NYS Department of Health

Cactus Grill and Cantina

Inspection of December 18, 2025 reports 19 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 18, 2025

Address

11 Raymond Street, Potsdam, 13676

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 12C

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

• Item 12D

  Toilet facilities inadequate, inconvenient, dirty, in disrepair, toilet paper missing, not self-closing doors, missing hand wash signs

• Item 12E

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

• Item 15A

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

• Item 15B

  Lighting and ventilation inadequate, fixtures not shielded, dirty ventilation hoods, ductwork, filters, exhaust fans

• Item 5BCritical

  Potentially hazardous foods are not cooled by an approved method where the food temperature can be reduced from 120oF to 70oF or less within two hours and 70oF to 45oF within four hours.

• Item 7FCritical

  Precooked, refrigerated potentially hazardous food is not reheated to 165°F or above within two hours.

• Item 8A

  Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)

• Item 9C

  Hair is improperly restrained

• Item 9D

  Dressing rooms dirty, not provided, improperly located

The official record

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