Thai Bistro, 537 B Venice Ave E, Venice, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: THAI BISTRO
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 537 B Venice Ave E, Venice, FL 34285
License #: 6802348
Total inspections: 17
Last inspection: 07/10/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on table where prep is being done. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives.
  • Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area.
  • High Priority - Medicine stored in refrigerator/cooler with food. Antacid liquid form. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler. Raw chicken over raw fish and raw beef.
07/10/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Phone above food prep. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Over prep table.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In each in next to prep area.
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. In tall reach in freezer.
  • Basic - RIce scoop handle in contact with rice. . **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shelled eggs over sauces. In reach in on cooks line. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. Red board **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to being blocked by garbage can. **Corrected On-Site**
3/3/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed 1 kitchen medicine cabinet located directly above a food prep table, and supporting 1 cooling, cooked poultry stock pot, with a damaged unsecured cover door.
  • Basic - Food stored in a prohibited area. Observed kitchen spices stored on a shelf with 1 vitamins container and 1 prescription container . Corrected on site. Observed 1 three gallon cooked, cooling poultry stock pot stored directly underneath an opened kitchen first aid cabinet with an attached damaged door. Corrected on site.
  • Basic - Ice scoop used in ice machine cracked and broken right down the middle **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • High Priority - Container of medicine stored on shelf with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - First aid supplies improperly stored. Observed kitchen first aid supplies and other medications stored in a damaged medicine cabinet over a food prep table and 1 cooked poultry stock pot present directly underneath damaged medicine cabinet.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Onions on shelf with cleaning chemicals.. Observed 1 large vitamins container and 1 prescription bottle stored adjacent to kitchen spices on storage shelf.
7/26/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - 2 Wet wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution between uses located on frontline cookline food prep tables.
  • Basic - Food contaminated by unsanitized equipment. Observed frontline cookline rice noodles covered with and touching 2 dry black dyed wiping cloths.
  • Basic - Frontline cookline upper Wall adjacent to hood soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - Unpackaged food not protected from environmental sources of contamination during preparation.observed frontline cookline noodles covered and touching black dyed wiping cloths.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at a kitchen food prep area handwash sink.
1/29/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed 1 dishwasher employee with no hair restraint and repeatedly touching cleaaned dishware. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. observed kitchen dishwasher employee wash and rinse metal cookware without utilization of sanitizer at 3 comp sink . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. observed 1 handleless sugar scoop utilized in kitchen gray sugar storage container.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods . observed rear kitchen upright single door ge white freezer raw opened poultry storage over rte ready to eat raw opened beef.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. observed front line cookline lowboy mini stainless single door refrigerator raw poultry storage over rte ready to eat sauces and storage over raw shrimp/seafood .
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. observed 1 plastic kitchen flour scoop inside gray flour storage container damaged and chipping .
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. observed 2 kitchen flour storage containers without label.
  • observed 2 kitchen food preparation area Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Critical - observed No conspicuously located thermometers in two kitchen upright single door glass front cold holding units.
8/23/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed 1 cookline employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed accumulation of excessive food debris in warewashing machine and associated equipment including exterior top and interior door lips .
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. observed 1 handleless scoop utilized in kitchen sugar storage bin. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods . observed opened frozen poultry storage over opened frozen pork in kitchen upright single door GE reachin freezer .
  • Critical - Observed one open strawed beverage container on a kitchen food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Critical - observed Handwashing cleanser lacking at only kitchen handwashing lavatory.
  • observed Missing drain plug at dumpster.
  • Critical - observed only kitchen rear kitchen Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Repeat Violation.
4/25/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. observed 2 handleless kitchen scoops utilized in a sugar storage bin and an uncooked rice storage bin. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. observed 2 cracked and damaged sugar and uncooked rice scoops utilized during inspection . Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. observed kitchen gray flour storage bin unlabeled.
  • observed 3 Wet wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution between uses located on frontline bar and akitchen food preparation table
  • Critical - observed No handwashing sign provided at a female patron and employee restroom handsink used by food employees.
  • Critical - observed No handwashing sign provided at a kitchen food preparation area handsink used by food employees.
  • Critical - observed kitchen food preparation area Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Repeat Violation.
11/1/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. observed uncooked rice handleless scoop utilized in kitchen uncooked rice storage bin.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods foods. observed kitchen upright stainless ge reach in freezer raw poultry storage over frozen beef.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods foods. observed raw poultry storage over raw beef in kitchen upright stainless 2 door reach in cooler
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. observed raw poultry storage over rte's vegetables in kitchen upright 2 door reach in stainless cooler .
