If you live in Cattaraugus County and you plan on dining out, you definitely need to check out this list. These 8 restaurants had health inspection violations in September.

According to StateFoodSafety.com, food inspectors look for things like food temperatures, refrigerator and freezer unit temperatures, running water, proper utensils used in food preparation, proper food storage, and employee hygiene.

Each of these restaurants had at least one health inspection violation, while some had critical violations.

These 8 Cattaraugus County restaurants had either critical violations or multiple violations in September of 2023:

CUPCAKED BAKERY
24 MONROE STREET, ELLICOTTVILLE

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Item 8E- Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures.

MARQUEE BREWING
12 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PORTVILLE

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Item 6A- Critical Violation [RED] Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140°F during hot holding.

COLDSPRING VOLUNTEER FIRE CO.
2603 ROUTE 394, STEAMBURG

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Item 14A- Insects, rodents present.
Item 14B- Effective measures not used to control entrance (rodent-, insect-proof contruction). Harborage areas available for rodents, insects and other vermin.
Item 16- Miscellaneous, Economic Violation, Choking Poster, Training.

HIDE-A-WAY RESTAURANT
2597 ROUTE 394, STEAMBURG

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Item 5B- Critical Violation [RED] Potentially hazardous foods are not cooled by an approved method where the food temperature can be reduced from 120oF to 70oF or less within two hours and 70oF to 45oF within four hours.
Item 10B- Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish).
Item 11B- Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions.
Item 16- Miscellaneous, Economic Violation, Choking Poster, Training.

LINWOOD CENTER
3799 SOUTH NINE MILE ROAD, ALLEGANY

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Item 8E- Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures.

TWIST & SCOOPS
4343 SOUTH WHELAN ROAD, GREAT VALLEY

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Item 14B- Effective measures not used to control entrance (rodent-, insect-proof contruction). Harborage areas available for rodents, insects and other vermin.

ST. BONAVENTURE HICKEY HALL
3261 WEST STATE STREET, ST. BONAVENTURE

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Item 6A- Critical Violation [RED] Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140°F during hot holding.
Item 8A- Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked).
Item 11B- Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions.
Item 15A- Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces.

ALLEGANY MOUNTAIN RESORT
6994 PLATO ROAD, EAST OTTO

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Item 5A- Critical Violation [RED] Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45°F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38°F during cold holding.

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