Restaurant Inspections in Delaware County

Violations and comments on food safety inspections conducted last week by the Delaware County Health Department at liquor-licensed establishments. Violations were found in five of the eight restaurants inspected:

Media’s Towne House, 117 Veterans Square, Media:

• The hand basin in the main kitchen is blocked by kitchen appliances.

• There are no disposable paper towels available at the hand basin at the event bar.

• The can of tomato juice is dented and in poor condition.

• The ice cream maker does not look or feel clean.

• In the food preparation area, an employee’s mobile phone is observed on the water bath.

• Knives in use are stored between the table edges.

• No care is taken to ensure that clean utensils are stored upside down.

• In the food preparation area, cardboard is used as a shelf liner that is not removable or easy to clean.

Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar, 549 Wilmington Pike, Glen Mills:

• Employees are not adequately trained in food safety.

Tony’s Bar, 1002 Woodlawn Ave., Collingdale:

• PIC is not a certified food manager.

• PIC is not a Certified Food Protection Manager who has demonstrated mastery of the required information by passing a test in an accredited program.

• The ice cream maker does not look or feel clean.

• Food is not marked with a best-before date.

• Food is stored directly on the floor in the walk-in cold room in the basement area of ​​the facility.

• A food worker works in the kitchen area and does not wear a hair net.

• Employees are not provided with test kits or other devices to measure the concentration of the disinfectant solution.

Field House Tavern, 1542 Elmwood Ave., Folcroft:

• The ice cream maker does not look or feel clean.

• Employees are not provided with test kits or other devices to measure the concentration of the disinfectant solution.

Ocean House, 1030 MacDade Blvd., Collingdale:

• The insect control device is located next to the food in the food preparation area of ​​the kitchen.

• At Baine Marine, utensils in use are stored incorrectly and come into contact with food.

• Cardboard was observed being used to line shelves.

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Most violations are dealt with immediately on-site – usually by displaying or throwing away the food in question and cleaning the food found to be contaminated – but some require follow-up visits.

Delaware County presents the inspections without further comment other than that stated above.

Madison Grille has been in the spotlight lately and it seems like the restaurant has overcome all its previous difficulties.

Clean bill of health this week:

• Fresh Grocer of Upper Darby, 421 S. 69th St., Upper Darby.

• Gambol’s Cafe, 3722 Garrett Road, Drexel Hill.

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

Of the eight inspections, there was one complaint, one follow-up (Madison Grille), and the rest was routine.

The Daily times only corrects grossly incorrect spelling, capitalization, abbreviations and punctuation in the reports.

The county conducts many more inspections than those listed above. These inspections occur at places that serve food and do not have a liquor license.

Tinicum Township reports on the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture website.

The following points were listed as inspections:

• Family Style Pizza II, 111 N. Governor Printz Blvd., compliant.

• Pennsylvania Wine Co., 301 Wannamaker Ave., meets the requirements.

Tinicum is the only one of seven municipalities in Delaware County that does not rely on the county health department, which reports to the state, for inspections.

Government agencies are not required to communicate the results of food safety inspections to the public.

Here are the previous inspections in Delaware County.

Originally published: August 19, 2024 at 7:19 am