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. observed kitchen uncooked rice handleless scoop damaged and cracked.
  • observed 1 Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses on kitchen food preparation table .
  • Critical - observed kitchen Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions.
6/22/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area./observed 2 employees eating at kitchen preparation table - Corrected On Site.
  • observed 2 Wet wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution between uses./location frontline bar and kitchen preparation table
2/3/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface./observed cookline washed , cut vegetables covered with damp cloth- Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location./observed exterior ic machine scoop storage on soiled cardboard surface not sanitizable
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice at waiting station coleman igloo
  • Observed single-service articles including single service aluminum pans/improperly stored and inverted
  • Critical. Vacuum breaker missing at exterior hosed bibb.
  • Critical. observed Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions at waiting station Repeat Violation.
9/23/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. OBSERVED SUGAR STORAGE BIN NOT LABELED
  • Critical. OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS IN - BEVERAGE UPRIGHT COOLER, KITCEHN GLASS DOOR BLACK REACH IN COOLER, FRONT LINE LOW BOY REACH IN COOLER
  • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP IN ICE - COLEMAN CHEST
  • OBSERVED IN USE SCOOPS & SPOONS FOR RICE/COOIKED IN STANDING WATER THAT IS NOT 135 DEGREES F OR HIGHER
  • OBSERVED (1) WET WIPING CLOTH NOT IN SANITIZING BUCKET BETWEEN USES.
  • Critical. OBSERVED NO HANDWASH SINK SOAP AT KITCHEN HANDWASH SINK
  • Critical. OBSERVERD NO HANDWASH SINK TOWELS AT WAITING STATION HANDWASH SINK
6/29/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit./x 3 reachin coolers -kitchen
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food./ob raw shell eggs storage over rte's -rice, washed cut vegetables /reachin coolers - Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location./exterior ice machine ice scoop on soiled top surface
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit./rear waiting station -scoop in water buckets
  • Critical. Observed employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area./observed open beverages interior reachin cooler/true
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses./kitchen x 1 clothe Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in freezer gaskets.x 2 kitchen black freezers
  • Observed non-bagged garbage in dumpster.
2/9/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 21-12-1 Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. x 6 kitchen
  • Critical. Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.interior/exterior x2 reachin freezers/upright
  • Violation: 37-14-1 Observed ceiling in disrepair.x 4 tiles /dishwasher area and above passthru walkway
  • Violation: 37-18-1 Observed dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers.
  • Violation: 38-07-1 Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers./broken light shield /kitchen
  • Violation: 38-07-1 Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. x 2 kitchen lights
11/2/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.sugar
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food./sugar , srs bin
  • Critical. Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect./observed xv2 cookline employees de-bone cooked poultry barehanded /NO BAREHANDED CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS Corrected On Site./gloves utilized
  • Critical. Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect./observed x 1 cookline employee cutting carrots barehanded /NO barehanded contact with rte's - Corrected On Site. gloves utilized
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container.sugar bin
  • Critical. Observed employee eating while preparing food./observed employee eating rice during foods /carrots cutting
  • Critical. Observed employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area./observed x 1 employee eating rice dish kitchen preparation table while foods preparation in progess
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. x 3 cookline employees
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner.cardboard lids/sugar bin, rice bin
  • Observed utensils in poor condition./observed wiping clothe utilized as food covering Repeat Violation.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. x 6 kitchen
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.interior/exterior xv2 reachin freezers/upright
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles.cardboard covering sugar ,rice bins
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable./kitchen
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.x 4 tiles /dishwasher area and above passthru walkway
  • Observed dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers.
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. x 2 kitchen lights
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers./broken light shield /kitchen
  • Observed unnecessary persons in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing area./observed non payroll person x 1 eating at kitchen preparation table during foods preparation
  • Observed a minor working in a hazardous/restricted area./observed hispanic male/Thomas working in/on cookline -no personal identification available/ physically appears under aged.
  • Critical. Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification.
  • Critical. Observed person in charge allowing entry of unauthorized persons in kitchen.
  • Critical. No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation./observed x 6 employees on site
  • Critical. No person in charge of establishment./ person questioned unable to answer questions re employee personnel ages, health or identification .
  • Critical. Observed person in charge allowing entry of outside personnel into food service areas who do not comply with the Food Code.
  • Critical. Employees have not received training related to their assigned duties./observed employee unable to answer questions re , employee training , dishwasher protocol
  • Critical. No proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. Pro
9/1/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 5/11/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/14/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 1/13/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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