Name: MADE IN ITALY
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 117 W Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285
License #: 6805459
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: 07/28/2014
Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. In kitchen area.
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on maketable top.
Basic - Ice scoop stored on top of dirty ice machine between uses.
Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area. Fruit flies
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Fly traps over prep table.
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Mop sink faucet.
Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hand sink in kitchen. And hand sink in pizza station.
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.
07/28/2014
Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cutting knives in standing dirty water.
Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in reach-in cooler. Make table on cooks line. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.
Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair in kitchen.
High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area. Fruit flies in bar area.
Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
Intermediate - Employee filled water pitcher/cup at handwash sink. In prep room.
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. 5 different all being used for other purposes.
Propane tank (larger than 2.7 lb. water capacity/1 lb. gas capacity) located inside of the building. For reporting purposes only. 2 propane tanks in stock room.
3/31/2014
Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
Basic - 2 Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean and located on an adjacent rear dining patio food prep room prep table.
Basic - 3 male cook line and kitchen Employees with no hair restraints while engaging in food preparation.
Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area in rear dining patio area food prep room.
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed 1 white and 1 blue plastic ice scoops damaged and chipping and untitled as drink ice scoops located on rear single service products storage area Ice machine.
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed 1 bag potatoes on rear food prep room floor.
Basic - In-use utensils including 2 knives stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit at front hallway waiting station.
Basic - Open dumpster lid.
High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Observed frontline for sale bread loaves displayed above top protective plane of sneeze guards.
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. Observed 1 male service employee repeatedly cutting/ touching lemons barehanded. Corrected on site.
High Priority - No air gap present between water supply inlet and flood rim of equipment/sink located at mopsink.
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink hosed bibb.
Intermediate - 2 Rear food prep room employee Handwashs sink not accessible for employee use at all times and blocked by 2 large plastic water buckets and soiled dishes.
Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the rear dry storage room ice machine.
Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at a front pizza oven area employee handwash sink. Corrected on site.
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed only kitchen handsink utilized for food debris dumping.
Intermediate - No soap provided at a front pizza oven employee 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. Observed 4 large soup plastic containers in rear walkin cooler not date marked. Observed 8 cooked pasta containers in same walkin cooler not date marked.
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