PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The majority of the 79 restaurants and other eating establishments inspected by the Pike County Health Department during December 2009 was in compliance with health department guidelines.

Four of the group with perfect scores of 100 percent were identified as Blackberry Senior Citizens Center at McCarr; Caroline’s Catering, Phelps; Model City Day Care on Bank Street, and Snack Shack at Elkhorn City.

Health department inspections involved checking on food storage, preparations, personnel, restrooms, water and other health conditions. Scores of 85 to 100 percent indicate compliance with healh guidelines.

Five establishments had scores between 70 percent and 84 percent, which means they must be reinspected within 30 days. If problems have not been corrected, they face possible closure.

#Certain conditions and practices are considered potentially serious threats to the public’s health and some of these continue to cause establishments’ markdowns on grades despite repeated citations of violations. These conditions require correction within 10 days. An asterisk (*) before a restaurant’s score notes such deficiencies.

The following regular inspections were conducted last month with critical items listed in parentheses:

Community Market, Robinson Creek, 92 percent, *90 percent, (several outdated medicines on a shelf); Wendy’s, South Mayo Trail, 88 percent; Champs, Pikeville, 87 percent; Dotson’s Cafe, Sidney, 91 percent; Harold’s Pizza, McAndrews, 93 percent; Bertha’s Diner, Stopover, 97 percent; Sam’s Pizza, Freeburn, 93 percent.

Belfry Senior Citizens Center, Belfry, *92 percent, (can opener blade unclean to sight/touch - corrected at time of inspection); Justice Quality Foods, McCarr, *94 percent, 96 percent, (warmer not maintaining proper temperature - corrected during inspection); Speedway, Belfry, 99 percent, 98 percent.

#The Lucky Penny, Phyllis, 95 percent; Paul’s Pizza, Phelps, 91 percent; Sav-A-Lot, Goody, 93 percent; Pizza Hut, Weddington Plaza, 90 percent; Shoney’s, Pikeville, *88 percent (cottage cheese stored above ice but product not surrounded for proper temperature); Subway of Walmart, South Williamson, 97 percent.

Hamilton’s Grocery, US 23 South, 86 percent, *85 percent (several medicines outdated on shelf at time of inspection); Island Creek Grocery, Pikeville, 98 percent; Captain D’s, South Mayo Trail, 93 percent; Dairy Queen, South Mayo Trail, *90 percent (can opener needs to be washed, rinsed, sanitized and air dried – corrected during inspection).

El Azul Grande, South Williamson, 94 percent; Williamson ARH, South Williamson, *89 percent (buildup on meat slicer under blade stored as clean); Belfry Double Kwik, Belfry, *84 percent, 94 percent (can opener unclean to sight/touch - corrected during inspection).

#Pizza Hut, South Williamson, *88 percent (walk-in freezer temperature above 32 degrees, some foods in freezer had compleely thawed; manager on duty was instructed to remove thawed items in walk-in cooler and that no food item once thawed shall be re-frozen); Pikeville High School, Pikeville, *93 percent.

Southside Elementary, Toler, 93 percent; Kimper Elementary, Kimper, 93 percent; Shelby Valley High School, Shelby Valley, *93 percent (two 8-pound cans of uni-pro grade jelly badly dented in bottom rims, removed from service); Fiesta Mexicana, North Mayo Trail, 93 percent; Long John Silvers, Mayo Circle Drive, 97 percent.

Pizza Hut, South Mayo Trail, 90 percent; KFC, Weddington Branch Road, 87 percent; Justiceville Double Kwik, Shelbiana Road, 90 percent, 95 percent; Daramar’s, Belcher, 98 percent; Marrowbone Double Kwik, Regina-Belcher Hwy., 92 percent, 93 percent; Elkhorn Senior Citizens Center, Elkhorn City, 97 percent.

#Elkhorn Double Kwik, Elkhorn City, 93 percent, 95 percent; Velocity Market, Pikeville, 92 percent, 93 percent; Justice Quality Foods, Regina, 92 percent, 90 percent; Velocity Market, Elkhorn City, 92 percent, 96 percent; Lookout Gas ‘n Go, Marrowbone Creek Road, 85 percent, 93 percent; Peking, North Mayo Trail, 90 percent.

