July 2024 food inspection reports for Monroe County released by health department
Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in July 2024.
Of the 78 places that were inspected in July, a little over half (41) had no violations.
About one-third (25) recorded at least one critical violation.
Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 12 establishments.
Summaries of the inspections completed in July are now available on a list which is published on the county health department’s website.
Worth noting this month is that the inspections for food vendors at the Monroe County Fair during the first week of July are among the reports just released.
Health department inspectors did the visits, despite the fact that most of Monroe County government was shut down for the week due to a cybersecurity breach. County health administrator Lori Kelley told The B Square at the time that the health department has a continuity of operations plan that allows for inspections to continue. The inspections are normally conducted using paper reports.
Here’s a raw list of those establishments that had zero violations in July: Amethyst House Men’s; Amethyst House Women’s; Bluetip Billiards; Brothers Bar and Grill; Bub’s Burgers; Circle S Mart #50; Cook Amer DC; Cook Ellettsville – North Plant; Cook Park 48 Cafeteria; Everbowl; Friendly Beasts Cidery; Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard; Noodles & Company East; Pizza Hut #40527 Ellettsville; Summit Elementary School; The Alley Bar; The Atlas Ballroom; The Bishop Bar; The Olive Leaf; Tropical Smoothie Café; Uptown Café; Video Saloon; Big D’s BBQ; Classic Bakery; Classic Café; Classic Cart; Classic Treats; Cones & Floats; Crazy Cowboy; Dottie’s Cinnamon Rolls; Holts Café; Pappy Shack; PMC LLC; PMC LLC-Fried Vegetables; Shuckers Shack; Sugar Shack; Super Twist Ice Cream; Wild Card Pizza; Wilkes Concessions; Yum Yum Shoppe; AVI Vending Machines.
The B Square has compiled the monthly reports issued since December 2022 into a single Google Sheet, and plotted out the locations for each establishment in the most recent month on a color-coded map.
The critical and non-critical violation numbers for each restaurant and descriptions are included in each row of the Google Sheet, as well as each location plotted on the map. (Click on a dot, and the information associated with that location will appear in the left sidebar of the map.)
The most recent month of inspections is what’s currently displayed on the map. To make the layers from previous months visible, toggle them on in the left sidebar.
Here’s the boilerplate wording for the difference between a critical and a non-critical violation from the Monroe County Health Department’s website:
Critical violations are defined as those that are likely to directly contribute to a foodborne disease. The most common and most dangerous critical violations are various degrees of temperature abuse. Potentially hazardous foods must be kept at or above 135º F or at or below 41º F. Failure to do so, or failure to cook food to the proper temperature or cool cooked food quickly (within 6 hours) to below 41ºF, is the leading cause of foodborne illness.
Non-critical violations are those that have contributing factors, but are generally not the primary cause of an outbreak.
Color Coded Map
(The color coding scheme goes like this: Green=Zero violations; Yellow=At least 1 non-critical violation but no critical violations; Red=At least 1 critical violation.) The dots on the map are grouped by month as separate layers. Different layers can be toggled on and off separately.
