Liberty Square Gas Station
1354 N BIRD ST, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 · Dane County
Establishment
- Type
- Retail food (not serving meals) (Retail Food Establishment)
- Inspected by
- Public Health Madison & Dane County
- License / ID
- LICFDD-2014-00208
- Official record
- Public Health Madison & Dane County inspection reports
Year by year
| Year | Inspections | Violations | Serious |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 18 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections
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May 5, 2026 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
CLEAN - FOOD CONTACT SURFACES
The mixing bowl for making dough for bagels is visibly soiled with dried dough.
Correction: Maintain food contact surfaces in a clean condition.
Code WFC 4-601.11(A)
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
CROSS CONTAMINATION
Food is not protected from cross contamination. Packages of raw bacon were stored over bottles of drinks in the retail cooler.
Correction: During storage, preparation, holding, and display, keep raw animal foods separate from each other and from ready-to-eat foods so that cross contamination is prevented. Unwashed fruits and vegetables have to be separated from raw animal ready-to-eat foods and washed produce. If there is question of possible contamination, discard ready-to-eat foods.
Code WFC 3-302.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING
Various packages of cheese curds were in the retail cooler past their sell by dates of 5/3/2026, 4/29/2026, and 2/27/2026.
Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the allotted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN
There is spilled coffee and dried milk on the walk-in cooler floor. There is spilled soda syrup on the floor upstairs.
Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.
Code WFC 6-501.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - UNNECESSARY ITEMS
Items stored in the food establishment is unnecessary to its operation or maintenance. There are various items in the upstairs storage room that are no longer used for the establishment.
Correction: Remove items that are unnecessary to the operation and maintenance of the food establishment. This includes food service equipment that is no longer used or nonfunctional.
Code WFC 6-501.114
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
SANITIZERS- AVAILABLE
Sanitizers for sanitizing utensils and equipment are not available in the facility.
Correction: Provide sanitizers available for use during all hours of operation.
Code 4-303.11(B)
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
SANITIZER TEST KIT
A test kit for the sanitizer chlorine or quaternary ammonia is not available.
Correction: Provide a test kit or other device for accurately measuring the concentration of sanitizing solutions.
Code WFC 4-302.14
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
STORAGE - SINGLE-SERVICE
Single-use utensils improperly stored in boxes on the floor in the upstairs storage room.
Correction: Store single-use and single-service articles in a clean, dry location a minimum of 6-inches off the floor.
Code WFC 4-903.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
STORAGE - SINGLE-SERVICE
Boxes of single service items improperly stored on the floor in the upstairs storage room.
Correction: Store single-use and single-service articles in a clean, dry location a minimum of 6-inches off the floor.
Code WFC 4-903.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TOXICS - SEPARATION
On a retail shelf Pine Sol cleaner and Chlorox tablets were stored over food bags, plastic cling wrap and aluminum foil for food.
Correction: Rearrange area so that toxic materials are stored below or away from food, equipment and single service items.
Code WFC 7-201.11; 7-301.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
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Apr 18, 2025 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
CLEAN - FOOD CONTACT SURFACES
The mixing bowl for making dough for bagels is visibly soiled with dried dough.
Correction: Maintain food contact surfaces in a clean condition.
Code WFC 4-601.11(A)
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN
There is spilled coffee and dried milk on the walk-in cooler floor. There is spilled soda syrup on the floor upstairs.
Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.
Code WFC 6-501.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
STORAGE - SINGLE-SERVICE
Boxes of single service items improperly stored on the floor in the upstairs storage room.
Correction: Store single-use and single-service articles in a clean, dry location a minimum of 6-inches off the floor.
Code WFC 4-903.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TOXICS - SEPARATION
On a retail shelf Pine Sol cleaner and Chlorox tablets were stored over food bags, plastic cling wrap and aluminum foil for food.
Correction: Rearrange area so that toxic materials are stored below or away from food, equipment and single service items.
