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Dirty Dining: Quimera

By Courtny Gerrish

MILWAUKEE - A Puerto Rican restaurant in Walker's Point is written up by health inspectors for violations in the kitchen. Quimera on 6th and National. A cooler in the kitchen was not keeping food cold enough. Owner Olga Ramirez told me it's been fixed. Inspectors also found a gallon of orange juice stored in the drink ice at the bar. Apparently a waitress left it there by mistake. There was no soap at the bar hand sink. Employees were using hand sanitizer. Open beverages were on prep surfaces in the kitchen, and rice and garlic in oil was sitting out at room temperature. Something that could make customers sick. Also, clean dishes were being stored on the kitchen floor. Ramirez claims that's not true. She told me those dishes are kept on a shelf under a table. Ramirez says everything's been cleaned up, and she's just waiting for the re inspection.