Food Safety Report: Kaiser Grille Palm Springs, 205 S Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262, United States.

205 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, 92262 California, United States

Closure Date: 12/08/2023

Violations:
- Inspector observed the following evidence of an active rodent infestation: rodent droppings on plates intended for customer use; on the floor below the refrigeration unit, wire shelving units and ice machines behind the cooks line; on top of boxes of to go/paper products; on top of canned food items and containers of food items in the prep dry storage area; along the floor below the shelving of the dry storage racks and inside of the adjacent floor drain; on the floor below the automatic dishwasher and along the dirty dish storage portion of the automatic dishwasher area; on the lower shelf of the dish washing area next to baking trays; on top of packages of sugar, coffee and other dry goods; below the ice bin and other equipment at the dining room bar area; droppings and dried urine markings between cleaned cutting boards along the lower shelf of the prep table; package of sweet potatoes with gnaw marks and rodent droppings in the prep area

- Other violations: Hand washing sink in the kitchen area to be lacking paper towels and no paper towel dispenser observed; knives and cutting board stored at handwashing sinks; opened and unopened containers of milk, half and half and butter not measuring proper holding temperatures; observed biofilm growth around ice chute in ice machine and soda gun nozzles, and debris along the blade portion of the table top can opener; observed defrosted packages of fish in reduced oxygen packaging at the cooks line and in the walk-in refrigerator, and defrosted packages of white fish fillets stored in the walk-in refrigerator; packaged food items stored directly on the floor of the walk-in freezer, uncovered raw salmon stored behind ready-to-eat tuna salad at the cooks line, uncovered tray of breaded vegetables in the walk-in freezer; automatic dishwasher at the front bar to be lacking testing strips; various areas in need of cleaning; utensils not stored or in use properly (a portion cup used as a scoop in sauce, tongs stored on the oven handle, a knife stored with the blade portion wedged below a receipt printer); personal items stored around prep areas; gaps in the ceiling around the water heater and missing base cove tiles along the hallway

- This facility has been closed due to evidence of an active rodent infestation. A reinspection has been set for Dec. 21.

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