Uptown Tikka Shack location racks up 16 violations in restaurant inspection
An uptown Charlotte restaurant received a “B” grade from the Mecklenburg County Health Department for 16 health violations, including undercooked food and dirty dishes.
Tikka Shack Indian Grub, 400 S. Tryon St., received a score of 85.5 during its April 4 inspection.
Health department inspectors cited the restaurant after noticing “several pieces” of chicken cooked “below the critical limit of 165 degrees,” documents show. The restaurant was also written up when dishes were found “stacked and stored as clean with food debris on them.”
Other violations the restaurant was cited for include:
Employee filling a pitcher with water at hand washing sink
Raw chicken stored over lamb in a walk-in cooler
Cooked rice sitting on a counter for more than two hours
Wet containers stacked as clean
Damaged gasket in protein walk-in cooler
Dust build-up on shelves in walk-in cooler
This is the restaurant’s first “B” grade.
According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70 percent.
The restaurant will be inspected again within the next 14 days, an employee told The Charlotte Observer.
This story was originally published May 4, 2023 at 2:48 PM.
