TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department reinspected the Reynolds Road location of Steak 'N Shake and is allowing it to reopen.
The Monroe Street location will have its reinspection on Tuesday, according to Shannon Lands of the health department.
Last week, the two restaurants were ordered closed, as conditions there were an “immediate threat to public health,” the health department said.
The stores that are affected are on Monroe Street and Reynolds Road. Several food inspections found severe and repeat issues, according to the health department. The repeat violations found included:
- Unclean food contact surfaces or utensil. Build-up was observed on slicers, in food prep sinks, around beverage dispensers, syrup dispensers, and the shake machine and shake station items.
- Outer opening not protected, which could lead to the entry of pests.
- Unclean facility, including food splatter on walls, dirty floors in the kitchen, and food debris and splatter throughout the facility.
The restaurants were found to not be in good repair, sanitizing solutions were found to be at incorrect temperatures and concentrations, and a substance believe to be mold also was observed in freezer areas.
Food inspection reports also revealed that a patron complained of becoming very ill for three days after eating chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, fries and drinking a soda at the Monroe Street Steak 'N Shake.
A report says that the license of the Monroe Street location was suspended due to "immediate danger to public health." A request can be made to reopen the facilities after all items from previous inspections have been corrected, "all pending cleaning issues and all pending maintenance issues."