At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
86/ 100 · 14 points taken off
4 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Dec 9, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Ernie's Liquor 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 Ernie's Liquor?
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: Hand sink not ready to use K06How to fixFix it
- Food on the floor or under drips K30How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How 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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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hand sink not ready to useThe county found: “Repeated violation: There was no paper towel supply on the restroom's handwash sink. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted…”
First step: Hand sinks are for hands only
Then the next one: Food on the floor or under drips
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 3-305.11, Food Code 6-501.112.
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Fix and log it: Hand sink not ready to use
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0 of 3 done
Hand sinks are for hands only
From Food Code 2-301.15
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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).
Fewer points taken off than last time (15 → 14). That takes a team.
Every visit
LatestDec 9, 2025Routine inspection86 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 86 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Dec 9, 2025.
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
Repeated violation: There was no paper towel supply on the restroom's handwash sink. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser is refilled, a roll-type paper supply may be used. The person in charge provided a roll-type paper towel (SA).
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
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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Not critical (3)
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Several boxes of different drinks were stored directly on the floor. [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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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
There are multiple large openings and holes in the ceiling above the back room, inside the restroom, and the storage area. corrective action] Patch the ceiling back up. There also are some damaged floor tiles in front of the walk-in cooler. [CA] To prevent insect/rodent infestation, please replace the damaged ceiling panels and seal the holes immediately. The damaged floor tiles must be replaced immediately as well.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
The janitorial sink is completely blocked by biles of beverage boxes. [CA] Clear the access to the janitorial sink. There is a gap between the screen door and the concrete floor in the back door. [CA] To prevent insect/rodent infestation, please install a weatherstripping on the screen door.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you Ernie's Liquor? Fix it
EarlierNov 7, 2024Routine inspection85 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
There was no paper towel supply on the restroom's handwash sink. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser is refilled, a roll-type paper supply may be used. The person in charge provided a roll-type paper towel (SA).
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)
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
There are multiple large openings and holes in the ceiling above the back room, inside the restroom, and the storage area. corrective action] Patch the ceiling back up. [CA] To prevent insect/rodent infestation, please replace the damaged ceiling panels and seal the holes immediately
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Several boxes of different drinks were stored directly on the floor. [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.
The department's words
K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Observed several dried rodent droppings on the back of the large liquor rack in the storage room. [corrective action] Remove the droppings and wipe surface with sanitizer. Monitor this area for any new rodent droppings. Obtain pest control service if new rodent droppings are found.
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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- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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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
- 86 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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