At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
92/ 100 · 8 points taken off
4 problems found · Routine county inspection · Dec 12, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Capitol Shell 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 Capitol Shell?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Food on the floor or under drips K30How to fixFix it
- Equipment in poor repair K35How to fixFix it
- Dish sink or dish machine not set up right K34How 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: Food on the floor or under dripsThe county found: “Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To…”
First step: Where food may never be stored
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-305.11, Food Code 4-301.12, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Fix and log it: Food on the floor or under drips
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Where food may never be stored
From Food Code 3-305.11
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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 (16 → 8). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestDec 12, 2025Routine inspection92 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 92 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Dec 12, 2025.
4 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (4)
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.
Food Code 3-305.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
Ambient air temperature of the hot-holding case is only about 110 oF. [CA] The ambient temperature of the unit must be raised to above 135 oF. Until the unit’s temperature adjusted to 135 OF or above , please continue to use time as a public health control method to store the food products inside the unit.
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
Are you Capitol Shell? Fix it
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
The sanitizer measuring strips are all expired. [CA] Provide new and approved sanitizer measuring strips
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
Washing, step by step
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The three-compartment sink, step by step
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No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Repeated violation: Drainpipe from one of the drink dispenser was immersed inside the floor sink. [CA] To prevent possible contamination from backup of sewage, please provide at least one inch air gap between the floor sink and the drainpipes.
Food Code 5-205.15
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Are you Capitol Shell? Fix it
EarlierJun 3, 2025Routine inspection84 out of 100 (Green placard)
5 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
Some potentially hazardous food stored on the hot dog roller like hot dog and taquito were measured below 120 °F. [CA] All potentially hazardous foods like garlic in oil, cut melons, raw sprouts; cooked foods of plant origin; foods of animal origin and any other food capable of supporting the rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms or the slower growth of Clostridium botulinum shall always be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. If any of these food products are going to be stored at room temperature, time might be used as a public health control with implementing a proper time/temperature control mechanism. The person in charge said the food was cooked more than two hours ago. Therefore, about 12 Hot Dogs and Taquitoes were voluntarily condemned and destroyed (COS).
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (4)
Signs posted; last inspection report available
The department's words
K47 Signs posted; last inspection report available
Current Environmental Health permit was not posted on public view. [CA] The most current Environmental Health permit must be posted on public view at all the time. Copy of the most recent inspection report was not found on file. [CA] Copy of the most recent inspection report must be kept on file and should be given to anyone for review upon request.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Repeated violation: Drainpipe from one of the drink dispenser was immersed inside the floor sink. [CA] To prevent possible contamination from backup of sewage, please provide at least one inch air gap between the floor sink and the drainpipes.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
There are some missing ceiling panels above the three compartment warewash sink. [CA] To prevent vermin infestation and hiding, please replace the missing ceiling panel immediately.
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.
EarlierNov 7, 2024Routine inspection84 out of 100 (Green placard)
5 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
There was no soap supply on the one of the restroom's handwash station. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted soap dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted soap dispenser is refilled/fixed, provide a pump-type soap dispenser. The facility manager provided a pump-type soap dispenser (COS).
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Not critical (4)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
Compressed gas cylinders used for the soda dispenser were not chained to a secure stand. [CA] To prevent possible accident from falling compressed gas cylinder, all the cylinders must restrain to a secure stand.
Signs posted; last inspection report available
The department's words
K47 Signs posted; last inspection report available
Current Environmental Health permit was not posted on public view. [CA] The most current Environmental Health permit must be posted on public view at all the time. Copy of the most recent inspection report was not found on file. [CA] Copy of the most recent inspection report must be kept on file and should be given to anyone for review upon request.
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
The sanitizer measuring strips are all expired. [CA] Provide new and approved sanitizer measuring strips.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Drainpipe from one of the drink dispenser was immersed inside the floor sink. [CA] To prevent possible contamination from backup of sewage, please provide at least one inch air gap between the floor sink and the drainpipes.
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.
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Dish sink or dish machine not set up right Read the free guide
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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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
- 92 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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