At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
94/ 100 · 6 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Jun 9, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Bj's Restaurant & Brewhouse got about the same as most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Bj's Restaurant & Brewhouse?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Pests seen inside: fruit flies K23How to fixFix it
- Hand sink not ready to use K06How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Bj's Restaurant & Brewhouse's team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Pests seen inside: fruit fliesThe county found: “Live house fly found in rear storage/prep area. Several live drain flies found near ice machine/2nd walk in…”
First step: What to do
Then the next one: Hand sink not ready to use
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 3-304.14.
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Fix and log it: Pests seen inside: fruit flies
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0 of 3 done
What to do
From Food Code 6-501.112
Logged
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 4 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 routine).
Every visit
LatestJun 9, 2026Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 94 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Jun 9, 2026.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Live house fly found in rear storage/prep area. Several live drain flies found near ice machine/2nd walk in refrigeator. [CA] Food facility shall be kept free of non-disease carrying insects, weevils, ants, gnats, and fruit flies.
Food Code 6-501.111
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Are you Bj's Restaurant & Brewhouse? Fix it
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Hand wash sink at bar lacks single use paper towels. [CA] Single-use sanitary towels shall be provided in dispensers; heated-air hand drying device may be substituted for single-use towels. 2nd hand wash sink at bar lacks liquid hand cleanser. [CA] Provide handwashing cleanser in dispenser at handwash stations at all times.
Food Code 5-205.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Are you Bj's Restaurant & Brewhouse? Fix it
EarlierJan 15, 2026Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Hand wash sink at end of service line lacks liquid hand cleanser and single use paper towels. [CA] Single-use sanitary towels shall be provided in dispensers; heated-air hand drying device may be substituted for single-use towels.
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Moderate amount of drain flies found in bar and at service line. [CA] Food facility shall be kept free of non-disease carrying insects, weevils, ants, gnats, and fruit flies.
EarlierAug 15, 2025Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Gnats found in storage area near ice machine.[CA] Food facility shall be kept free of non-disease carrying insects, weevils, ants, gnats, and fruit flies.
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Wet/used wiping towels found on preparation tables. [CA] Wiping towels shall be stored in sanitizing solution of an approved concentration when not in use (100 ppm - chlorine, 200 ppm - quaternary ammonium).
EarlierMar 18, 2025Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Lack of single use paper towels in dispensers. [CA] Single-use sanitary towels shall be provided in dispensers; heated-air hand drying device may be substituted for single-use towels.
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Moderate amount of live drain flies found in dish station. [CA] Food facility shall be kept free of non-disease carrying insects, weevils, ants, gnats, and fruit flies.
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental 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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Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Pests seen inside: fruit flies Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
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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.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 94 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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