Health inspectors are working to keep you healthy as they look behind the counter in Houston restaurant kitchens.
Health Inspector Gary Lee's first stop was the Grand Lux Cafe across from the Galleria.
Restaurant managers would not let us in, however Inspector Lee says the kitchen only had one minor problem with a pre-scrape sink.
"There is a sink they scrape all the food debris off of and it was missing a cold water knob, but it still has hot water available,” Lee said.
The Grand Lux called a plumber and passed its inspection.
Up next was the El Pupusodromo Restaurant on Renwick. Here too, managers did not want us to look behind the counter. Inspector Lee says he found an insect problem.
"Unfortunately they did have a roach that was crawling on some dinnerware, but they did have pest control service last night and whenever that happens it flushes them out,” Lee told us. “So we had them clean all the dinnerware, wash it with sanitizer before they can use it."
Because El Pupusodromo has routine pest control, no citations were issued.
Inspector Lee also found slime in the restaurant's ice machine, he ordered it cleaned but issued no citations.
Next Inspector Lee visited the Dos Amigos food store on Chimney Rock, here we were allowed inside.
The store has a small kitchen. Behind the counter we saw roaches on the floor.
Inspector Lee noticed them too.
"We did come across a roach that was crawling across the wall, I talked to the owner and they did call pest control and in looking at their documentation they were serviced on October 4th,” Lee said.
Because the store has routine extermination and corrective actions are being taken, no citations were issued. Inspector lee also found a problem with some of the canned food on the store shelves.
"We did come across what's called Austex Chili hot dog sauce, hot dog chili that was on the recall list earlier this summer so they pulled it off the shelf,” Inspector Lee said.
Because the store removed the three cans of recalled food, no citations were issued.
It was a clean slate for all three stops on this day.
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