Food Service Inspections

Facility: PHILLIPS AVE DINER

Violations for last two inspections (if any), click on each violation for a description on how that violation impacts public health:

Inspection Date: 10/2/2025
Total Score:95

2 points: CONTAMINATION FROM WIPING CLOTHS

Wiping cloths noted laying on counter in the food prep areas.

1 points: FLOORS WALLS CEILINGS

Floors and walls under and around inplace equipment and areas of moisture noted in need of cleaning.

1 points: NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES - DESIGN

Reachin cooler door gaskets and spatula handles (melted) noted not in good repair.

1 points: NON FOOD CONTACT SURFACES - CLEAN

Reachin cooler/freezer interiors and exteriors wire storage shelves top of dish machine and other eguipment exteriors noted in need of cleaning.

Inspection Date: 5/16/2025
Total Score:88

Critical Violations

5 points: EMPLOYEE HYGIENE

Employee noted handling food contact items with contaminated hands. Observed employee handle clean utensils with soiled hands.

3 points: CONTAMINATION BY EMPLOYEES

Bare hand contact with ready to eat food noted not being avoided. Observed employee scooping ice with a beverage cup not using a ice scoop with a handle.

Non-Critical Violations

2 points: FOOD CONTACT SURFACES - DESIGN

Food equipment noted not in good repair. Observed cutting boards with deep groves and gouges and food strainers with torn mesh and dents that make cleaning difficult.

2 points: CONTAMINATION FROM WIPING CLOTHS

Wiping cloths noted not stored in adequate sanitizing solution. Sanitizing solution is not mixing properly.

City of Sioux Falls, SD

Health Department

Facility: PHILLIPS AVE DINER