Code WFC 7-201.11; 7-301.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
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Dec 14, 2023 Re-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Nov 29, 2023 Re-Inspection · Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING - Not Corrected
11/14/2023: In the retail open air cooler there were cheese curds with sell by dates of 8/20/2023 and 9/22/2023. Deli meats in the front prep cooler were not dated. 11/29/2023: In the front prep cooler, deli meats, precooked egg patties, and cut tomato were not dated. In the open air retail cooler there were cheese curds on the shelf with a sell by date of 11/24/2023, yogurt with sell by dates of August 2023, and hard-boiled egg packages with sell by dates of 11/16/2023.
Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the allotted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
FOOD - SAFE - Not Corrected
11/14/2023: In the retail open air cooler there were cheese curds and cheese sticks that were moldy. 11/29/2023: In the retail open air cooler, there were packages of cheese curds that had mold.
Correction: Discard unsafe or adulterated food items.
Code WFC 3-101.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
HANDSINK - SIGNAGE - Not Corrected
No handwashing signage is provided at employee handwash sink at the front counter.
Correction: Provide a sign or poster at each employee handwash sink that reminds food employees to wash their hands.
Code WFC 6-301.14
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - GOOD REPAIR - Not Corrected
A part of the tile wall by the window in the women's restroom is in disrepair.
Correction: Maintain the physical facilities so they are in good repair at all times.
Code WFC 6-501.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
SANITIZER TEST KIT - Not Corrected
A test kit for the sanitizer quaternary ammonia is not available.
Correction: Provide a quat test kit for accurately measuring the concentration of sanitizing solutions.
Code WFC 4-302.14
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
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Nov 14, 2023 Routine Inspection · Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
CLEAN - FOOD CONTACT SURFACES
The mixing bowl for making dough for bagels is visibly soiled with dried dough.
Correction: Maintain food contact surfaces in a clean condition.
Code WFC 4-601.11(A)
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
CLEANABLE - NONFOOD SURFACE
There is a wood pallet used to store flour in the kitchen that is not a cleanable surface.
Correction: Provide non-food contact surfaces that are constructed of corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth materials.
Code WFC 4-101.19
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING
In the retail open air cooler there were cheese curds with sell by dates of 8/20/2023 and 9/22/2023. Deli meats in the front prep cooler were not dated.
Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the allotted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
FOOD - SAFE
In the retail open air cooler there were cheese curds and cheese sticks that were moldy.
Correction: Discard unsafe or adulterated food items.
Code WFC 3-101.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
HANDSINK - SIGNAGE
No handwashing signage is provided at employee handwash sink at the front counter.
Correction: Provide a sign or poster at each employee handwash sink that reminds food employees to wash their hands.
Code WFC 6-301.14
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - GOOD REPAIR
A part of the tile wall by the window in the women's restroom is in disrepair.
Correction: Maintain the physical facilities so they are in good repair at all times.
Code WFC 6-501.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN
There is flour build-up in the area of the kitchen behind the bagel stand mixer.
Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.
Code WFC 6-501.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
SANITIZER TEST KIT
A test kit for the sanitizer quaternary ammonia is not available.
Correction: Provide a quat test kit for accurately measuring the concentration of sanitizing solutions.
Code WFC 4-302.14
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
STORAGE - SINGLE-SERVICE
Boxes of single service items improperly stored on the floor in the upstairs storage room.
Correction: Store single-use and single-service articles in a clean, dry location a minimum of 6-inches off the floor.
Code WFC 4-903.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TEMPERATURE - HOT HOLDING
Hot case: cheese pizzas 115-126F, meat pizza 127F
Correction: Maintain hot TCS foods at or above 135 degrees F.
Code WFC 3-501.16
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
TEMPERATURE - COLD HOLDING
Avantco front prep cooler: ham 46F, turkey 47F, bottom air temp 45F
Correction: Maintain cold TCS foods at or below 41 degrees F.
