CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries, and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year.
According to the department, “There are three types of violations: priority, priority foundation and core.”
While the department of health is looking for deficiencies, the organization’s main goal is to educate businesses, helping them understand unsafe practices and ways to correct them.
According to the program manager for Environmental Health in Natrona County, “There is no sliding scale or a pass or failing of a health inspection.” Every violation is either fixed immediately or within 10 days, meaning that a violation does not make the business unsafe.
If a re-inspection is required, the issue might have been more severe or the facility required more time to fix it. They have 10 days to fix the issue, and according to Heald most facilities can easily meet the requirement.
Any serious violations or notable quotes will be included in summary notes below, but the full report for each restaurant can be found at the department’s website, where it publishes all of its current information.
Sept. 25, 2023
Frosty’s Lounge
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Gloves added in alternate locations in kitchen area. New cooling unit purchased. Keg cooler is waiting on parts.”
Moonlight Liquors
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Sept. 26, 2023
71 SE Wyoming Blvd, DBA The Horse Palace
Violations: 4 (2 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Cutting boards are scored to where they are no longer easily cleanable.”
Bayou Liquors Inc.
Violations: 4 (2 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Reminder to write the common name on spray bottles and as they fade, rewrite the name.”
Ed’s
Violations: 1 (corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “See folder for signed report.”
El Burro Loco @ Ford Wyoming Center
Violations: 4 (2 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “The facility is using ice chests for hot and cold holding, which are not keeping food at the correct temperatures. These are not allowed for events lasting longer than 4 hours.”
Express Solutions
Violations: 8 (1 priority)
Re-inspection Required: Yes
Link to full report
Comments: “The sanitizer concentration at the 3C sink is non-detectable.”
Pizza Hut Events/CY
Violations: 4 (1 priority)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Pizzas on the bottom shelf of the cooler were above 45F.”
Salvation Army (Sally’s Kitchen)
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “There are no test strips for checking the quat concentration. The test strips for checking the dish machine are almost gone.”
Sept. 27, 2023
HQ Southern BBQ
Violations: 3 (1 priority, 2 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Back door has a vertical gap at the bottom where insects and rodents could enter.”
HQ Southern BBQ Mobile
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Completed a dry inspection as they did not go out this year.”
Sept. 28, 2023
La Quinta Inn Food Service
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “All violations have been corrected.”
Natrona County Detention Center
Violations: 3 (1 priority, 3 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Overall very neat, clean and organized facility.”
Quality Inn Food Service
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Starbucks Coffee 2nd Street #9619
Violations: 5
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.”
Super 8 East Breakfast Bar
Violations: 6
Re-inspection Required: Yes
Link to full report
Comments: “Dump crumbs out of toaster more frequently. Plumbing in rest rooms must be repaired to get hot water, flow increased and a new faucet in the men’s room that water comes out into the middle of the basin.”
Sept. 29, 2023
Pineview Elementary School
Violations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Chlorine concentration in the sanitizing bucket was low.”
