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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
4problems found
4 problems found · 2 marked critical · Health department inspection, · Aug 6, 2026
Is that a lot?
We can't say yet. Too few places here have a number.
What was found out about Mediterranean Aroma?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Hot food below 135°F 7How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cooked food not cooled in time 9How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning 33How to fixFix it
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health
We review San Francisco health data to make this report. We are not the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
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For Mediterranean Aroma's team
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Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hot food below 135°FThe health department found: “Keep potentially hazardous foods (PHF) cold at 41°F or below or hot held at 135°F or above. Immediately discontinue…”
First step: If food is out of range
Then the next one: Cooked food not cooled in time
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Fix and log it: Hot food below 135°F
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If food is out of range
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Inspections
From San Francisco Department of Public Health · 5 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 7, 2026
The health department visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 other).
The department inspects each food facility on its own schedule and posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection.
Every visit
LatestAug 6, 2026Pass
This one: Pass, inspected Aug 6, 2026.
4 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
The department's words
7 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Keep potentially hazardous foods (PHF) cold at 41°F or below or hot held at 135°F or above. Immediately discontinue storing PHF at room temperature.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(1)
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If food is out of range
- Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
- Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
- Unknown time or longer: throw it out.
Which foods need temperature control (TCS)
3 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Hot and cold holding
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Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
Cooked food not cooled in time
The department's words
9 Proper cooling methods
Rapidly cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours, then from 70°F to 41°F within 4 hours. Discontinue cooling PHF's at room temperature. Rapid cool by any of the following approved methods: 1) Ice water bath 2) Ice wand 3) Shallow stainless steel pans filled 2-3 inches and store in refrigerator 4) Separate into smaller or thinner portions and store in refrigerator 5) Blast
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If you miss a stage
- Missed stage 1 (not 70°F by 2 hours): reheat to 165°F and start over, or throw it out.
- Missed stage 2 (not 41°F by 6 hours): throw it out.
How to cool fast
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Cooling food in two stages
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Not critical (2)
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Maintain nonfood contact surfaces clean. Thoroughly clean and degrease the cooking equipment and shelves above cooking equipment.
Food Code 4-602.13
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
35 Equipment approved; clean; installed; good repair; capacity
Ensure all equipment is approved, properly installed, clean, and maintained in good repair. Ensure all appliances are NSF-approved, commercial grade, durable, and easily cleanable.
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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EarlierDec 17, 2025Pass
3 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
14 Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
Properly wash, rinse and sanitize all food contact surfaces. Make a 100 ppm bleach sanitizing solution or a 200 ppm quaternary ammonia solution for the third compartment.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (2)
Hood filters need cleaning
The department's words
37 Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
Provide exhaust hoods to remove toxic gases, heat, grease, vapors, and smoke and be approved by the local building department. Canopy-type hoods shall extend 6 inches beyond all cooking equipment. Toilet rooms shall be vented to the outside air by a screened openable window, an air shaft, or a light-switch activated exhaust fan, consistent with local building codes. Adequate lighting shall be prov
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Maintain nonfood contact surfaces clean. Thoroughly clean and degrease the cooking equipment and shelves above cooking equipment.
EarlierMay 15, 2025Routine inspectionPass
3 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
The department's words
6 Adequate hand washing facilities; supplied and accessible
Provide soap and single-use towels in dispensers, or a drying device at each handwash sink at all times. Maintain all handwash sinks unobstructed and accessible at all times.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
14 Food contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
Properly wash, rinse and sanitize all food contact surfaces. Make a 100 ppm bleach sanitizing solution or a 200 ppm quaternary ammonia solution for the third compartment.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (1)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
35 Equipment approved; clean; installed; good repair; capacity
Ensure all equipment is approved, properly installed, clean, and maintained in good repair. Ensure all appliances are NSF-approved, commercial grade, durable, and easily cleanable.
EarlierDec 13, 2024Routine inspectionPass
No violations listed in the data.
EarlierMay 22, 2024Routine inspectionPass
1 violation listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health
The department's words
6 Adequate hand washing facilities; supplied and accessible
Provide soap and single-use towels in dispensers, or a drying device at each handwash sink at all times. Maintain all handwash sinks unobstructed and accessible at all times.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
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Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hot food below 135°F Read the free guide
- Cooked food not cooled in time Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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The city's open data lists each violation with the department's standard wording. The inspector's own notes are in the report on the department's lookup: search for the name.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
San Francisco gives each inspection a result, not a score, so there is no typical range to show.
San Francisco posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection. Green, Pass: zero to 1 major violations at the inspection. Yellow, Conditional Pass: 2 or more major violations, corrected at the inspection, and a reinspection follows. Red, Closure: health hazards or major violations that can't be fixed right away. There is no score or letter grade.
- Listed as
- H25R - RESTAURANT 1,000 - 2,000 SQFT
- Result
- Pass
- Source
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
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