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What happened?
96point violations
38 problems found · 9 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Aug 13, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most sit-down restaurants here got 14 to 49 point violations. Roots Cafe got more than most.
Compared with 1,218 Salt Lake County sit-down restaurants. Each restaurant's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Roots 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: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Compliance with Food Law 4.3.2*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Cold food above 41°F 4.3.59*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
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Next: Eating or drinking in a food areaThe county found: “Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.”
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 3-304.12, Food Code 3-305.11.
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Clothes, eating and drinking
From Food Code 2-304.11
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 10 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (2 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
LatestAug 13, 2026Routine inspection96 points
This one: 96 points, inspected Aug 13, 2026.
38 violations listed, 13 marked critical.
Critical (9)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco
Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Compliance with Food Law
The department's words
4.3.2* Compliance with Food Law
Pastries being sold in the facility are being prepared in a private residence.
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
4.3.59* Cold Holding
Pasta salad is being held at 45°F in make table. Buttermilk mixture is being held at 50°F on a counter. Cooked potatoes are being held out of temperature control at 56°F on a counter.
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.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(2) · R392-100
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)
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Hot and cold holding
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.1* Characteristics - Multi-use
Food is being stored in non-food grade containers.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
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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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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
The department's words
4.4.72** Mechanical Warewashing Equipment-Wash Solution Temperature
Wash solution temperature in the chemical sanitizing dish machine does not reach at least 120°F (maximum is 110 degrees F).
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
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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
The canopener is unclean to sight and touch. The interior of the ice machine is unclean. Interior surfaces of the ventilation hood are unclean.
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
Backflow Prevention
The department's words
4.5.47* Backflow Prevention
The 3 compartment sink and front dump sink is not indirectly drained.
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
Restriction and Storage
The department's words
4.7.16* Restriction and Storage
Medicines belonging to employees are not stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, and utensils.
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
Storage-Separation-Poisonous or Toxic Materials
The department's words
4.7.3* Storage-Separation-Poisonous or Toxic Materials
Pipe cement stored above food prep area.
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.
Non-critical (17)
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.
The department's words
4.3.31 In-Use Utensils - Between-Use Storage
In-use knives are stored in an unclean location between pieces of equipment.
Food Code 3-304.12 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Serving utensils
- A separate utensil in every dish, with a handle long enough to stay out of the food.
- Between uses, rest it in one of six places: in the food with the handle up out of it; in a closed bin of dry food that is not TCS food; on a clean, sanitized spot; in running water (moist food like ice cream); in a clean, protected spot (a scoop for food that is not TCS food); or in water at 135°F or above. Never on the bare table, a towel or in another dish.
- Change it when dropped, used in another dish, or touched at the food end, and at least every 4 hours.
From Food Code 3-304.12
Clean plates and no re-serving
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Buffets and self-service
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Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
4.3.37 Food Storage
Food is being stored on the floor. Food in the walk-in cooler is not covered to prevent contamination.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 3-305.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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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
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Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.11 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces
Non-food contact surfaces of equipment are made of unsealed wood.
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
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In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
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Drainboards
The department's words
4.4.53 Drainboards
Sinks lack sufficient drainboard space to accommodate all clean and dirty dishes.
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.61 Fixed Equipment-Spacing or Sealing
The hand sink is not sealed to the adjacent wall. The 3-compartment sink is not sealed to the adjacent wall. Vent hood is not sealed to the wall.
Cited 3 times
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
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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
4.4.63 Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Food containers are damaged. Knobs missing from soup warmers.
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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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
4.4.85 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces-Cleaning
Fan covers in the reach-in freezer, walk-in cooler are dirty. Shelves in the walk-in cooler are dirty. Portable fan covers are dirty. Tracks in milk cooler in coffee area and the interior of the reach in freezer in main kitchen are unclean.
Cited 4 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
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Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
The department's words
4.5.13 Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures (Non-critical)
A shutoff valve is installed downstream from the atmospheric vacuum breaker on the mop sink.
No backflow test on file
The department's words
4.5.30 System Maintained in Good Repair Non-critical
The 3-compartment sink faucet is leaking. The faucet is leaking on the food preparation sink.
Cited 2 times
Food Code 5-205.15 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
Backflow test on file
In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
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Employee Accomodations-Designated Areas
The department's words
4.6.37 Employee Accomodations-Designated Areas
Employee personal items on food service area.
Floors, Walls, and Ceilings-Utility Lines
The department's words
4.6.4 Floors, Walls, and Ceilings-Utility Lines
Utility lines are along the wall and ceiling above a clean equipment warewashing area.
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Various walls are damaged by three compartment sink /warewash area and behind the hand sink in the coffee 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
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.41 Cleaning-Frequency and Restrictions
Floor sink in front service area is dirty.
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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Hood filters need cleaning
The department's words
4.6.43 Cleaning Ventilation Systems-Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition
Ceiling air vents are dusty.
Food Code 6-501.14 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
Hood filters clean
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.5 Floor and Wall Junctures-Coved and Enclosed or Sealed
Not all floor/wall junctures are coved and sealed.
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 Roots Cafe? Fix it
EarlierJan 28, 2026Routine inspection23 points
16 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierDec 12, 2024Routine inspection57 points
21 violations listed, 9 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierAug 25, 2022Routine inspection35 points
16 violations listed, 5 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierOct 22, 2020Routine inspection25 points
10 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierOct 14, 2019Routine inspection21 points
14 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 27, 2019Routine inspection14 points
9 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierFeb 21, 2018Routine inspection15 points
5 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierDec 21, 2016Routine inspection15 points
5 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierMar 29, 2016Routine inspection9 points
4 violations listed, 1 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)
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- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Cold food above 41°F Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- In-use utensils stored wrong Read the free guide
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- 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
- No backflow test on file In CleanCleaver: Backflow device test
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Hood filters need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
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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
- 96 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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