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 reinspection 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.
April 22, 2024
Cottonwood Elementary School
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Woods Learning Center
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Alter or replace the hood system to prevent grease or condensation from draining or dripping onto food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, and single-use articles.”
April 23, 2024
HQ Southern BBQ
Violations: 4 (1 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints, in this case, beard nets.”
April 24, 2024
Outback Steakhouse
Violations: 5 (2 priority, 1 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “There is a small amount of slime forming on the metal plate in the top half of the ice machine.”
April 25, 2024
Hideaway Bar
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Natrona County Detention Center
Violations: 7 (4 priority, 5 corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Some walls, floors and areas of ceilings have debris.”
April 26, 2024
Salvation Army (Sally’s Kitchen)
Violations: 1 (priority, corrected during inspection)
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report
Comments: “Keep all food covered when not in use. The inside of the microwave needs cleaned.”
