• 85-100 — pass inspection.
• 70-84 — must be re-inspected within 30 days.
• Under 70 — a suspension of permit notice is sent to owner; if owner doesn’t reply in 10 days, the permit is revoked and the restaurant is closed.
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The following establishments were recently inspected by the Lake Cumberland District Health Department:
BACKYARD BURGERS
535 North U.S. 27
Rating Score: 96
VIOLATIONS: Soda nozzles at drive-thru are unclean; leak around mop sink; pooled water on floor around soda station and in storage room.
McDONALD’S
131 South U.S. 27
Rating Score: 97
VIOLATIONS: Cups in storage area under soda machine are unclean (discarded); outside dumpster area is unclean.
TAKE THE CAKE DECOR
520 North Main St.
Rating Score: 100
No violations at time of inspection.
DINNER BELL RESTAURANT
123 University Drive
Rating Score: 82
VIOLATIONS: Food not protected in storage (coolers and food preparation); lights not shielded above sink coolers, inside coolers; cooler unclean; utensils stored in unclean containers; equipment unclean, cabinets and fan; floor in poor repair and unclean; no hot water in women’s restroom; no cold water in men’s; microwave unclean; not washing, rinsing and sanitizing.
EL RANCHITO
370 South U.S. 27, Suite 25
Rating Score: Food Service: 94
Retail Food: 98
VIOLATIONS: Spray bottles not labeled (store and restaurant, corrected); potentially hazardous foods above ready-to-eat foods; utensils not stored properly.
GOLD STAR CHILI
3305 South U.S. 27
Rating Score: 95
VIOLATIONS: Box of food containers stored on floor (corrected); employee drinks stored in food preparation area (corrected); inside of ice machine is in poor repair; onion dicer is unclean.
ARBY’S
4470 South U.S. 27
Rating Score: 99
VIOLATIONS: Employee drinks stored in food preparation area (corrected, designated drink area established); splash guard beside soda machine is not smooth, easily cleanable or non-absorbent.
PANCHO VILLA MEXICAN GRILL
8100 South U.S. 27
Rating Score: 95
VIOLATIONS: Potentially hazardous foods stored above ready-to-eat foods; ice scoops not stored properly; scoop without handles in use.
WOODSTOCK GROCERY
11680 Ky. 39
Rating Score: Food Service: 97
Retail Food: 100
VIOLATIONS: Potentially hazardous foods stored above ready-to-eat foods; utensils stored in unclean container (must be handles up).
HARBOR RESTAURANT
451 Lee’s Ford Dock
Rating Score: 99
VIOLATIONS: Leak at mop sink.
HILL TOP REST HOME
2391 West Ky. 635, Science Hill
Rating Score: 85
VIOLATIONS: Product out of original container not properly labeled; milk dispenser nozzle is not cut at a 45-degree angle and is longer than 1 inch; can opener is unclean; utensil drawer is unclean – debris and dead insects; insects in shelves and drawers throughout kitchen; light above stove is not shielded or shatter proof; wash in soapy water, rinse in plain water, sanitize in bleach water, 50-100 ppm and air dry; excessively warm in kitchen – no ventilation.
LAKE CUMBERLAND OUTDOORS
2234 Ky. 90
Rating Score: Food Service: 100
Retail Food: 100
No violations at time of inspection.
EASY STOP PLACE
2400 Ky. 790
Rating Score: Food Service: 100
Retail Food: 98
VIOLATIONS: Potentially hazardous foods stored next to ready-to-eat foods.
CAMP CANAAN
1320 Roberts Port Road
Rating Score: 100
VIOLATION: Can’t have open drinks in food preparation area.
WEST 80 SHELL
100 West Ky. 80
Rating Score:
Food Service: 83 (follow-up) 93
Retail Food: 97
VIOLATIONS: Lights not shielded above ice machine; ice machine in poor repair; spray bottles not labeled – corrected; cabinets unclean in food preparation; potentially hazardous foods stored with ready-to-eat foods; wiping cloths not stored in sanitizer; employee drink in food preparation area (corrected); hot foods, 140 degrees; cold foods, 40 degrees.
KOUNTRY KORNER
9249 West Ky. 80
Rating Score: 100
No violations at time of inspection.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS #1
6337 South U.S. 27
Rating Score:
Retail Food: 99
VIOLATIONS: No light shields in dairy coolers.
SLATE BRANCH SUPER STOP
22 Hidden Creek Drive
Rating Score: Food Service: 99
Retail Food: 97
VIOLATIONS: Lights not properly shielded at reach-in milk cooler; food products must be stored 6 inches off floor; coffee stirs sticks not properly dispensed.
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Big Bang Theory
Pulaski County is not at war. The booming you may hear at dusk is mock cannon fire to scare away birds.
Stuart Spillman, environmental director for the Lake Cumberland Health Department, said at least three cannons are on loan from the department to residents who want to scare away swarms of starlings and blackbirds settling in to roost.
He said a cannon is being used by a resident on Laura Lane off Ky. 39; another is in the Oak Hill Road area and a third is on Ashurst Street in the eastern part of Somerset.
Spillman said a timer on each cannon allows it to “fire” at whatever frequency is desired. The cannons must be used as the birds circle before going to roost. “After they settle in, nothing will chase them out,” Spillman said.
The Health Department doesn’t operate the cannons unless there is a specific complaint in an area where there are lots of birds, Spillman noted. He said so far this year the birds are not as bad as in the past. -
Boil water advisory is lifted countywide
The water controversy that Pulaski County has been boiling over — so to speak — for the last week is finally over.
At 10 minutes after noon Wednesday, the “boil water” advisory for the Western Pulaski Water District was lifted — almost a full week after the problems began around 1 p.m. last Thursday.
Prior to that, the Somerset Water Service — along with the other water providers in its system, including Science Hill Water, Southeastern Water, and Eubank Water — lifted their advisories, with Somerset on Saturday afternoon and the last, Southeastern, by Monday morning. Western Pulaski was the last in the system to complete sample testing for potential contaminants, due to not being able to access its Pikeville-based testing lab until Monday.
Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler thanked the public for its patience and understanding during the duration of the boil water advisory — put in place to keep citizens from drinking water that could have been contaminated after an accident last Thursday at the water plant site — and also thanked all the city employees for their hard work during this time.
“The boil water advisory went about as well as would be expected,” said Girdler.
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