At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
84/ 100 · 16 points taken off
4 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Apr 15, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Brew City Burgers got more than most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Brew City Burgers?
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: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right K14How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How to fixFix it
- Hand sink not ready to use K06How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
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Next: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized rightThe county found: “Metal tray that was on top of the garbage can was removed from the trash can and then placed on top of a cutting…”
First step: Clean first, then sanitize
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 6-501.111.
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Clean first, then sanitize
From Food Code 4-603.16
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer points taken off than last time (17 → 16). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestApr 15, 2026Routine inspection84 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 84 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Apr 15, 2026.
4 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Metal tray that was on top of the garbage can was removed from the trash can and then placed on top of a cutting board. [CA] Discontinue placing a metal tray on top of garbage can and cross contaminate cutting surfaces. [SA] Metal tray and cutting board were placed in the dish washer.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 4-602.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clean first, then sanitize
- 1. Scrape off food.
- 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
- 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).
From Food Code 4-603.16
When to clean food-contact surfaces
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Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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Not critical (3)
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Dust build up noted on the fan guards of the walk in. [CA] Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Food Code 4-602.13
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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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The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Hand wash station next to dish washer is blocked at the time of inspection. [CA] Hand washing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible 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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Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
K04 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, tobacco use
Observed employee drinking inside of the kitchen area. [CA] No employee shall eat or drink in the food prep, food contact storage, or food storage areas, use designated area.
Food Code 2-401.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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EarlierSep 10, 2025Routine inspection83 out of 100 (Green placard)
4 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
All hand wash stations within the kitchen area have issues at the time of inspection. 1. Hand wash next to dish washer was blocked. [CA] Hand washing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible at all times. [COS] Items were moved away from the hand wash station. 2. Hand wash station next to drive through is missing paper towels inside of dispenser. [CA] Hand wash stations must be fully stocked at all times. [COS] PIC added more paper towels into dispenser.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (3)
The department's words
K13 Food in good condition, safe, unadulterated
Sheet metal with buns is noted on top of garbage can at the time of inspection. [CA] Place sheet metal with food somewhere else and not on top of garbage can. Discontinue this practice.
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Metal knives were being stored in between metal table and prep table at the time of inspection. [CA] Discontinue this practice and place them either on a knife holder or magnet strip. [COS] PIC moved the knives to the dish washer to be sanitized properly.
Pests seen inside: fruit flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Multiple flies noted in the back dry storage area at the time of inspection. [CA] Food facility shall be kept free of non-disease carrying insects, weevils, ants, gnats, and fruit flies.
EarlierMar 4, 2025Routine inspection92 out of 100 (Green placard)
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Bag of onions noted on the floor of the prep area at the time of inspection. [CA] Food shall be stored at least 6 inches above the floor to prevent contamination.
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
PHFs within reach in were measured at 45*F at the time of inspection. [CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. Recommend having the unit serviced by a contractor.
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
Hand wash station next to cook line has a damaged soap dispenser at the time of inspection. Per PIC, the soap dispenser got damaged recently and are trying to install a new one [CA] Provide hand washing cleanser in dispenser at hand wash stations at all times. [SA] Facility has an additional hand wash station within the prep area that is being used to wash hands.
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)
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- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Eating or drinking in a food area 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
- 84 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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