Equator Coffees

2 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941

Passed · Aug 31, 2026 Directions
97
Excellent BiteKarma score 97 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Aug 31, 2026: passed with 1 violation.
  • No critical violations in the last two years.
  • Keeps coming up: <div>Retail refrigerator: No potentially hazardous foods in unit at time of inspection. External temperatures of non-potentially </div><div>hazardous bottled beverages observed at 37 - 56 degrees F. Bottles in front section of refrigerator are above 50 degrees F.</div><div> Don't store any potentially hazardous foods in this unit until it has been repaired and is capable of maintaining potentially </div><div>hazardous foods at or below 41 degrees F.</div><div><br></div>Open container of milk in two door refrigerator next to bin was in bin earlier today. Temperature of this milk was <div>43 degrees F.</div>, cited 3 times.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Aug 31

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Health and Safety Code § 114113
  3. Passed Jan 2

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Health and Safety Code § 113961
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Mar 19

    Follow-up Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor <div>Retail refrigerator: No potentially hazardous foods in unit at time of inspection. External temperatures of non-potentially </div><div>hazardous bottled beverages observed at 37 - 56 degrees F. Bottles in front section of refrigerator are above 50 degrees F.</div><div> Don't store any potentially hazardous foods in this unit until it has been repaired and is capable of maintaining potentially </div><div>hazardous foods at or below 41 degrees F.</div><div><br></div>Open container of milk in two door refrigerator next to bin was in bin earlier today. Temperature of this milk was <div>43 degrees F.</div>
  6. Passed Mar 12

    Follow-up Inspection

    3 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Observed food handler handling garbage and then touched squeeze bottle without washing hands. Gloves shall be<div> removed and hands washed prior to any food handling activities. Hands shall be washed before putting on new gloves.</div><div>Hand washed. COS. </div>
    • Minor <div>Rectangular thermometer mounted vertically is reading 40 degrees F. Horizintally mounted digital thermometer at </div><div>back of unit has reading of 23.1 degrees F. Remove/repair inacurate digital thermometer. Place thermometer in </div><div>easily visilbe location. </div>
    • Minor Observed quinoa salads with poached eggs in retail refrigerator at 50 - 57 degrees F. 20 quinoa salads were <div>voluntarily discarded into the compost container. Quinoa salads were made at 11:00 a.m. at Equator Coffees &amp; Teas </div><div>in Sausalito and transported in a refrigerated truck. Cool quinoa to 41 degrees F before assembling salad. Potentially </div><div>hazardous foods shall be received at 45 degrees F or colder. Check internal temperature of quinoa salad upon arrival</div><div> to the facility. Prosciutto in prep refrigerator observed at 47 degrees F. Observed fruit parfaits at 42 - 47 degrees F in retail</div><div>refrigerator. Half and half in carafe in self-service area observed at 46 degrees F. </div><div><br></div><div>3/12/24: No salads in retail refrigerator. Equator milk and sugar bottled coffee labled Keep refrigerated. Perishable product </div><div>observed at 42 - 49 degrees F. Coldest bottle at back and warmest bottle in the front. </div><div><br></div><div>Bin with ice and containers of milk: Observed open container of fat free milk at 50 degrees F. Milk voluntarily discarded. Maintain open containers of</div><div> milk at 41 degrees F. ~ 1.5 quarts of fat free milk pured dwn the drain. Replenish ice as needed.</div>

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