Berks County restaurant inspections, Sept. 27, 2025

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For a full listing of this week’s Berks County restaurant inspections, click here.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

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American Diner, 411 Penn Ave. West Reading, September 19. Pass. Condenser fan cover in the walk-in cooler has an accumulation of dust. A food employee was observed touching toast – a ready to eat food – with bare hands. Corrected.

Brecknock Elementary School, 1332 Alleghenyville Rd. Knauers, September 19. Pass. Multiple food items, refrigerated, ready to eat time temperature control for safety food in the double door refrigerator area, was date-marked by the facility, but was beyond the 7-day use or sell by date and requires discarding. Corrected. Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time/temperature control for safety food, located in the double door refrigerator, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened. Corrected. Can opener, a food contact surface, was observed to have food residue and was not clean to sight and touch.

Brooklyn Place, 101 Fifth Ave. West Reading, Follow-up, September 19. Pass. Food facility has an employee that has taken food safety training program; however, the food safety program was not an ANSI/CFP accredited Certified Food Manager program. Observed several food items stored directly on the floor in the side storage room, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Food facility has test strips to monitor chlorine-based sanitizer, but does not have the correct type of sanitizer test strips to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration at the 3-compartment sink when using the sanitizer tablets.

Crooked Hen, 2233 Lancaster Pike, Shillington, September 19. Pass. Multiple foods, refrigerated, ready to eat time temperature control for safety foods in the Bain Maries and walk-in cooler area, were date-marked by the facility, but were beyond the 7 day use or sell by date and requires discarding. Corrected. Refrigerated ready to eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in multiple refrigerators, is not being date marked. Corrected. Multiple foods were held at 44 degrees F, in the small refrigerator by slicer, rather than 41 degrees F or below as required. Corrected.

Dollar General #370283, 1920 Kutztown Rd. Reading, September 19. Pass. No violations.

Domino’s 4749, 3801 Perkiomen Ave. Reading, Complaint, September 19. Pass. No violations.

Heritage Center Snack Bar, Red Bridge Rd. Reading, September 19. Pass. No violations.

Protruck Supply Inc., 3695 Mountain Rd. Shartlesville, Change of Owner, September 19. Pass. No violations.

For a full listing of this week’s Berks County restaurant inspections, click here.