The Summer House is dealing with brand-new sanctions after the Health Department found dog feces in its business kitchen area throughout a follow-up examination late last month.
The unpleasant finding comes simply weeks after the popular hotel and restaurant in Sconset was closed down by the town one day prior to it was scheduled to open for the season for stopping working assessments performed by town departments. The Nantucket Fire Department’s fire avoidance officer Kevin Ramos concluded that the property remained in “imminent danger.”
After all that, the Health Department’s primary ecological health officer John Hedden went back to The Summer House on June 22 for an unscheduled examination and discovered the dog feces on the flooring of the business’s business kitchen area.
“In my entire profession, this is the very first time I’ve discovered animal feces in a business kitchen area,” Santamaria said. “They’re simply revealing us they’re not following the guidelines we’ve inquired to follow.”
Santamaria included that The Summer House has actually stopped working to offer a description for how the dog feces got in the establishment’s kitchen area.
“Nobody has actually taken duty,” Santamaria said.
The discovery of dog feces and other freshly found problems – such as a needed mop sink that was eliminated and standing water in a drain behind the building – integrated with all the previous infractions triggered the Health Department to issue a notice of non-renewal for The Summer House’s food allows.
“That indicates we’re just not going to renew it,” Santamaria said. “They need to go back to square one like a brand-new restaurant.”
The Summer House has appealed the notification of non-renewal, and the matter will be heard by the Nantucket Board of Health at a special meeting this Thursday at noon.
Danielle deBenedictis, the owner of The Summer House, provided the following declaration in reaction to a query from the Current about the Health Department’s enforcement action and the dog feces discovered in the kitchen area:
“The unscheduled see by the Health Department took place at a building and construction website and non-operational restaurant website,” deBenedictis specified. “The kitchen area was non-functional without any cooking or workers. Therefore It is difficult to have a health code offense on a non-operating kitchen area in a closed restaurant. I wish to thank the members of the town building department and Inspection services who have actually been dealing with our professionals to guarantee that all remains in certified with every code so we can open as quickly as possible. Our primary objective is to unlock to the homeowners and summer season visitors who pertain to Nantucket to enjoy this historic and cherished property that produces long-lasting memories for numerous. We want to interact and strive to continue this custom.
deBenedictis has actually remained in the news just recently as a main figure in the continuous legend of the proposed clam shack restaurant on Straight Wharf, as she represents billionaire Charles Johnson in his opposition to the 62-seat restaurant next door to property he owns on Old North Wharf. She has actually argued on behalf of Johnson that the clam shack was not correctly allowed.
The June 27 notification of non-renewal to The Summer House defines 6 particular restaurant infractions and another 4 infractions at The Summer House restaurant.
These declared infractions consist of:
- loose tobacco and rolling of cigarettes in the kitchen area food storage location
- harmful and harmful products kept with food
- pipes and gas work done without authorizations
- dog feces discovered on the flooring in the kitchen area
- dog feces discovered in the kitchen area is proof of animals not being forbidden from being allowed the food establishment
- many repeat infractions for many years for inappropriate food storage, consisting of grocery store on the flooring, raw meats kept above veggies, and grocery store beside harmful and harmful products
- backup of sewage behind the building leading to a pond of raw sewage
- extreme garbage, absence of deep cleansing of kitchen area, extreme swimming pool, and paint liquids observed behind Bistro.
“Due to these infractions,” Hedden composed, “the Nantucket Health Department has actually figured out that releasing food establishment allows to your facilities presents a danger to public health and safety.”
