Day after Brighton taco place is closed for possible salmonella outbreak, its West Roxbury outlet is also shut, for general grossness

Update, 5/30: Restaurant allowed to re-open.

A city health inspector yesterday shut Los Amigos, 1741 Centre St. in West Roxbury, for a variety of violations, including hot foods not being kept hot enough, cold items not being kept cold enough, employees not following basic sanitary practices and rodent droppings.

The shutdown comes one day after ISD shut the Los Amigos in Brighton Center as part of an investigation into a possible salmonella outbreak linked to its food.

In West Roxbury, the most serious violations - any one of which would merit closing the restaurant - include:

• Only one employee properly washed hands between tasks. Another rinsed hands at the prep sink. A third employee used a gloved hand to wipe the cutting board. Retrain staff on when to wash and the proper use of gloves.
• Chopped lettuce 45F-48F Guacamole 43F-46F, Pico de Gallo 44F-47F Salsa 43F. Foods removed from service. Hold cold at or below 41F.
• Multiple foods held below 135F, Spicy Chicken 117F-123F, Spicy Beef 123F, Chicken 124F Plantains 126F. Spicy chicken held less than two hours reheated. All other foods removed from service.
• Prep sink without indirect waste. Garbage disposal attached to unit. Provide proper plumbing to prevent backflow contamination.

Other violations include:

• Persons in charge not monitoring food temperatures for cooking, holding, and cooling. Other duties not demonstrated as evidence of priority, priority foundation risk factors.
• Salsa verde improperly cooling in deep container. Instructed to use proper cooling methods, shallow pans, ice.
• Salsa not date marked. Provide (reviewed foods held 24 hours or more must be dated.
• Multiple rodent droppings on pineapple cans, bag of pinto beans, beverage single use holders, on storage tables an floor. Provide a detailed pest control report. Remove foods contaminated by droppings. Clean and sanitize surfaces after cleaning of rodent droppings in all basement areas.

The West Roxbury outlet can re-open once it passes a new inspection.

Complete list of problems found.