East Ky Expo, Main Street, 96 percent; Reno’s Roadhouse, Pikeville, 87 percent; Sav-A-Lot, South Mayo Trail, *86 percent (11 young turkeys with a sell-by-date of Nov. 16, 2009 were removed from shelf by manager at time of inspection); Applebee’s, ‘Cassidy Blvd., 92 percent; Meta Mart, Meta, 86 percent, 97 percent.

Dorton Elementary, Dorton, *91 percent (temperature of warmer at steam table not being maintained; inspector warned personnel not to use warmer for potentially hazardous foods; cooks stated they use the oven to maintain product temperature, using a thermometer to check temperatures).

#Robinson Creek Elementary, Robinson Creek, 92 percent; Virgie Middle School, Virgie, 93 percent; Pikeville College, Pikeville, *87 percent (screen missing in window of dishwashing room); Wal-Mart Super Center, Cassidy Blvd., 95 percent, 98 percent; Food City, South Mayo Trail, *92 perent, 92 percent (different types of chicken taken off warmer used for customers, voluntarily destroyed).

Mona’s, Pikeville, 91 percent; Pikeville Medical Center Grill, Pikeville, 96 percent; G.F. Johnson Elementary, Virgie, 94 percent; Runyon Elementary, Pinsonfork, 98 percent; Velocity Market, Belfry, 88 percent, 85 percent; Thoroughbred Steakhouse, South Williamson, 97 percent.

Food City No. 425, South Williamson, 90 percent, *86 percent (20 dented cans found throughout retail section); Wal-Mart Super Center, South Williamson, 90 percent, 92 percent; Majestic Elementary, Majestic, 92 percent; Phelps High School, Phelps, 93 percent; Millard Middle School, US 460 Millard, 91 percent; East Ridge High School, Lick Creek, 95 percent; Elkhorn City School, Elkhorn City, 94 percent; Phelps Elementary, Phelps, 94 percent; Feds Creek Elementary, Feds Creek Road, 98 percent.

#Blackberry Elementary, Ransom, 94 percent; T&J Family Foods, Kimper, *94 percent (hamburger extruder not being sanitized every four hours; any machines used to cut potentially hazardous foods must be washed, rinsed and sanitized.).

Establishments requiring reinspection within 30 days included the following:

Big Creek Pizza, Sidney, *84 percent (inspector found opening large enough for rodent/insect entry next to vent); Subway of Pikeville, Hibbard Street, *84 percent (sanitizer could not reach proper temperature of 75 degrees for chemicals in Quaternary Ammoniums; no source of hot water in establishment found.)

Peking Express, South Mayo Trail, *83 percent (Macaroni with blue cheese on salad bar and cottage cheese not at proper temperature; large gap found between ground and bottom of door sweep leading to outside toward dumpster; Comet not labeled in separate container – corrected during nspection.)

Windmill Restaurant, Pikeville, *74 percent, (sanitizer was toxic and employees did not know to check concentration of the sanitizer); Dairy Queen, South Williamson, *77 percent, (four cans of ripe olives, two cans of chocolate flavored topping and a Creme d’Menthe were sharply dented; can opener had food buildup on blade and clear spray bottle with purple cleaner not labeled – corrected).

Follow-up inspections were listed for the following:

Dairy Queen, South Mayo Trail; **Peking Express, South Mayo Trail; Subway of Pikeville, Hibbard Street; Justice Quality Foods, McCarr; Belfry Senior Citizens Center, Belfry; Pikeville High School, Pikeville; **Windmill Restaurant, Pikeville (follow-up required, score still below 85 percent; conference notice issued).

**Belfry Double Kwik, Belfry; Williamson ARH, South Williamson; Valley IGA, Virgie; Community Market, Robinson Creek; Sav-A-Lot, South Mayo Trail; Peking Express, South Mayo Trail; **Dairy Queen, South Williamson; Big Creek Pizza, Sidney; T&J Family Foods, Kimper; Justice Quality Foods, Robinson Creek; Hamilton’s Grocery, U.S. 23 South, and Food City, Cassidy Blvd.