Violations and comments on food-safety inspections conducted last week by the Delaware County Health Department of establishments with liquor licenses, with violations found at two of the three restaurants inspected:

Madison Grille, 301 E. 12th St., Chester:

• Disposable paper towels not provided at the hand washing sink.

• Liquid hand soap not provided at the hand washing sink.

• A thermometer is not provided in the refrigerator units.

• Refrigerator equipment was found in disrepair in the kitchen area of the establishment.

Madison Grille, 301 E. 12th St., Chester:

• PIC could not show me a food safety certificate.

• Establishment does not have procedures for employees to follow when responding to discharging of vomitus or fecal matter.

• Disposable paper towels not provided at the hand washing sink.

• Bottom of the refrigerators in the bar section not clean to sight and touch.

• Various food items Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food is not maintained at 41°, or less.

• A thermometer is not provided in the refrigerator.

• Observed mouse droppings in the bar area behind the refrigerator.

• Test kits or other devices are not available to the employees to measure sanitizing solution concentration.

• The bar refrigerators are leaking in the inside and the kitchen refrigerator and freezer is broken

• Equipment was found in disrepair in the bar area of the establishment.

• [Unnecessary Items / Non-functional equipment such as refrigerator, freezer, microwave, stove ]

Spasso Italian Grill, 1 W. State St., Media:

• Employee observed drinking from an uncovered cup in the food preparation area.

• Hand washing sink blocked by fryer tray.

• Observed two cans on the dry storage shelf that are dented and in poor condition.

• The soda machine contact surface is soiled with dust, dirt, food residue and other debris.

• Food items are not marked with a use-by date.

• An employee cellphone found on the food prep table.

• Food storage containers are not labeled.

• In-Use Utensils are stored incorrectly in the food prep area.

• Area around the outdoor waste receptacles is soiled, creating a nuisance and pest attractant.

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Most of the violations are handled on the spot — usually by moving or discarding any food in question and cleaning what was found to be dirty — and a few require follow-up visits.

Delaware County presents the inspections with no further comment than above.

The inspections are listed in reverse chronological order, with the early week Madison Grille inspection at the bottom and latter one at the top. The first one was routine and the latter was the follow-up.

Clean bill of health this week:

• Parkview Pizza Fried Chicken and Cold Beer, 603 Cedar Ave., Parkview Court Shopping Center, Yeadon

There was one follow-up after three routine inspections.

The Daily Times corrects only grossly improper spelling, capitalization, abbreviation and punctuation from the reports.

There are many more inspections performed by the county than those listed above. Those inspections are in food-serving locations that do not have liquor licenses.

Tinicum Township reports through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture website. No inspections were listed for Tinicum.

Tinicum is the only one of the seven Delaware County townships that doesn’t rely on the county health department for inspections that reports through the state.

Governmental entities are not obligated to report the results of food-safety inspections to the public.

Here are the previous inspections in Delaware County.

Originally Published: August 12, 2024 at 7:37 a.m.