At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
37point violations
11 problems found · 5 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Sep 8, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most sit-down restaurants here got 14 to 49 point violations. Cafe Niche got about the same as most.
Compared with 1,218 Salt Lake County sit-down restaurants. Each restaurant's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Cafe Niche?
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: Food Contact Surfaces 4.4.15**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right 4.4.76*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning 4.4.82*How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
We review Salt Lake County health data to make this report. We are not the Salt Lake County Health Department.
Visit them directly at saltlakecounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Cafe Niche's team
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Food Contact SurfacesThe county found: “Spatulas are melted on handles and have cracks in them.”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 2-301.15.
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Clean first, then sanitize
From Food Code 4-603.16
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 5 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.
Every visit
LatestSep 8, 2025Routine inspection37 points
This one: 37 points, inspected Sep 8, 2025.
11 violations listed, 7 marked critical.
Critical (5)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Food Contact Surfaces
The department's words
4.4.15** Food Contact Surfaces
Spatulas are melted on handles and have cracks in them.
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 Salt Lake County Health Department
Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right
The department's words
4.4.76* Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Chemical Sanitization, Temperature, pH, Concentration and Hardness
There is no measurable sanitizer in the wiping cloth container. Sanitizer coming out of the dispenser is weak.
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 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
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
4 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
Under cooling unit in walk in cooler are unclean to sight and touch. The interior of the ice machine is unclean. The interior of the ice bin is dirty. By soda fountain
Cited 3 times
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 Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
Hand sink in front is being used as a dump sink.
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 · R392-100
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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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Hand Drying Provision
The department's words
4.6.25** Hand Drying Provision
There is no hand drying provision at the hand sink.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Non-critical (3)
Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
The department's words
4.3.24 Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. White powders and liquid bottles.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.1 Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas
Various ceiling surfaces are not smooth, durable, easily cleanable and non-absorbent. Above coffee bar ceiling was removed. Open rafters and exposed ducting. Various floor surfaces are not smooth, durable, easily cleanable and non-absorbent. Flooring in front bar area is no longer sealed.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
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
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
The ceiling is dirty in various areas. Above coffee are, dusty in rafters and cabling.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
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 Cafe Niche? Fix it
EarlierNov 21, 2024Routine inspection9 points
9 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierAug 16, 2023Routine inspection25 points
14 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJan 17, 2023Follow-up inspectionRe-checked earlier items
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.
EarlierOct 24, 2022Routine inspection40 points
17 violations listed, 7 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department. 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 Cafe Niche, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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About this record
Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.
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.
Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.
- Listed as
- Restaurants: plated
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 37 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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