The Hancock County Health Department inspects restaurants four times annually and violations are determined as “C” for critical, “NC” for noncritical and “R” for repeated violations. The following inspections are based on information obtained from Retail Food Inspection reports and are routine inspections, unless otherwise noted.
Aug. 30
Needler’s Fresh Market
5802 W. U.S. 52, New Palestine
Violations found: C, R – lunch meat dated as with sell-by date longer than seven days, bulk piece of pastrami not date-marked, corrected; NC – small amount of mold on ceiling in produce cutting area, some debris build-up in walk-in cooler in deli area, to be corrected by Sept. 7.
Sept. 1
Chicago’s Pizza
1031 N. State St., Greenfield
Violation found: NC, R – mold and debris build-up on racks in walk-in cooler; debris on storage rack in dish-washing area, to be corrected by Sept. 15.
Cortona’s Italian Cuisine and Wine Bar
2009 S. Main st., Fortville
Violation found: NC – gap under back door in kitchen, to be corrected by Sept. 9.
Sept. 2
Huck’s Convenience Food and Fuel
322 E. Broadway St., Fortville
Violation found: NC – some debris build-up on floors under equipment in kitchen and on ceiling, to be corrected by Sept. 30.
Steak n Shake
2121 N. State St., Greenfield (complaint follow-up)
Violations found: ice build-up on freezer unit and floor, to be corrected by Oct. 2; NC – debris build-up on freezer floor, floors throughout especially in corners and tile joints, to be corrected by Sept. 12; NC – food stored on floor in freezer; NC – seal broken between prep station and wall, to be corrected by Sept. 12; NC – sticky residue built on soda machine nozzles and dispenser arms, to be corrected by Sept. 12; C – cheese being held at 64 degrees, needs to be kept at 41 degrees or cooler, corrected.
Sept. 7
Indianapolis KOA
5896 W. 200N., Greenfield
Violation found: Need to make hand sink visible to employees, to be corrected by next season.
Homeplace Catering
5117 N. 300E., Greenfield
No violations found.
Sept. 8
Wendy’s
2809 N. 600W., Greenfield
No violations found.
Sept. 21
Kroger
1571 N. StateSt., Greenfield
Violations found: C – sanitizer dispenser on vegetable prep area was not dispensing sanitizer, corrected; NC – some debris on fans in walk-in cooler in deli area, debris on cooling unit in walk-in milk cooler, to be corrected by Sept. 28; NC – small gap at bottom of roll-up door in delivery area, to be corrected by Sept. 28.
Sept. 22
New Palestine Intermediate School
5613 W. 200S., New Palestine
Violation found: NC – boxes of food stored on walk-in freezer floor, to be corrected by Sept. 26.
New Palestine Junior High School
2279 S. 600W., New Palestine
Violation found: NC, R – Walk-in freezer has ice build-up on unit and accumulating on baking sheets, to be corrected by Oct. 24.
Sugar Creek Elementary School
2337 S. 600W., New Palestine
Violation found: NC, R – ice build-up on unit and floor of walk-in freezer, to be corrected by Oct. 24.