Code WFC 3-501.16
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
THERMOMETER - INACCURATE INDICATING
Thermometer in the front counter prep cooler is in disrepair.
Correction: Replace the thermometer.
Code WFC 4-203.12
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TOXICS - LABELING
A spray bottle with a cleaner is unlabeled.
Correction: Provide labels for toxic items used in the food establishment.
Code WFC 7-101.11; 7-102.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
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Dec 21, 2022 Re-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN - Not Corrected
Several areas in the back Kitchen around the dough machine is dirty and in need of cleaning. 1. Drain boards under the food prep sink is dirty. 2. Walls of the 3-compartment sink, prep sink, prep cooler are unclean. 3. Behind the dough machine, the racks are found with food crumbs and are in need of cleaning.
Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.
Code WFC 6-501.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
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Oct 20, 2022 Routine Inspection · Reinspection Required
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
CLEAN - NON-FOOD SURFACES
Non-food contact surfaces of the microwave ceiling are soiled and unclean.
Correction: Clean and remove dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris from all non-food contact surfaces of equipment.
Code WFC 4-601.11(C)
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
FOOD - UNCOVERED
Open bags of sugar and flour in the back kitchen were observed to be unwrapped or uncovered.
Correction: All foods that are not part of a cooling process shall be covered at all times to prevent cross-contamination. If cross-contamination is evident, discard suspected foods
Code WFC 3-302.11(4)
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
HANDWASHING - DRYING
No single-use toweling or approved hand drying device available at hand sink in the back kitchen for hand drying.
Correction: Provide single-use toweling or an approved hand drying device at hand sink in the back kitchen to facilitate proper handwashing.
Code WFC 6-301.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
LABEL - WORKING CONTAINER
Sugar is stored in unlabeled containers in the kitchen.
Correction: Store all foods that are removed from their original packages in containers labeled with the common name of the food or ingredient.
Code WFC 3-302.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
LABEL - BULK FOOD
Bulk, unpackaged muffins and donuts available for customer self-dispensing is not labeled as required, does not have ingredients information.
Correction: Properly label the [bulk, unpackaged food item] with the manufacturer`s or processor`s label or use another method of notification to provide the common name, ingredient list and allergen content disclosure.
Code WFC 3-602.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN
Several areas in the back Kitchen around the dough machine is dirty and in need of cleaning. 1. Drain boards under the food prep sink is dirty. 2. Walls of the 3-compartment sink, prep sink, prep cooler are unclean. 3. Behind the dough machine, the racks are found with food crumbs and are in need of cleaning.
Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.
Code WFC 6-501.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
STORAGE - IN-USE UTENSILS
In-use utensil improperly stored. Ice cream scoops are stored in a stagnant water in a dipper well.
Correction: Store in-use utensils in the food item with handle extended, on a clean surface, running dipper well or in a container of water greater than 135 degrees F.
Code WFC 3-304.12
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
STORAGE - SINGLE-SERVICE
Single-Use utensils such as plastic straws, single-use cups improperly stored on the floor at the upper level.
Correction: Store single-use and single-service articles in a clean, dry location a minimum of 6-inches off the floor.
Code WFC 4-903.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
THERMOMETER - MISSING INDICATING
Thermometer in case cooler for cheese on the floor is missing or not properly located.
Correction: Provide or reposition thermometer so that it is located in the warmest part of the refrigeration unit and is easily visible.
Code WFC 4-204.112
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
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Sep 15, 2021 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Feb 12, 2020 Routine Inspection · Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Mar 28, 2019 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Jan 9, 2018 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Mar 1, 2017 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Nov 9, 2015 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Feb 24, 2015 Re-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Aug 18, 2014 Re-Inspection · Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Aug 4, 2014 Pre-inspection · Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
Source: Public Health Madison & Dane County. History last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is the inspector's wording. “Serious” is the source's own top tier. About this data.