That was just one of many violations health inspectors found when they visited S & K Food Mart II on South Las Vegas Boulevard between Pebble and Serene.

Darcy Spears of KTNV reports store Owner Sarkis Nersessian tried to downplay the 35-demerit “C” grade from the Health District.

“They came in, they said one of my employees didn’t have a health card and that’s why they dropped it down.”

Actually, the health card — which expired in 2009 — was just one line out of four pages of violations. Starting with bad sour cream that was almost two weeks old.

“Well, I don’t know how old it was.  I didn’t check it,” Nersessian said.

The sausage sandwiches at S & K may be a risky breakfast choice. Inspectors found several problems with how they were being thawed and reheated.

Nersessian blames that on the manufacturer and walks away.

“I have a few more questions for you,” Spears called after him.

“I don’t care,” he called back from across the store.
But a few second later, he decides he does care and brings us back to see the construction area.

“It used to be pizza.  We took out everything.  We put burgers now.”

And as for those sausage sandwiches, he says, “I told the guy I don’t want to carry your product anymore because I don’t want to have the issue with the Health Department.”

Health inspectors also took issue with laundry detergent being stored with the Slurpee mix, dirty refrigerator racks and brown slime touching the ice inside the ice machine.

“It was a couple brown spots.  It’s supposed to happen.  We clean it once every month.”

Nersessian says he just bought the place and is making lots of changes.

“And uh, Dirty Dining is really gonna affect me, he adds.  “Should I close the doors now?”

We assure him he shouldn’t so he decides to make it a business opportunity instead.

“Don’t forget to let them know that we have the cheapest gas in town year-round.”