Uncle Charlie, 1977 Lane Ave, Jacksonville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Name: UNCLE CHARLIE
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1977 Lane Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32210-2741
License #: 2607266
Total inspections: 20
Last inspection: 6/2/2014

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Inspection findings

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Type

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  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of container with fries by fryer
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. By entrance to kitchen
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Serval boxes and buckets
  • Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. On pizza dough **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Employee restroom
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Kitchen
  • Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available. Couldnt find it
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date.
  • High Priority - Cooked mechanically tenderized meat not reaching 155 degrees Fahrenheit. 130-155° Phili meat, corrective action : cooked it longer
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce and tomatoes on cold counter 60-65°, corrective action: wrote times, explained time as public health control
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease/dust on food-contact surface. Vent in pizza unit
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cold cuts opened on Friday
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Dumping ice, front counter
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Both handsinks and employees bathroom **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. By triple 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. Pasta, lasagna made on Friday
6/2/2014Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On red pepper **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. By entrance **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Case of single-service articles stored on floor in dry storage area/kitchen/wait station. Pizza boxes, storage **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Ice machine **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Kitchen **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. On cutting board by cook line **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. Pushed cut lettuce while talking about proper temperature **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 45-48° cold cuts, cheeses on cold table, 60° cut lettuce and tomatoes on cold table, 60° uncooked fries on table by cook line, corrective action:placed in cooler , explained time as public health control **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of encrusted food debris on/around mixer head. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Ricotta cheese opened yesterday morning **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
1/28/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
8/22/2013Complaint FullCall Back - Complied
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink missing in food preparation room or area. The only hand sink is located behind the front counter. Hand sink is needed in the rear kitchen area. **Warning**
7/31/2013Complaint FullCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Pickles buckets
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Kitchen
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reuse of single-service articles.supremo Italiano containers with ridges on top
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 55° cut lettuce, cut tomatoes, cheeses, cold cuts on cold counter, corrective action : moved to walk in cooler, explained time as public health control, 64° fries-uncooked on table by cook line, 48° cold cuts and pasta in walk in cooler, corrective action: iced down
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of encrusted food debris on/around mixer head.
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Ricotta cheese opened on Monday **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Container in it **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Metal stem-type thermometer not accurate within plus or minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Reading 38
7/31/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Long pony tail hanging over the shoulders while preparing foods. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Wooden pizza paddle badly chipped and grooved. **Warning**
  • Basic - Urinal not flushing/functioning properly. Men's restroom. **Warning**
  • Basic - Water leaking from faucet/faucet handle. Hand sink, front counter. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee handled cash register and then began to handle food without washing hands and changing gloves in between. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee applied hand antiseptic in place of washing hands as required. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee used the 3 compartment sink. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. C. Martorana dated 4-30-08. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink missing in food preparation room or area. The only hand sink is located behind the front counter. Hand sink is needed in the rear kitchen area. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. On shelf below 3 compartment sink. **Warning**
5/20/2013Complaint FullWarning Issued
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cups in containers of seasoning on shelf next to fryers.
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Behind front counter.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Multiple throughout kitchen.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on prep surface next to slicer.
  • Basic - Food employee not using hand antiseptic after washing hands as required by the Alternative Operating Procedure for bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. No bare hand contact allowed with ready-to-eat food.
  • Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. Multiple.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine tested more than 200ppm. Mgr discarded solution. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Certified food manager unable to answer basic Food Code questions pertaining to safe operation of establishment. Mgr unaware of the proper cooking temperature needed for the beef that he was cooking on the grill.
  • Intermediate - Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Jugs in hand sink behind front counter.
2/13/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Alternative Operating Procedure for bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food not reviewed annually. Repeat Violation.
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable. In front of beer cooler.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Oil. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Walk-in freezer.
  • Observed single-service items stored on floor. Pizza boxes. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Lasagna. Corrected On Site.
  • Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. Dated 11-3-10.
7/17/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Alternative Operating Procedure for bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food not reviewed annually.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. pizza paddles on top of oven, dusty
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Observed build-up of dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. shelving between reach-in and oven
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. parsley
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. beef over plant foods, reach-in Corrected On Site.
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. can of tomato puree used to hold spoon
5/16/2012Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
4/16/2012Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Complied
  • Critical - Violation: 03A-07-1 Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, walk in cooler. Call back- pasta 46, lasagna 45, roast beef 43, tuna 43, cheesecake 45, ham 43, roast beef 40.
12/13/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures- walk in cooler. Ambient air 48 degrees F.
  • Critical - No Certified Food Manager for establishment. Operator unable to locate certification.
  • Observed build-up of dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface, under counter cooler parts by triple sink.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor, jugs of oil in kitchen, cartons in walk in.
  • Observed gaskets with build-up, pizza unit.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening, sliced sandwich meats, cheesecake.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface, inside walk in, glass door handles, etc.
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored by food, batteries in walk in on tray with coffee and yeast packages.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked, lasagna, cooked pastas.
12/9/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • No Violations Were Observed
6/17/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures, sandwich prep and walk in.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits, pizza paddle.
  • Observed ice scoops with handles in contact with ice.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, sandwich prep area.
  • Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed, sanitizer bucket +200 ppm chlorine.
  • Observed utensils in poor condition, cracked pizza paddle.
  • Critical - Probe-type thermometer not used to ensure proper food temperatures.
6/7/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Violation: 15-32-1 Observed walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Door of walk in freezer.
3/16/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cheese cake and lunch meat not date marked.
  • Critical. Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Spaghetti noodles in reach in cooler cooked yesterday. Corrected On Site. Discarded by operator. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Food thermometer not accurate within +/- 2 degrees Fahrenheit. 38'F in ice bath. Corrected On Site by inspector.
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice.
  • Critical. Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. After handling money.
  • Observed walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Door of walk in freezer.
  • No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. Will use sink in back storage room for mopsink and cover drain hole with apppropriate cover.
  • Observed soiled dry wiping cloth in use under grill.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of soiled material in mixer bowl and on dough hook.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Fryer baskets and under griddle. Slicer encrusted with build up of food residue.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Drawers under prep table full of crumbs.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Outsides of both microwave ovens.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. On exterior of large round containers in reach in cooler.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On shelf below cold table, shelf under front counter area and shelves throughout kitchen. Overhead lights over cookline.
  • Observed gaskets with debris build-up. On prep table in kitchen.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. Baskets stacked wet.
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored, on dirty surface near soda machine.
  • Drain cover(s) missing. Floor drain in back store room.
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed live flies in kitchen. Small fruit flies under cookline.
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated dust and mildew-like substance in walk in cooler.
  • Observed ceiling soiled with heavy accumulated dust and mildew like substance in walk in cooler annd freezer.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item improperly stored. Paint stored above plastic wrap and flatware.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket +200ppm.
  • Critical. Pesticide use not in accordance with manufacturer's directions. Label states for home use only.
  • Observed unnecessary items on the premise. Empty boxes stored on floor undeer front counter.
  • Critical. Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed. Owner cannot find current license on premises. Corrected On Site.
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
  • Critical. Employee training provided by unapproved provider. Refer to www.myflorida.com/dbpr for more details. Two certificates expired.
1/10/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name, seasonings. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food, in pepper flakes. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical. Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor.
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated grease at stove.
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated dust, fan in walk in.
  • Carbon dioxide not adequately secured. Corrected On Site.
2/16/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed improper use of container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food, seasonings. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed dusty ceiling tiles in kitchen. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item improperly stored, comet stored at triple sink. Corrected On Site.
8/21/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 3/20/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 12/2/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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