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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
30point violations
13 problems found · 4 marked critical · Routine county inspection · May 21, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most sit-down restaurants here got 14 to 49 point violations. Dennys 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 Dennys?
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: Preventing Contamination from Hands 4.3.21*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning 4.4.82*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Backflow Prevention Device-Design Standard 4.5.16*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 Dennys' team
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Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Preventing Contamination from HandsThe county found: “A food handler touched ready-to-eat food with bare hands.”
Then the next one: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 10 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
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
LatestMay 21, 2026Routine inspection30 points
This one: 30 points, inspected May 21, 2026.
13 violations listed, 4 marked critical.
Critical (4)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Preventing Contamination from Hands
The department's words
4.3.21* Preventing Contamination from Hands
A food handler touched ready-to-eat food with bare hands.
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
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
The soda nozzles are dirty.
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
Backflow Prevention Device-Design Standard
The department's words
4.5.16* Backflow Prevention Device-Design Standard
A shutoff valve is installed downstream from the atmospheric vacuum breaker on the mop sink.
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
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 (5)
Food Handler Training
The department's words
4.1.3 Food Handler Training
Not all food employees have a current food handler card. (Proof of training for all employees must be submitted to the Food Protection Bureau within 7 days.)
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
4.4.101 Equipment and Utensils-Air-Drying Required
Food equipment is not being air dried before being nested together.
Food Code 4-901.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Are you Dennys? Fix it
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
4.4.85 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces-Cleaning
Reach-in cooler gaskets are dirty. Exterior surfaces of cooking equipment are dirty.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 4-602.13 · R392-100
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 Dennys? Fix it
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Areas of the floor are missing grout. There are damaged tiles near the dish counter.
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
Are you Dennys? Fix it
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
Floor sinks are dirty. The floor is dirty in various areas. Walls are dirty in various areas.
Cited 3 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
Are you Dennys? Fix it
EarlierSep 22, 2025Routine inspection29 points
12 violations listed, 4 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJan 8, 2025Routine inspection12 points
8 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 28, 2024Routine inspection22 points
10 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierAug 3, 2023Routine inspection12 points
11 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 7, 2023Routine inspection48 points
16 violations listed, 7 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJul 21, 2022Routine inspection16 points
12 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJun 10, 2021Routine inspection28 points
11 violations listed, 4 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJan 29, 2020Routine inspection14 points
7 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierJul 16, 2019Routine inspection19 points
9 violations listed, 2 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 Dennys, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- 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
- 30 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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