At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
19point violations
12 problems found · 2 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Nov 10, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most coffee shops here got 5 to 18 point violations. Higher Ground Coffee got more than most.
Compared with 183 Salt Lake County coffee shops. Each shop's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Higher Ground Coffee?
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: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning 4.4.82*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Hand sink not ready to use 4.5.26**How to fixFix it
- Food Handler Training 4.1.3How 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 Higher Ground Coffee's team
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This is my place: claim Higher Ground CoffeeWe'll help you get every item done. You don't have to do it alone.
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Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-CleaningThe county found: “The interior of the ice machine is unclean.”
Then the next one: Hand sink not ready to use
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.15, 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
Logged
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 4 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer point violations than last time (36 → 19). That takes a team.
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
LatestNov 10, 2025Routine inspection19 points
This one: 19 points, inspected Nov 10, 2025.
12 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
Critical (2)
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 interior of the ice machine is unclean.
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
Milk carton containers are being stored in the hand sink.
Corrected during the inspection
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
4 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Handwashing
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Non-critical (9)
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.)
Restraining Pressurized Containers
The department's words
4.4.49 Restraining Pressurized Containers
Pressurized cylinders are not secured.
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.63 Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Gaskets are damaged on a refrigerator unit.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.64 Cutting Surfaces
Cutting boards are scratched and scored and no longer easily cleanable.
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Are you Higher Ground Coffee? Fix it
Cooking and Baking Equipment
The department's words
4.4.84 Cooking and Baking Equipment
The interior of the toaster over is unclean and has an accumulation of debris.
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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
4.4.85 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces-Cleaning
Reach-in cooler handles are dirty.
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
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Pests inside, or a way in for them
The department's words
4.6.15 Outer Openings-Protected
The back door (near the dry food storage) has large gaps in frame and is not completely sealed.
Food Code 6-501.111 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
The wall is dirty near the espresso machine/hand sink area.
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 Higher Ground Coffee? Fix it
Drying Mops
The department's words
4.6.45 Drying Mops
The mop is not hung to air dry.
EarlierFeb 20, 2024Follow-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.
EarlierFeb 15, 2024Routine inspection36 points
16 violations listed, 4 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierOct 14, 2021Routine inspection21 points
9 violations listed, 3 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 Higher Ground Coffee, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Pests inside, or a way in for them Read the free guide
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
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Address thisAbout 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
- Beverage Service: Coffee
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 19 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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