by food workers. Facility lacks chlorine sanitizer test strips at time of inspection. Facility lacks covered trash receptacles in restrooms used by females at time of inspection.
Dunkin - Rogers 1
2110 W. Walnut St., Rogers
Priority Foundations Violations: Spray bottle not labeled with contents.
Core Violations: Employee wearing fabric wrist band.
Pollo Campero
2110 W. Walnut St., Rogers
Core Violations: Ice scoop being stored on top of ice machine when not in use. Cracked and loose floor tiles near back exit door.
Roll & Wok
4303 S. Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers
Priority Foundations Violations: Bottles of cleaners and sanitizers not labeled with contents.
Core Violations: Crab rangoons and spring rolls stored uncovered in reach-in refrigerator. No quaternary ammonium sanitizer test strips available. Permit expired March 2025.
Sushi House
2501 S.E. 14th St., #5, Bentonville
Core Violations: Frozen salmon being thawed in original packaging. Label states salmon should be thawed after being removed from packaging. Multiple unlabeled shakers and squeeze bottles throughout prep and sushi area. Cardboard boxes of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in freezer. Multiple employees wearing wrist watches. Top layer of concrete is wearing away in the dish area.
Taco Bell 313
2805 S.E. 14th St., Bentonville
Core Violations: Employee wearing wrist watch. Permit posted in office.
Thai Chef
403 Highway 412 W., Siloam Springs
Priority Violations: Employees did not wash hands between task changes or when coming back into the kitchen. Dirty dishes in the hand washing sink. Tofu stored above the load line. Product temperature is 54 degrees. Container of bean sprouts stored on a block of ice. Garlic that was roasted in oil is being stored at room temperature. Package of raw meat stored in a container in water on the floor under the mop sink in an area where water was standing on the floor.
Priority Foundations Violations: Food not date marked as needed. Multiple containers used for food storage.
Aug. 22
Popeye's #772
2325 W. Walnut St., Rogers
Core Violations: Hot item scoops stored in room temperature water when not in use. Women's restroom door lacking self closing mechanism. Posted permit expired.
Subway
2301 W. Walnut #23, Rogers
Core Violations: No permit posted.
Taco Time Food Mobile
20222 Highway 62, Garfield
Priority Violations: Peppers at 42 degrees in prep table, sour cream at 45 in cold hold and salsa at 43 in the fridge.
Priority Foundations Violations: No labels or documentation for time as a control for grilled peppers and onions. Little fridge missing thermometer. Pots and pans stored under the sink, on the floor.
The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:
Aug. 18 -- BV Bar And Grill, 98 Clubhouse Drive, Bella Vista; Choo Choo's Pizza, 120 W. Rose St., Rogers
Aug. 19 -- Pea Ridge Junior High School, 781 W. Pickens Road, Pea Ridge; Pea Ridge Primary School, 1411 Weston St., Pea Ridge; Creekside Taproom, 100 E. Alpine St. #2, Siloam Springs
Aug. 20 -- Panino & Co., 714 W. Centerton Blvd #4, Centerton; Subway, 2710 Rife Medical Lane, Rogers
Aug. 21 -- Acambaro, 406 N. Bloomington St., Lowell; Zaxby's, 4301 S. Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers
Aug. 22 -- Java Dudes Coffee Co Mobile - BE, 18395 Marshall St., Garfield