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Restaurant Opening and Closing Checklist

by Umar Patel, from the Community

This restaurant opening and closing checklist helps teams standardize daily front and back of house tasks to keep the dining room, bar, bathrooms, and kitchen clean and compliant. It covers wiping and sanitizing tables, counters, seats, and high touch surfaces, washing linens, trash and recycling, restroom disinfection, and window and door cleaning. Back of house steps include cleaning grills, ranges, fryers, ovens, and beverage dispensers, deliming sinks, boiling out fryers, sanitizing prep areas, washing utensils, refilling supplies, sweeping storage and walk in refrigerators, and mopping floors. Use iAuditor to assign and schedule inspections and capture recommendations and signatures.

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