UPDATE: This restaurant was re-inspected Friday and received a 98/B.
The report noted two violations: “equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner” and “wrong tile used to repair hole in ceiling.”
ORIGINAL (published March 23): A Chinese restaurant has voluntarily closed after failing its third health inspection in less than a year, with officials noting trash floating in a pitcher of water.
Chinese Buddha, located in Midtown, scored a 39/U following the Wednesday evaluation; 69 and below is considered failing. It also failed in June and November 2016.
According to this week’s report, there was cooked chicken in a container with no lid inside a walk-in cooler. Larger containers of cleaned lettuce were also stored without lids.
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Officials also reported observing an employee eating in the kitchen and employees not washing their hands after touching dirty equipment handles. Inspectors also noted dented cans and a food-encrusted vegetable slicer placed in a storage closet.
Calls to the restaurant were not answered Thursday.
The restaurant may reopen after receiving a passing score from the health department.
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