At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
88/ 100 · 12 points taken off
5 problems found · Routine county inspection · Dec 18, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Cafe 86 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 Cafe 86?
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: drain flies K23How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How to fixFix it
- Time as a control not marked or logged K08How 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
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Pests seen inside: drain fliesThe county found: “Repeated violation: Multiple drain flies were observed back in the kitchen and janitorial sink areas. [CA] Eliminate…”
First step: What to do
Then the next one: Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
Show what you did
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.112, Food Code 3-501.19, Food Code 3-304.14.
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What to do
From Food Code 6-501.112
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Every visit
LatestDec 18, 2025Routine inspection88 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 88 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Dec 18, 2025.
5 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (5)
Pests seen inside: drain flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Repeated violation: Multiple drain flies were observed back in the kitchen and janitorial sink areas. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method.
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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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
There is an abundant dust accumulation on the restroom’s exhaust vent. [CA] Conduct a regular cleaning on the screens.
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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Time as a control not marked or logged
The department's words
K08 Time as a public health control; procedures & records
There was no time/temperature log for/on the baba beans stored on the self-counter area. [CA] Any food product stored outside the safe temperature zone (room temperature) must be monitored using time/temperature log.
Food Code 3-501.19
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
The 4-hour option
- Start with food at 41°F or below, or 135°F or above.
- Mark the container with the discard time: 4 hours after it left temperature control.
- Cook and serve, serve, or throw it out by that time.
- Throw out any container with no time marked.
From Food Code 3-501.19
The 6-hour option (cold food only)
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Time as a public health control (the 4-hour rule)
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Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
A couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).
Food Code 3-304.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Keep the bucket strong
- Wet cloths sit in sanitizer between uses: chlorine 50–99 ppm, or quat at label strength.
- Test with the cloths in the bucket when you mix it and every 2 hours.
- Remake it at once if it tests low or has food or dirt in it. Never just add more sanitizer to a dirty bucket.
From Food Code 3-304.14
Keep cloths apart
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Wiping cloths and sanitizer buckets
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Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
The ice scoop for the ice machine was stored on an unclean surface. [CA] All reusable utensils including the ice scoop must be stored on clean surface/container in between use.
Food Code 4-901.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
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EarlierDec 30, 2024Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Pests seen inside: drain flies
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Multiple drain flies were observed back in the kitchen and janitorial sink areas. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
There is a heavy stain buildup on the janitorial floor sink. [CA] Conduct a thorough cleaning on the janitorial sink immediately.
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: drain flies Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Time as a control not marked or logged Read the free guide
- Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer Read the free guide
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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About this record
Opens the county's own page for this place.
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
- 88 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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