- Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Above and around flat top grill. **Warning**
- Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
- Basic - Floor soiled with standing water in front of ice machine. **Warning**
- Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Main cooks line **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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6/17/2014 | Complaint Full | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Above and around flat top grill. **Warning**
- Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
- Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice bucket **Warning**
- Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Bicycle stored in dry storage. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
- Basic - Floor soiled with standing water in front of ice machine. **Warning**
- Basic - Hood filters in disrepair. Some Horizontal **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Main cooks line **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- High Priority - Live flies in kitchen.Observed 2 live next to grill. Observed 3 live in dry storage drive thru. Observed 30 plus dead in dry storage drive thru. **Warning**
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in food storage area. Several in old drive thru storage. **Warning**
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue. Two door up right reach in freezer next to drive thru window. **Warning**
- Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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4/16/2014 | Complaint Full | Warning Issued |
- Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. Behind fryers.
- Basic - Hood filters in disrepair. Hood filters not all same direction some horizontal
- Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Hand washing sink.
- Basic - Lime scale build-up inside ice machine.
- Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cooks line
- Basic - Stored food not covered in reach in freezer. Chicken and fish, and cheese sticks. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Repeat Violation**
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Tomatoes **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed.exceeds 200 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Rinsing rag.
- Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
- Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. **Corrected On-Site**
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2/6/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 84F in hot and cold side of hand sink in men''s room **Warning**. Parts are on order for new heater unit in men's room.
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7/23/2013 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Employees wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Watches. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. **Warning**
- Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on cardboard soda boxes between uses. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Walk in cooler. **Warning**
- Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. A/c unit over edge of prep line has condensate buildup and occasionally drips onto floor near prep line. **Warning**
- Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored with mop head in sink basin. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles. **Warning**
- Basic - High Priority - 1 Dead roaches on premises in dry storage area. **Warning**
- High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Warning**
- High Priority - Live flies in kitchen. Seven. **Warning**
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Chicken-fish station. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cooked burgers wrapped in plastic wrap at 82°F in microwave. burgers discarded immediately. **Warning**
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in chest freezer _ all products not commercially packaged. Raw chicken wings in metal pan over bags of french fries in front line freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 84°F in hot and cold side of hand sink in men's room **Warning**
- Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Men's room. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
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7/22/2013 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Basic - Equipment in poor repair.(reach in cooler/make table unable to keep temperature control for safety foods at 41f or below)
- Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair.(upright reach in freezer)
- Basic - Hood filters in disrepair.(above flat top)
- Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
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6/28/2013 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler and freezer.
- Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.(employee restroom)
- Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.(stored on bag in a box area and on bread racks)
- Basic - Equipment in poor repair.(reach in cooler/make table unable to keep temperature control for safety foods at 41°f or below)
- Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair.(upright reach in freezer)
- Basic - Hood filters in disrepair.(above flat top)
- Basic - Insect control device installed over food preparation area.(over microwave and bread)
- High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.(cheese and cheese cake mix53°f in reach in cooler)
- High Priority - Cut tomatoes cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.(55°f in reach in cooler in sandwich prep area)
- High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.(both hand wash sinks)
- Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
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6/27/2013 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelf , bottom shelf of McCall freezer
- Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Case of onion tanglers
- Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
- Basic - Lime scale build-up inside ice machine.
- Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin.
- Intermediate - Employee rinsed utensil in handwash sink. Knife **Corrected On-Site**
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2/19/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Observed employee with no hair restraint. Employee cooking/prepping with no hair restraint.
- Critical - Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. On cooks line.
- Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. Chili in walkin cooler not date marked.
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11/7/2012 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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4/24/2012 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Critical - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. ice buildup on dripping condenser - inside McCall upright freezer Repeat Violation.
- Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink.
- Critical - Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification. This violation must be corrected by : 04/23/12.
- Critical - Observed employee cough, sneeze, use a handkerchief or disposable tissue, use tobacco, eat, or drink then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. after sneezing into elbow - fry station
- Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. left cookline to fill sanitizer buckets at 3 comp sink with gloved hands and returned to cookline withiut removing gloves; washing hands and donning fresh gloves
- Critical - Observed employee experiencing persistent coughing working with food, equipment and/or utensils. fry station
- Critical - Observed empolyee wash hands with no hot water.
- Critical - Observed food stored on floor. case of ice cream cones - dry storeroom
- Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with soil deposits. VitaMix mixer
- Critical - Observed hand wash sink used for purpose other than washing hands. ice dumped into handwash sink
- Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
- Observed single-service items stored on floor. case of toilet tissue - dry storeroom
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2/21/2012 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in under counter reachin cooler bu cook's line
- Observed build-up of food debris/dirt--under microwave.
- Critical - Observed food employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food...bracelet.
- Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of white substance---on compressor pipes...under counter reachin cooler
- Critical - Observed toxic item stored by food...sanitizer water bucket stored above cupcakes Corrected On Site.
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10/18/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. dripping down into freezer cabinet [McCall freezer]
- Critical - Electrical outlet missing cover plate. For reporting purposes only.
- Critical - Observed buildup of debris on Taylor dispensing machine nozzle
- Critical - Observed buildup of lime-like substance in the interior of ice machine.
- Observed debris accumulated on dry storeroom floor. 2 dead palmetto bugs Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
- Critical - Observed interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue and ice [McCall freezer]
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5/4/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Observed food stored on floor. case of product Corrected On Site.
- Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed hand wash sink used for purpose other than washing hands. ice cubes, food residue in handsink
- Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
- Critical. Observed soil buildup inside ice bin.
- Critical. Observed toxic item stored in food preparation area. spray bottle on shelf above chest freezer [cook line] Corrected On Site.
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1/10/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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12/7/2010 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Critical. Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
- Critical. Observed one dead palmetto bug on premises. Corrected On Site. floor cleane
- Critical. Observed live flies in kitchen.
- Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. under ice machine
- Critical. Portable fire extinguisher not fully charged. For reporting purposes only.
- Critical. Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification. Mgr on duty Tonya Price to fax copy of Food Mgr Certfication to Tampa District Office 813 233 2908 within 60 days This violation must be corrected by : 11/18/10 .
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9/17/2010 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- No Violations Were Observed
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5/3/2010 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.(cheese and chili in walk in cooler at 45 degees f)
- Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures.(walk in cooler at approximately 45 degees f)
- Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.(around edges of hamburger freezer)
- Observed clean equipment stored on floor.(ice bucket)
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4/30/2010 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method.(chili covered during the cooling process)
- Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.(seasoning under flat top)
- In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment.(tongs hung above fryers)
- Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
- Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair.( upright freezer near fryers)
- Hood filters are not tight-fitting and firmly held in place - leaving open spaces. For reporting purposes only.(above flat top)
- Critical. Observed interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.(burger freezer )
- Critical. Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law.(walk in freezer condensor leaking)
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12/10/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.(used wet wiping cloths, then continued making sandwiches without changing gloves) Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed employee improperly washing hands.(did not wash hands for 20 seconds)
- Hood filters are not tight-fitting and firmly held in place - leaving open spaces. For reporting purposes only.
- Critical. Observed buildup of lime/rust in the interior of ice machine.
- Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
- Critical. Observed toilet lid broken.
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8/14/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 4/13/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 12/9/2008 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 8/18/2008 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
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