THE CRAB BAY

Contact & location

Address

3210 S WHITE RD
San Jose, CA 95148

Phone

+16505756078

Website

https://www.thecrabbay.com/

Email

thecrabbaysj.ca@gmail.com

Licenses & credentials

On-Sale Beer & Wine - Eating Place

active 00610180 Issued 08-NOV-2019 · Expires 31-OC · Source: California ABC

Compliance history

Public regulatory record from authoritative sources. 5 actions on file. See how we present this data.

• 2026-04-28 ROUTINE INSPECTION Passed Score 84
  7 items noted

  • K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
    A couple of the employees do not have active food handler cards. [CA] Employee engaged in food preparation, storage, and service and who do not have food safety certificate must take food handler cards within a month of hire. California approved Food Handler Card (FHC) class providers All Directory Listing (ahttps://anabpd.ansi.org/Accreditation/credentialing/certificate-issuers/AllDirectoryListing?prgID=228,238&statusID=4nsi.org)
  • K27 Food separated and protected
    Raw food products like shell eggs were stored above ready to eat food products inside the walk-in cooler. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, ready-to-eat food products and produce must be stored above or by the said of raw food products.
  • K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
    The single door upright Fridgedare fridge used in the front bar area is a household standard one. [CA] Equipment used in the facility must be NSF/ANSI approved, or ETL/UL sanitation listed one.
  • K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
    Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.
  • K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
    Heavy clutter was observed on the janitorial sink. [CA] Clear the clutter and keep the janitorial sink clean and neat.
  • K21 Hot and cold water available
    The water flow in the women's restroom is very slow. [CA] Please improve the hot and cold water flow in the handwash station.
  • K39 Thermometers provided, accurate
    There was no functional thermometer inside of the double door preparation fridge located in the boba tea bar area. [CA] To monitor the ambient air temperature of the units, please install a functional thermometer on all refrigeration units.
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• 2025-08-14 FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION Passed View public record →
• 2025-08-12 ROUTINE INSPECTION Conditional Score 63
  11 items noted

  • K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
    There was a very low sanitizer concentration on the manual three-compartment ware washing sink. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted, the sanitizer concentration maintain in the sanitizing compartment of the manual warewashing sink must be maintained at 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical.
  • K01 Demonstration of knowledge; food safety certification
    The food safety manager certificate is expired. [CA] Someone from the facility must take a food safety certificate class within two months and keep a copy of the certificate on file. Food Safety Manager certificate class may be taken on the following websites: 1. Premier Food Safety: https://www.premierfoodsafety.com/food-manager-certification/california\ 2. Learn 2 Serve: https://www.360training.com/learn2serve/food-safety-manager/California 3. Serve Safe Manager: https://www.servsafe.com/ServSafe-Manager
  • Critical K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    Some potentially hazardous foods stored on the preparation table, including boiled corn and potato were measured above 50 °F. [CA] All potentially hazardous foods like meat, seafood, poultry, dairy products, cooked vegetables, cooked cereals, greens, and diced tomatoes shall always be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. If these food products are stored at room temperature, time/temperature logs must be properly used which indicate the time the food product was taken from the safe temperature zone, and the time the food products shall be discarded. The chef time coded the products from the time they were removed from the walk-in cooler (SA).
  • K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
    Multiple wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters, sinks, and preparation tables. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).
  • K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
    Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage areas. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.
  • Critical K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
    There was no soap supply on the only handwash station located in the kitchen. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted soap dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted soap dispenser is refilled/fixed, provide a pump-type soap dispenser. The facility manager provided a pump-type soap dispenser (COS).
  • K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
    The back door was left open. [CA] To prevent insect/rodent infections, keep the backdoor always closed or install a screen door. Wet mops were stored inside the janitorial sink. [CA] To prevent insect breading and production of smell, please keep all wet mops hanged on the mop hanger. A couple of open cup employee drinks were stored on the preparation tables. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, employees may only drink with covered cup containers and store their drink in designated areas.
  • K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
    There is an abundant dust accumulation on the restroom’s exhaust vent screen. [CA] Conduct a regular cleaning on the screens.
  • K23 No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
    Many houseflies were observed back in the preparation area. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method.
  • K43 Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
    The toilet papers were stored outside the paper towel dispenser on both stalls of the men’s restroom. [CA] Please keep the toilet papers inside the toilet paper dispenser.
  • K27 Food separated and protected
    Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf of in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers. Raw food products including shell eggs were stored above ready to eat food products inside the walk-in cooler. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, ready to eat food products and produce must be stored above or by the said of raw food products.
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• 2024-12-23 FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION Passed
  2 items noted

  • K40 Wiping cloths: properly used, stored
    Couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).
  • K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    Shell eggs stored on the preparation table back in the kitchen area were measured at 48 oF. Milk on carafe stored on the self-serve counter was measured above 50 OF. There was not time/temperature log which indicates what time the milk was removed from the safe temperature zone. [CA] All potentially hazardous foods like meat, seafood, poultry, dairy products, cooked vegetables, cooked cereals, greens, and diced tomatoes shall always be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. If milk going to be left at room temperature, proper time/temperature logs must be maintained. The shell eggs were moved into the preparation fridge.
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• 2024-12-12 ROUTINE INSPECTION Passed Score 82
  6 items noted

  • K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
    The ice scoop for the ice machine was stored on unclean surface. [CA] All reusable utensils including the ice scoop must be stored on clean surface/container in between use. Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.
  • K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
    There is an abundant dust accumulation on the restroom’s exhaust vent screen. [CA] Conduct a regular cleaning on the screens.
  • Critical K14 Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
    Employee was observed washing dishes in the three compartment warewash sink without any sanitizer. [CA] Whenever utensils, equipment, and food contact surfaces are cleaned, they need to be washed with soapy water, rinse with clean water, and sanitized with 200 ppm quaternary ammonia sanitizer or 100 ppm chlorine. The manager was demonstrated on the proper washing procedures. The dishwasher was demonstrated on the proper method of dishwashing. The utensils were rewashed accordingly (COS).
  • K27 Food separated and protected
    Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf of in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers. Raw food products including shell eggs were stored above ready to eat food products inside the walk-in cooler. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, ready to eat food products and produce must be stored above or by the said of raw food products.
  • K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
    Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage areas. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.
  • K29 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
    A household insect spray was observed in the facility. [CA] To eliminate insects from the facility, a pest control intervention may only be conducted by professional. Please stop using the household chemicals to eliminate insects from the facility.
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Other details

Cuisine

seafood;cajun

Sources

This record was assembled from these open data sources, each verified on the date shown.

• sccgov_deh — verified 2026-05-03 · view source
• ca_abc — verified 2026-05-03 · view source
• overture — verified 2026-05-03 · view source
• osm — verified 2026-05-03 · view source

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