Bureau County Health Department releases food scores

BUREAU COUNTY — The Bureau County Health Department makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establishments in Bureau and Putnam counties to inspect the operation.

Health inspectors use an identical scorecard at each facility, where they check for health code compliance in 45 areas. Each area carries a rating from one to five, with five being the most critical. Inspectors check the entire operations of the facility in 14 different categories, such as food protection, personnel, and garbage and refuse disposal.

Beginning with a score of 100 points, the health inspector deducts one to five points for every violation. The final total is the facility’s inspection report score. A passing food inspection score is 65 or above.

At 65, the Bureau County ordinance allows the health department to close an establishment, but a score doesn’t have to be that low for the department to close them, explained Carey Panier of the health department. Each county has a different ordinance at this time.

It depends on the number of critical and non-critical violations and the type of violations, she added. Certain combinations can create a domino effect fro food borne outbreaks.

All inspection reports are a matter of public record and can be seen at the Bureau County Health Department office in Princeton.

Buda: BV South, 100.

Dalzell: Geno V’s, 95.

DePue: Mi Oficina Bar, 97; Yuvan’s Supper Club, 88; Lakeview Video and Ice Cream Parlor, 99; Casa Blanca, 94.

Malden: Petticoat Junction, 95.

Manlius: BV High School, 96; BV Special School, 99.

Neponset: Neponset School, 99.

Princeton: Big Apple Restaurant, 91; Coffee Cup, 77; Country Kitchen, 79; Fast Stop, 100; From Scratch Gourmet Catering Co., 93; Great American Restaurant, 92; Italian Express, 93; Learning Ladder E.C. Center, 95; Logan East & West, 99; Monical’s Pizza, 98; Park Tavern, 89; Perry Memorial Hospital Cafeteria, 98; Pizza Cellar, 93; Pizza Hut, 93; Prime Quarter Steak House, 93; Princeton Elks

Lodge 1461, 89; Quiznos, 98; Skoonerz, 98; The Garden Room Grille, 97; The Spoon, 85; Walmart Super Center Bakery & Deli, 95; Wendy’s, 91; Wise Guys Inc. Bar & Grill, 83; Ye Olde Underground Inn Ltd., 84; Crown Lanes Center, 88; Galleria, 98; Jitters Coffee To Go, 98; McDonalds, 93; Walmart Super Center Retail, 99; Apollo Cinemas, 98; Cadillac Ranch Inc., 91; Covered Bridge Fudge at Windchimer, 95; Days Inn, 92; Happy Hands Preschool, 100; Hollywood & Vine, 93; Somewhere Else, 98.