These Greenville area restaurants got the worst ratings from SC inspectors in November. Here’s why

Bug zapper over a food prep area, dirty walls and biofilm on a soda nozzle were among the food safety violations found by South Carolina Department of Agriculture inspectors in Greenville County during November.

In all, inspectors made 214 visits, including routine and re-inspections. Of those, 199 received A grades, and 11 B.

Four restaurants received C grades and required re-inspections.

Asia Pacific Supermarket on North Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville was inspected on Nov. 13 and given 73 points.

The inspector found cooked fried chicken stored in crates in an unclean walk-in cooler that was not smooth or easily cleanable. Also, raw meat was stored above raw produce and shellfish stored over chicken.

A can opener blade was not clean.

Various foods in a kitchen line low boy were at improper temperatures, including calamari, shell eggs and pork. Ready-to-eat food such as dim sum, BBQ pork, noodles, cooked chicken and egg rolls lacked date markings.

A bug zap device was installed at a prep table and knives in a crevice between low boy coolers were dirty. Hoods had debris build up.

A hose with a nozzle was stored on and under pressure without a backflow prevention device rated ASSE1020 or greater.

Walls were not cleaned often enough to avoid a build up of debris.

The restaurant received 98 points, an A, on a follow-up inspection Nov. 19. The restaurant was cited for storing cases of food on the floor. La Unica Super Ctr-Restaurante on White Horse Road in Greenville was inspected on Oct. 30 and given 80 points, a B. During the follow-up inspection Nov. 7, it received 91 points, a C., and 98 points, an A, on Nov. 11.

During the first inspection, the business was cited for beans and rice in the walk-in cooler prepared the previous day at improper temperatures.

A sanitizer bucket contained too much chlorine.

The restaurant did not have adequate refrigeration to effectively cool the amount of food being produced. A food temperature measuring device could not be found.

There were sticky fly traps hanging above the food prep area and open containers of food in the walk-in cooler were underneath rusty and dirty shelving. Food such as flour was stored on the floor of the dry storage room.

Multiple clean dishes were not air dried prior to stacking, unfinished wood hung on walls in the kitchen and dish pit area and non- food-contact surfaces of equipment were exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling.

Multiple dishes stored as clean had old date labels on the outside of the containers and shelving in the walk-in cooler and shelving on the clean dish storage above the 3 compartment sink had a build-up of debris/rust.

Used oil/grease was on the ground outside the oil recycling container. During the follow up four days later, the inspector found rice cooling in bags that were sealed and a large container of chicken was cooling improperly.

Flour was stored on the floor, unfinished wood hung on walls in the kitchen and dish pit area, nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment were exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling.

Dishes were stored as clean with old date labels on the outside of the containers and shelving had a build-up of debris/rust.

The inspection three days later earned an A, with two points taken off for dishes stored as clean with old date labels.

Pomegranate on Main in Greenville was graded 77 after an inspection Nov. 5.

The inspector found the bar/hand sink was used as a dump sink and a kitchen sink had no paper towels. A can opener blade had a buildup of food debris and the bar soda nozzles had a buildup of bio-film.

Food was stored at improper temperature including rice, hummus, mahi, beef, yogurt sauce and tomato-cucumber mix.

Chicken was thawing in a container at room temperature and an ice cream scoop was stored in standing water. A plastic container was used as a scoop for onion sauce in a walk-in cooler.

A case of napkins and plastic cups was stored on the floor in a storage area. Refrigeration units were not clean to sight and touch on exteriors and handles, fan covers in a walk-in cooler had a buildup of grime and dust and the walls were dirty.

A drain under the dump sink behind the bar was clogged.

Refuse containers were stored on a wooden platform and there was garbage on the ground around the enclosure.

The floor under the bar area was not clean.

The facility earned an A on re-inspection, being marked off seven points for sanitizer not at the required concentration for mechanical / manual warewashing and there was no verification that dual-check backflow prevention devices were on the ice machine, coffee machine or iced tea machine.

The drain under a dump sink behind the bar was clogged, and the refuse containers were still on a wooden platform. Refuse on the ground.

Wild Ace Pizza and Pub on Depot Street in Greer was inspected three times in November, earning 82 points, a B, on Nov. 4, 89, a C on Nov. 11 and 100 on Nov. 13.

During the first inspection, the men’s restroom hand sink did not have a proper water temperature.

Dented cans were in a storage room and various foods were at improper temperatures including wings,

Ready-to-eat food was not labeled with prep or discard date, including chicken wings, ham, beef, BBQ chicken, Italian sausage, corn dip, pasta.

Several pre-made pizzas and pizza sauce exceeded 4 hours.

The re-inspection found dented cans, several 5 gallon buckets of pizza sauce at improper temperature and ready-to-eat food exceeding 7 days, including roasted garlic, Italian sausage and ground beef.