Plaza Azteca in Robinson was hit with a consumer alert by the Allegheny County Health Department for multiple food safety violations.
Some of the problems included unsafe thawing of vacuum-packaged fish, plus numerous foods held at unsafe temperatures including cooked and raw beef, chicken, pork, shrimp and fish in both the walk-in cooler and drawer cooler under the griddle.
The restaurant also was cited for lack of a probe-type thermometer and cooling charts.
“The certified food protection manager on duty has not maintained safe and responsible food handling procedures,” a county inspector wrote in an inspection report dated Jan. 4.
The manager of the restaurant, Luias Hernandez, said Friday that the unsafe foods were discarded and the refrigerators have been fixed.
The inspection report for Plaza Azteca and other food facilities in Allegheny County are available at eapps.alleghenycounty.us/restaurant/.
Patricia Sabatini
Patricia is a business reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but she's currently on strike. Email her at psabatini@unionprogress.com.