Joy Buffet, 4780 E. Grant Road - photo from Google earth

In June:

History: This was the restaurant’s first routine inspection.

What the inspector saw: Eight critical violations, including foods kept at unsafe temps, an employee slicing lemons with bare hands, improper food storage, seashells being used to serve meat products, inconsistent date marking, and raw sushi fish served without a consumer advisory posted.

Follow-up: The restaurant passed a July 1 reinspection.

Response: Jenny Lu, a Joy Buffet manager, said the violations have been corrected and that the inspector β€œsat down with me personally, and he taught me how to do everything.” 


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