El Rincon De Hidalgo, 7380 Broad St, Brooksville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: EL RINCON DE HIDALGO
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 7380 Broad St, Brooksville, FL 34601
License #: 3701145
Total inspections: 11
Last inspection: 08/14/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Warning**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Hole in wall. In back bag in box area **Warning**
  • Basic - Light not functioning. Kitchen area **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Kitchen **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. **Warning**
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Warning**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
  • Basic - Water leaking from faucet/faucet handle. At 3 compartment sink **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. **Warning**
  • Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Red fire extinguisher and silver k extinguisher **Warning**
08/14/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Warning**
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen. Large bag of rice **Warning**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
  • Basic - Drain cover(s) missing. Back area with bag in box **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. **Warning**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. **Warning**
  • Basic - Hole in wall. In back bag in box area **Warning**
  • Basic - Light not functioning. Kitchen area **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Kitchen **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. **Warning**
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Warning**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Back door **Warning**
  • Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Handwash sink piping **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Water leaking from faucet/faucet handle. At 3 compartment sink **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Cut lettuce/cabbage/spinach/kale/chard cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Lettuce shredded 59° **Warning**
  • High Priority - Cut tomatoes cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut tomato on make line 58° **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Handling cooked rice, preparing dishes **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken next to raw pork **Warning**
  • High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 3 live roaches under 2 door silver reach in cooler **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Both hand sinks **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. **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. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Unnecessary persons in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Red fire extinguisher and silver k extinguisher **Warning**
08/13/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment.
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair. Water damage in mens bathroom.
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
  • Basic - Drain cover(s) missing.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Bottom of door rotting away, leaving large holes at bottom of door. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.Allows insects, rodents to enter.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.Dining room cooler.
  • Basic - Unnecessary items on the premise.
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair.Water damage along exterior wall in men bathroom.
  • Basic - Water leaking from faucet/faucet handle.
  • High Priority - Evidence of mop/cleaning wastewater dumped onto ground.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.Mens bathroom.
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
  • 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 in reach in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information.
6/16/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Along edges.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.Dining room cooler
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No hot running water at three-compartment sink.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
1/15/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
11/6/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Large gaps at bottom of both side doors of restaurant. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. by three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Repeat Violation**
8/14/2013Routine - FoodEmergency Order Callback Complied
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Large gaps at bottom of both side doors of restaurant. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. by three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair.Cove moulding , bottom edges of walls throughout kitchen rotting, in disrepair.
  • Basic - High Priority - Dead roaches on premises.
  • High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found.Two live roaches on floor in back room by three compartment sink. Three live roaches in folds of bag in box soda - back room by three compartment sink. Three live roaches underneath wooden stand on cooks line. Two roaches on boxes of tortillas - cooks line. One live roach inside HANDSINK cabinet - cooks line.
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.Handsink cabinet in complete disrepair.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
8/13/2013Routine - FoodEmergency Order Callback Not Complied
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Large gaps at bottom of both side doors of restaurant. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. by three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair.Cove moulding , bottom edges of walls throughout kitchen rotting, in disrepair.
  • Basic - High Priority - Dead roaches on premises.
  • High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found.Two live roaches on floor in back room by three compartment sink. Three live roaches in folds of bag in box soda - back room by three compartment sink. Three live roaches underneath wooden stand on cooks line. Two roaches on boxes of tortillas - cooks line. One live roach inside HANDSINK cabinet - cooks line.
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.Handsink cabinet in complete disrepair.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
8/12/2013Routine - FoodEmergency order recommended
  • Basic - Establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. cross section of Whole tree used as cutting board **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. To soda dispenser.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. above three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided at establishment. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors.
  • Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. gaps at bottom of back door large enough for insects, rodents to enter.
4/23/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. grease buildup underside of warming shelf above cooks stove.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen.
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Basic - Establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. cross section of Whole tree used as cutting board **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. To soda dispenser.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. above three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.mens bathroom,kitchen handsink
  • Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided at establishment. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food.
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors.
  • Basic - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. gaps at bottom of back door large enough for insects, rodents to enter.
  • Intermediate - Metal stem-type thermometer not accurate within plus or minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
1/29/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable.Cross section of tree used as cutting board.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.
  • Critical - Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification.Operator has sixty days from date of opening to obtain valid food manager certification.
  • Missing drain plug at dumpster. Allows insEcts, rodents to enter.
  • Critical - No proof of required employee training provided. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Operator has sixty days fRom date of hire to complete approved food handler training.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Interior of kitchen garbage pai needs cleaning.
  • Critical - Observed dead roaches on premises. One dead roach on floor in mens bathroom.
  • Observed food debris accumulated along edges of kitchen floor.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over fresh cilantro inside reach in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed unused opening in panel box unprotected. For reporting purposes only. Interior cover on circuit panel missing .
  • Observed wall in disrepair. Walls crumbling in several locations in kitchen.
  • Critical - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Gap at botoom of back doors large enough for insects, rodents to enter.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. Strong odor coming from grease trap under three compartment.
7/17/2012Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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