Brookes, 4450 Hancock Bridge Pkwy, North Fort Myers, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: Brookes
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 4450 Hancock Bridge Pkwy, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
License #: 4602691
Total inspections: 23
Last inspection: 11/06/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair.
  • Basic - Ceiling tile missing.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in crack between equipment and wall. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of ice machine with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cookline. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Kitchen.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Cookline.
  • Basic - Single-service items stored on floor. Bar. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cookline.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris.
11/06/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Drinking glass with no handle used to dispense ice. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Floor/table fan has accumulation of food debris/dust/grease/soil residue.
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Sugar. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of ice machine with rust that has pitted the surface. Outside ice machine.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Walk in cooler in cooler.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cookline.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. Cook.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Outside.
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Onions in HWS in kitchen.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Cleaning rags and spray bottles in front room prep area. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
07/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters above kitchen stoves.
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Kitchen.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook not wearing hair restraint while cooking. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of ice machine with rust that has pitted the surface.Outside ice machine.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In kitchen and men's bathroom.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Several wet sanitizing cloths around establishment.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - ready-to-eat food used for multiple menu items, some of which will not be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook not wearing gloves.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet. Outside.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Back room.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
  • Intermediate - Soda gun soiled. **Corrected On-Site**
5/9/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment.
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Walkin cooler.
  • Basic - Ceiling tile missing. By hood area.
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. In the kitchen.
  • Basic - Floor and wall junctures not coved in food preparation/storage/warewashing areas or bathroom.
  • Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Breeding under sink where freezers are. Water stain actually on packages.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Reach in.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in walk-in cooler.
  • Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. At bar area. Sink doesn't work. And rotted out.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Cooks line.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in reach in raw chicken in kitchen.
  • Basic - Sugar scoop stored with handle in contact with sugar in sugar bin. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Walls by dishmachine area.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer. Meat slicer
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. Bottle empty.
  • Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Ice machine outside.
11/5/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. **Warning**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. In hallway next to office **Warning**
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair. Water damage in kitchen areas **Warning**
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair. Ice machine **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Dish area **Warning**
4/19/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. **Warning**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. In hallway next to office **Warning**
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair. Water damage in kitchen areas **Warning**
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty container. Ice scoop at ice machine **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Wait station. **Warning**
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Wait station cooler holding at 57?F. **Warning**
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair. Ice machine **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Dish area **Warning**
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Bar **Warning**
  • High Priority - Gravy hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Gravy holding at 108?F. in steam table. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Dressing holding at 57?F. in wait station cooler. Corrective Action: operator discarded all potentially hazardous foods. "Stop Sale" issued. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Bleach and motor oil stored on top of ice machine **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored in food preparation area with potential to cause cross contamination. Cleaner stored above slicer **Warning**
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine over 200 ppm at bucket. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked meats, sauces, vegetables in walk in cooler. **Warning**
4/18/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Drain cover(s) missing.observed can wash missing drain cover Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior exterior of ice machine
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair.obseved glass door broken on hushman
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repairobserved leak fro ceiling into bar area
9/6/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable.observed walkin flloor not smooth and easi.y cleanabkle
  • Critical - Observed employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair.observed door ice machine broken
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair.observed gaskets hang onhushman unit
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.observed rust peeling paint in interior
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.observ4d cooke chicken/cooled notbdate marked
6/19/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.observed interior of dish machine
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated grease.observed kitchen area
1/31/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.wait area
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface.bare wood shelves in use
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. observed racks /shelfs in kitchen
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Stem type thermometer not within the intended measuring range of use.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
8/31/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.observed ladies room missing employee hand wash sign Corrected On Site.
  • Observed 3 dr Beverage air unir cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Critical - Observed non-service animals in the food establishment or on premises.observed owner in office with pet
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. observed visable rust on exterior of ice machine
5/9/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
3/3/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature. observed 2 oven roast defrosting at room temperature
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair.visable rust on hushman shelves
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. on kitchen line
  • Critical. License expired more than 30 days, but not more than 60 days, after expiration date.
  • Critical. Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license.
1/3/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.
  • Observed establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. on shelf by flour station
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated food debris. by bread area
9/20/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 14-36-1 Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. bussmann unit and walkin cooler upon reinspection not complied. upon 2nd reinspection not complied
7/2/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Violation: 14-36-1 Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. bussmann unit and walkin cooler upon reinspection not complied
  • Critical. Violation: 22-21-1 Observed exposed insulation on door to ice bin. temp fix complied permanent solution required
5/4/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken wings 46f and raw burger 47f in primary bx across from stove
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. primary bx not holding chicken wings 46f and burger47f at or below 41f
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. bussmann unit and walkin cooler
  • Critical. Observed exposed insulation on door to ice bin.
  • Drain cover(s) missing.can wash
4/30/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. raw beef in cookline cooler
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. raw seafood in walkin cooler
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. employee used cup to scoop ice at bar
  • Critical. Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect. employee handling cut fruits for drinks. Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. ice scoop at ice machine
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. cookline
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. fryer baskets
  • Waste line missing at soda gun holster. bar
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored by food. waitstation
1/27/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. products in walkin cooler
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. ice scoop at ice machine
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. kitchen. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled. cookline and waitstation
  • Critical. Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. oven/stove and fry baskets
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. kitchen. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored by food. waitstation. Corrected On Site.
10/1/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
8/11/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 6/10/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 2/18/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 10/2/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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