The coolers at Polo’s Taqueria in Lawrenceville were not holding at safe temperatures, and there were repeated violations of date marking and food handling during a routine health inspection.
Multiple cheese pupusas and cooked shrimp were not date-marked, and an open bag of hot dogs also had no date marking. Some pupusa sauce and seafood broth were out of date and discarded.
An employee prepped food without wearing a hair restraint, a third repeat violation.
Also, an employee washed their hands without soap, and two workers washed up in the three-compartment sink. Two of the hand sinks had no hot water.
Air temperatures were too high in the prep and walk-in coolers. Beans, chicken, steak, whipped cream, milk and cut cabbage were discarded.
Raw beef was above some cut limes and juice in the walk-in cooler, raw eggs were above the peeled garlic, and cooked shrimp and raw chorizo were above the steak in the reach-in cooler.
Polo’s Taqueria, 2449 Lawrenceville Highway, scored 44/U, down from an 80/B in May. It will be re-inspected.
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