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Restaurant Abaca

Other food place · San Francisco, CA

8 inspections

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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

1 problem found · Health department inspection, · Sep 9, 2025

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What was found out about Restaurant Abaca?

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  1. Dish sink or dish machine not set up right 34How to fixFix it

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Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health

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Fix and log it: Dish sink or dish machine not set up right

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Set up

From Food Code 4-301.12

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Inspections

From San Francisco Department of Public Health · 8 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 7, 2026

The health department lists no visits in the last 12 months.

The department inspects each food facility on its own schedule and posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection.

Every visit

  1. LatestSep 9, 2025Pass

    This one: Pass, inspected Sep 9, 2025.

    1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.

    Not critical (1)

    • Dish sink or dish machine not set up right

      The department's words

      34 Warewash facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips

      Provide an approved warewashing facility. Obtain chlorine test strips to monitor chlorine sanitizer solutions and mechanical dishwasher. Obtain quaternary ammonia test strips to monitor quaternary ammonia sanitizer solutions.

      Food Code 4-301.12

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Set up

      • 1. Wash your hands at the hand sink (never at this sink).
      • 2. Clean and sanitize all three sinks and both drainboards.
      • 3. Sink 1 (WASH): detergent and water at 110°F or hotter.

      From Food Code 4-301.12

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  2. EarlierSep 8, 2025Pass

    3 violations listed, 2 marked critical.

    Critical (2)

    • 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.

    • Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health

      No plan for a special process

      The department's words

      18 Compliance with variance, specialized processes & HACCP

      Provide an approved HACCP plan from the California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch for all potentially hazardous food (PHF) products that are packaged for using reduced-oxygen packaging (ROP) for 48 hours or more when the smoking of food is used as a method of preservation or when PHF's are cured.

      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)

    • Dish sink or dish machine not set up right

      The department's words

      34 Warewash facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips

      Provide an approved warewashing facility. Obtain chlorine test strips to monitor chlorine sanitizer solutions and mechanical dishwasher. Obtain quaternary ammonia test strips to monitor quaternary ammonia sanitizer solutions.

  3. EarlierMay 8, 2025Site VisitPass

    1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.

    Not critical (1)

    • Make available the most recent routine inspection report. Post the Health Permit to Operate and restaurant license certificate in a conspicuous area for public view.

      The department's words

      114381 [e], 114381(a), 114387 Make available the most recent routine inspection report. Post the Health Permit to Operate and restaurant license certificate in a conspicuous area for public view.

  4. EarlierFeb 25, 2025Routine inspectionPass

    4 violations listed, 2 marked critical.

    Critical (2)

    • Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health

      Pests seen inside: flies

      The department's words

      23 No insects, rodents, birds or nonservice animals

      Eliminate the infestation/activity of cockroaches/rodents/flies/vermin from the food facility by using only approved methods. Remove all evidence of the infestation and thoroughly clean and sanitize all affected surfaces. Construct, equip, maintain and operate the food facility so as to prevent the entrance and harborage of animals, birds and vermin including, but not limited to, rodents and insec

      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

      Hot food below 135°F

      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.

    Not critical (2)

    • Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer

      The department's words

      39 Wiping cloths; properly used and stored

      Store wiping cloths used to wipe service counters, scales, or other surfaces that may come into contact with food in clean water with sanitizer or use only once; separate sanitizing containers shall be provided for wiping cloths used with raw animal foods.

    • 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.

  5. EarlierFeb 25, 2025Foodborne IllnessPass

    No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.

  6. EarlierOct 10, 2024New Ownership (R)Pass

    No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.

  7. EarlierAug 22, 2024New Ownership (I)Pass

    No notes were taken at this visit. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.

  8. EarlierAug 22, 2024Routine inspectionPass

    3 violations listed, 3 marked critical.

    Critical (3)

    • 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.

    • Marked critical by San Francisco Department of Public Health

      No hot or cold water at a sink

      The department's words

      21 Hot and cold running water available

      Immediately provide hot running potable water of at least 120°F or greater for the entire food preparation facility.

      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

      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.

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)

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About this record

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
H26 - RESTAURANT OVER 2,000 SQFT
Result
Pass
Source
San Francisco Department of Public Health

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Questions about Restaurant Abaca

When was Restaurant Abaca last inspected?

The health department last inspected Restaurant Abaca on Sep 9, 2025.

What did the health department find at Restaurant Abaca?

The health department listed 1 violation on Sep 9, 2025: Dish sink or dish machine not set up right.

How often does San Francisco inspect restaurants?

The department inspects each food facility on its own schedule and posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Sep 9, 2025, the health department marked none as critical.