At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
87/ 100 · 13 points taken off
3 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Feb 27, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Phin Cafe 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 Phin Cafe?
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: Hot food below 135°F K07How to fixFix it
- No menu note about raw or undercooked food K19How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How 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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Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hot food below 135°FThe county found: “Container of milk observed sitting on the prep counter was measured at 56F. [CA] Potentially hazardous foods when not…”
First step: If food is out of range
Then the next one: No menu note about raw or undercooked food
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-301.12, Food Code 3-304.14.
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If food is out of range
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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 once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Every visit
LatestFeb 27, 2026Routine inspection87 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 87 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Feb 27, 2026.
3 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
Container of milk observed sitting on the prep counter was measured at 56F. [CA] Potentially hazardous foods when not in use shall be properly held at 41F or below or 135F or above. [COS] Employee relocated the milk into the reach-in cooler.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(1)
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If food is out of range
- Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
- Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
- Unknown time or longer: throw it out.
Which foods need temperature control (TCS)
3 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Hot and cold holding
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Not critical (2)
No menu note about raw or undercooked food
The department's words
K19 Consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods
Facility serves mayo and egg cream that are made with undercooked eggs and a consumer advisory is not available. [CA] A consumer advisory disclosure and identification of raw or undercooked food items or ingredients on menu items shall be available and visible to consumers. Provided consumer advisory handout.
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Accumulation of black mold observed on the floor sink located near the ice machine. [CA] Frequently clean and sanitize nonfood contact surfaces to prevent accumulation of mold or other debris.
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
Are you Phin Cafe? Fix it
EarlierMar 3, 2025Routine inspection94 out of 100 (Green placard)
3 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (3)
Dish sink or dish machine not set up right
The department's words
K34 Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Lacking chemical test strips to measure quat sanitizer used at the three compartment sink. [CA] Means for adequately measuring the applicable sanitization method must be readily available (ex. Sanitizer test strips, thermal strips).
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
Wiping towels are used, reused, and stored on prep surfaces. [CA] Wiping towels shall be stored in sanitizing solution of an approved concentration when not in use (100 ppm - chlorine, 200 ppm - quaternary ammonium).
Plan review
The department's words
K48 Plan review
Waffles makers are observed added without prior approval and being used without ventilation hood. [CA] Heat-producing or cooking equipment shall be used under a ventilation hood unless a hood exemption has been approved by this department's Plan Check. Equipment shall be submitted to Plan Check for review and approval. Espresso machine has been installed and facility is still in the process of submitting the additional equipment to Plan Check. Operator has been in contact with Plan Check and working on revisions. Failure to comply with Plan Check requirements for equipments may result in enforcement action such as the impound of equipment.
EarlierFeb 4, 2025Routine inspectionGreen placard
No violations listed in the data.
EarlierOct 9, 2024Routine inspection98 out of 100 (Green placard)
1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (1)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Drain lines from the soda machine extends into the floor sink. [CA] Provide a minimum of a 1 inch air gap between the end of drain lines from equipment and the rim of the floor sink to protect equipment from back flow contamination.
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
As a customer of Phin Cafe, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hot food below 135°F Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning 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
- 87 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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