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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
77/ 100 · 23 points taken off
5 problems found · 2 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Apr 14, 2026
At the routine inspection on Apr 14, 2026. The latest visit, on Apr 17, 2026, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Silver Creek Bbq 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 Silver Creek Bbq?
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- Marked critical: No hot or cold water at a sink K21How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right K14How to fixFix it
- Hand sink not ready to use K06How 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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Next: No hot or cold water at a sinkThe county found: “The maximum warm water temperature on the warewash and the handwash sink was measured at 85 oF. [CA] Raise the water…”
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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 · 4 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 1 follow-up).
Nice work, Silver Creek Bbq. At the follow-up three days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in three days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestApr 17, 2026Follow-up inspection
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
This one: a follow-up inspection on Apr 17, 2026. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Apr 14, 2026: 77 out of 100 (Yellow placard).
EarlierApr 14, 2026Routine inspection77 out of 100 (Yellow placard)
5 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
No hot or cold water at a sink
The department's words
K21 Hot and cold water available
The maximum warm water temperature on the warewash and the handwash sink was measured at 85 oF. [CA] Raise the water temperature on the handwash sink to 100 oF immediately. The manager raised the water temperature to 112 oF. However, it need to be raised all the way to 120 oF on the warewash sink (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 5-103.11
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In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
Hot and cold water at every sink
In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
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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
The sanitizer concentration on the bar's low temperature mechanical dishwasher that was used to wash the dishes was measured at zero ppm chlorine. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted using a low temperature mechanical dishwasher, there must be a 50-ppm residual chlorine level when the cycle completes. Until the mechanical dishwasher is fixed, please use the three manual compartments sink to wash, rinse, and sanitize the dishes with 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical. The person in charge refilled one sink of the warewash sink with lukewarm water and added bleach manually to create a 300-ppm lactic acid solution to sanitize the utensils washed in the mechanical dishwasher (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 4-602.11
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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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Not critical (3)
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
The handwash station located middle preparation area was blocked by utensils and equipment. [CA] Keep the handwash sink easily accessible for employees to wash hand whenever it is needed.
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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Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.
Food Code 4-901.11
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Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
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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
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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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EarlierJan 21, 2025Follow-up inspectionGreen placard
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Repeated violation: Drainpipes from the manual and mechanical dishwashers were immersed inside the funnel that was modified to provide an air gap. [CA] To prevent possible contamination from backup of sewage, please provide at least one inch air gap between the floor sink and the drainpipes.
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
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).
EarlierJan 14, 2025Routine inspection80 out of 100 (Yellow placard)
4 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
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 kitchen'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.
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
Repeated violation: The sanitizer concentration on the low temperature mechanical dishwasher that was used to wash the dishes was measured at zero ppm chlorine. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted using a low temperature mechanical dishwasher, there must be a 50-ppm residual chlorine level when the cycle completes. Until the mechanical dishwasher is fixed, please use the manual three compartments sink to wash, rinse, and sanitize the dishes with 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical. The person in charge refill one sink of the warewash sink with lukewarm water and added bleach manually to create a 100-ppm chlorine solution to sanitize the utensils washed in the mechanical dishwasher (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 (2)
No backflow test on file
The department's words
K41 Plumbing approved, installed, in good repair; proper backflow devices
Repeated violation: Drainpipes from the manual and mechanical dishwashers were immersed inside the funnel that was modified to provide an air gap. [CA] To prevent possible contamination from backup of sewage, please provide at least one inch air gap between the floor sink and the drainpipes.
Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer
The department's words
K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
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). There was very low sanitizer concentration on one of the sanitizer buckets. [CA] Maintain the sanitizer concentration on the sanitizer buckets at 200 ppm quaternary ammonia. 100 ppm chlorine (bleach), 272 ppm -700 ppm lactic acid levels.
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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- No hot or cold water at a sink In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Wiping cloths left out of sanitizer 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
- Follow-up inspection
- Result
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
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