Common Grounds
Last inspected: Aug 21, 2025
78
Score
The most recent inspection for Common Grounds, located at 1401 Mckinney in Houston, TX, was conducted on 2025-08-21 and resulted in a low-risk score of 78. This inspection noted five minor violations, including issues with food marking for time without temperature control, date marking of refrigerated ready-to-eat foods, and the use of hair restraints by food employees. Common Grounds has a history of mostly low-risk inspections across its two scored evaluations.
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Inspection History
Aug 21, 2025
Routine Inspection (001)
5 minor violations. 4 corrected on site.
78
Oct 24, 2024
Routine Inspection (001)
4 minor violations. 2 corrected on site.
82
Violations — Aug 21, 2025 Inspection
General. when time without temperature control is used as the public health control up to a maximum of four hours: food was not marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is four hours past the point in time when the food was removed from temperature control.
(corrected on site)
20-21.02(a)(02)b[02]
Refrigerated storage. date marking of ready to eat foods. time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) / ready to eat food opened / prepared / packaged and held refrigerated for more than 24 hours not clearly marked to indicate “time food is opened / prepared” and “disposition date”.
(corrected on site)
20-21.03(b)(10)b
Hair restraint. while handling food or utensils, food employees not wearing effective hair restraints and clothing that covers body hair to prevent the contamination of food or food-contact surfaces. an effective hair restraint means any cap / hat / hair net made of fabric / cord / plastic / paper that effectively covers and holds hair in place. the use of effective hair restraints also applies to any exposed scalp or facial hair where there is the potential for contamination of food or food-contact surfaces. an effective hair restraint shall also be used in the partial or complete absence of scalp hair to preclude touching of the scalp and returning to food handling without hand-washing. facial hair restraints are not be required when facial hair is well-groomed and trimmed.
(corrected on site)
20-21.08(f)
Materials; general. all equipment and utensils not maintained in good repair.
20-21.10(a)
Wiping cloths. moist cloths used for wiping food spills on kitchenware and food-contact surfaces of equipment not clean / not rinsed frequently in one of the sanitizing solutions permitted in section 20-21.12(e)(02) through (06) of this code / used for no other purpose. these cloths shall be stored in the sanitizing solution between uses.
(corrected on site)
20-21.11(c)(02)
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