NYS Department of Health

Desiree's Little Italy

Inspection of December 12, 2025 reports 21 violations.

NYSDOH inspection records are snapshots in time, may not immediately reflect remediation, and were not collected or endorsed as a restaurant grading system. This item reports violations found; it does not label the establishment as passed or failed.

Inspected

December 12, 2025

Address

900 State Street, Ogdensburg, 13669

County

St. Lawrence County

Inspection type

Inspection

Health department

Canton District Office

What the inspector recorded

• Item 10A

  Food (ice) contact surfaces are improperly designed, constructed, installed, located (cracks, open seams, pitted surfaces, tin cans reused, uncleanable or corroded food contact surfaces)

• 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 11A

  Manual facilities inadequate, technique incorrect; mechanical facilities not operated in accordance with manufacturer's instructions

• Item 11C

  Food contact surfaces not washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any time of operations when contamination may have occurred

• Item 11D

  Non food contact surfaces of equipment not clean

• Item 12C

  Plumbing and sinks not properly sized, installed, maintained; equipment and floors not properly drained

• Item 12E

  Handwashing facilities inaccessible, improperly located, dirty, in disrepair, improper fixtures, soap, and single service towels or hand drying devices missing

• 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 15A

  Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces

• Item 2ECritical

  Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate potentially hazardous food temperatures during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.

• Item 5CCritical

  Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).

• Item 5ECritical

  Enough refrigerated storage equipment is not present, properly designed, maintained or operated so that all potentially hazardous foods are cooled properly and stored below 45°F as required.

• Item 8B

  In use food dispensing utensils improperly stored

• Item 9B

  Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas

Inspector’s comments

The official record

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