Sonic Drive-In

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HEALTH RISK!!

AVOID THIS SONIC LOCATION.

This COULD BE the WORST Sonic Drive-In location in Mesquite, Texas!!!

Also the police have been to this location 30 (THIRTY) times in 18 MONTHS!!!

Read and see if YOU feel SAFE taking YOUR FAMILY to THIS SONIC location!



Through the Open Records Act, I obtained the latest Health Inspections of this Sonic Drive-In at 3025 N. Galloway Ave., in Mesquite, TX. Thank you to Jaclynn "Jackie" Whited for giving me the manager's FULL NAME before. Manager is Carl Braucht.



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Click link to see the DOCUMENTS for proof!!



Their LATEST health inspection on April 22, 2014, they had to CONDEMN 16 pounds of food as UNSAFE, due to "severely dented cans". In the notes, the health inspector wrote "READY-TO-EAT FOODS HANDLED WITH BARE HANDS AND EMPLOYEE DID NOT PROPERLY WASH HANDS BEFORE HANDLING". This is NASTY!! How many people ate bad food BEFORE they were FORCED to destroy it?? In the SAME inspection, they had "NO HOT WATER AT HANDSINK" and "FOOD DEBRIS ADHERING TO CLEAN UTENSILS". You want to take your family to THIS Sonic Drive-In and RISK getting sick? Your children??



This is NOT an isolated health issue!!!



The inspection BEFORE this, on January 21, 2014, this Sonic had "EMPLOYEE WASHING HANDS FOR LESS THAN 20 SECONDS" and the inspector made a note "FOOD EMPLOYEES OBSERVED NOT WASHING HANDS". This is a pattern of UNSAFE FOOD HANDLING and you, the public, is eating at THIS Sonic. Also, noted on this inspection, "DRINKING IN THE FOOD PREP AREA - FOODS FROM UNAPPROVED SOURCES/UNSOUND CONDITION". It even states "MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN WARNED THAT A CITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON THE NEXT VIOLATION."



Here is what is VERY NASTY!! On inspection dated 01/21/2014, 10/17/2013, 08/08/2013, 05/08/2013, 02/19/2013, food was put in the walk-in cooler "NOT DATE MARKED/TIME STAMPED IN WALK-IN COOLER"!!!!! That food could have been OUTDATED and served to YOUR FAMILY!!!



Grossed out yet???



The "FOOD DEBRIS ADHERING TO 'CLEAN' UTENSILS" means that THIS Sonic is NOT WASHING the utensils properly and using them to serve your food with possible BACTERIA on the utensils!! And they are NOT WASHING hands?!?! This is a DISGUSTING Sonic!!!



Also, employees are REQUIRED to have 'Food Handlers Cards', HOWEVER, we found that some employees there DO NOT!! Carhops Jackie Whited, Rachael Harwell (on roller skates) and Tonya were NOT ON THE LIST as having the Food Handlers Cards. Do you want JACKIE, RACHAEL or TONYA handling your food to YOUR FAMILY?? You TIP these carhops??



The manager, Carl Braucht, is MORE CONCERNED about PROFITS and keeping longtime employees while SACRIFICING YOUR FAMILY'S HEALTH AND SAFETY!! AVOID THIS SONIC! AVOID JACKIE, RACHAEL AND TONYA. ASK FOR A DIFFERENT CARHOP, IF YOU MUST EAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD HERE!!



INSPECTION: 04/22/2014

SCORE: 90 / FOOD CONDEMNED: 16 lbs.

MANAGER: CARL BRAUCHT

----- Severely dented cans. Voluntarily discarded approx. 16 lbs. of can goods. Ready-to-eat foods handled with bare hands and employee did not properly wash hands before handling. (Action: Voluntary destruction).

----- No HOT WATER at handsink.

----- FOOD DEBRIS ADHERING TO CLEAN UTENSILS.



This is ALL public information that can be obtained through the City of Mesquite Health Division.



Sonic Drive-In

3025 N. Galloway Ave., Mesquite, TX

Manager: CARL BRAUCHT

(972) 682-9479

Sonic Customer Service --- (866) 657-6642