By: Don Shaw email: don.shaw@pennsylvaniachronicle.com
Pittsburgh, PA
Silvionis Casa Di Pasta
2125 Babcock Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
The Allegheny County Health Department conducted an unannounced retail food inspection on 1/14/2021. During this inspection a total of 6 violations were found.
The inspector made the following comments in support of the violations found during the inspection:
- Several clear containers near the end of the dry storage rack outside of the walk-in freezer contain unlabeled bulk ingredients.
- Lack of cooling charts for the various types of pasta cooked within the restaurant. The described cooling method is satisfactory. Application for standardized cooling procedure discussed.
- Lack of thermometer in the chef’s drawers next to the sandwich preparation unit
- Lack of thermometer in the Beverage Air cooler at the bar containing dairy creamer
- Employee observed with bare hand contact on bread for a sandwich. Bread was discarded upon the inspector’s request.
- Lack of test strips for the QAC sanitizer used at the bar.
- Mold-like substance growing on the walls of the beer walk-in cooler
- Lids of insert pans observed in storage in a bus pan on the ground near the back of the kitchen
- Raw chicken in a bus pan observed in storage on the ground of the walk-in freezer.
This story was edited as it originally stated the inspection was completed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture not the Allegheny County Health Department.

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