“We’re really excited to be re-opening,” said Michael Gorman, Steak ‘n Shake’s Cincinnati division president. “We’re prepping today to open at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning.
On Thursday, Gorman said the Middletown Steak ‘n Shake “will be the cleanest restaurant in Ohio.”
In addition to the inspection and submitting documentation of other issues, the restaurant’s 20 to 30 employees were required to complete Level 1 Food Safety Training certification.
After the training certifications were submitted, a city sanitarian inspected the corporate-owned restaurant on Friday morning. However, Phillips said there will be a follow-up inspection at a later date to ensure there are no sanitation/health issues.
The Middletown City Board of Health issued the two-week suspension following an April 9 appeal hearing. That hearing followed two previous pre-administrative hearings due to multiple failed inspections at the restaurant at 3170 Towne Blvd. Between July 2017 and March 2019, there were 21 inspections and a total of 296 violations with 36 listed as critical violations and the other 260 violations were non-critical.
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The food service license suspension remained in effect until all requirements were completed, according to the city Board of Health.
The Middletown Health Department oversees the inspections of more than 250 restaurants in the city.
The 621-unit Steak ‘n Shake chain operates 12 restaurants in Butler, Warren, Hamilton and Clermont counties. Ten of them were temporarily closed in late March while locations in Hamilton and West Chester were closed in late January.
The Indianapolis-based chain also operates nine restaurants in the Dayton-Springfield area.
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