Stratford Restaurant Inspections: September Reports

Below are the results of the most recent round of Stratford food service inspections, conducted over the past couple weeks by the Stratford Health Department.

Also included are restaurant inspections some residents requested by leaving a message on the Stratford Patch Facebook page.

(If you'd like us to check out a restaurant not listed below, leave the establishment's name in the comments section. You can also see our last round of restaurant inspections.)

First, a note on the scoring:

A zero-violation, perfect score is 100.

However, a restaurant can be docked one 4-point violation, receive a score of 96 and still fail the inspection, according to inspector Andrew Anderson.

Anderson said the most serious violations carry a 4-point demerit, and if a restaurant is hit with one of those it results in an automatic failed inspection. The most common 4-point violation is for food temperatures, he said.

Another way to fail is to score less than 80.

"Whenever someone scores under 80 we have them in for a hearing, see if we can do anything to help them," Anderson said.

A restaurant is typically given two weeks after a failed inspection to right the violation or violations.

Subway

1240 Stratford Ave.

Inspected Sept. 4

Score: 95

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Capodicci's Pizzeria

60 Access Road

Inspected Sept. 4

Score: 91

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Hong Kong Tokyo (reinspection, see failed inspection below)

411 Barnum Ave. Cutoff

Inspected Sept. 10

Score: 95

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Subway

3561 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 6

Score: 96

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China House

1056 Stratford Ave.

Inspected Sept. 10

Score: 99

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Subway

1140 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 10

Score: 94

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Spartan Pizza

540 Success Ave.

Inspected Sept. 11

Score: 94

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Hard's Corner Tavern

1884 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 6

Score: 93

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Success Market

536 Success Ave.

Inspected Sept. 6

Score: 89

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Oronoque Country Club Grill

385 Oronoque Lane

Inspected Sept. 11

Score: 89

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Oronoque Country Club

385 Oronoque Lane

Inspected Sept. 11

Score: 91

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Dunkin' Donuts

7365 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 13

Score: 91

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Ninety Nine Restaurant

411 Barnum Ave. Cutoff

Inspected April 3

Score: 91

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Outriggers

605 Broad St.

Inspected March 21

Score: 87

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Siena (reinspection, see failed inspection below)

2505 Main St.

Inspected Nov. 9, 2011

Score: 99

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Frog Pond

251 E. Main St.

Inspected March 26

Score: 93

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Blue Goose Restaurant (reinspection, see failed inspection below)

326 Ferry Boulevard

Inspected Aug. 22

Score: 99

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The Sitting Duck Tavern (reinspection, see failed inspection below) 

3694 Main St.

Inspected Nov. 29, 2011

Score: 95

Hong Kong Tokyo

411 Barnum Ave. Cutoff

Inspected Sept. 5

Score: 80

4-point violation(s): employee put on gloves without washing hands first, head chef washed hands using wrong sink; four temperature violations including chicken at 50 degrees (45 degrees is max for cold food).

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Chinese Pavilion

60 Access Road

Inspected Sept. 12

Score: 74

4-point violation(s): chicken wings stored at 72 degrees (45 degrees is max for cold food), garlic at 63 degrees; employee left establishment, returned and did not wash hands.

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Dao Fusion Cuisine & Lounge

7365 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 14

Score: 77

4-point violation(s): drain cleaner stored with soy sauce.

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Eurest Sikorsky

3191 Broadbridge Ave.

Inspected Sept. 7

Score: 87

4-point violation(s): employee put on gloves without washing hands first.

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Roly Poly

2505 Main St.

Inspected Sept. 14

Score: 79

4-point violation(s): employee put on gloves without washing hands first.

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Siena

2505 Main St.

Inspected Oct. 26, 2011

Score: 78

4-point violation(s): meatballs and spagetti sauce out at 92 degrees (hot food must be above 140 degrees). 

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Blue Goose Restaurant

326 Ferry Boulevard

Inspected July 27

Score: 77

4-point violation(s): sanitizer too toxic (double the max ppm); missing consumer advisory on menu; missing label on bottle with chemicals; rodenticide stored with cleaning chemicals.

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The Sitting Duck Tavern

3694 Main St.

Inspected Nov. 10, 2011

Score: 81

4-point violation(s): three food temperature violations; bottle of vinegar stored with chemicals. 

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Marnick's

10 Washington Parkway

Inspected March 14

Score: 80

4-point violation(s): dish soap stored with plastic food cups.