Applebees Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 1465 Mcmullen Booth Rd, Clearwater, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: APPLEBEES NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1465 Mcmullen Booth Rd, Clearwater, FL 33759
License #: 6214066
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 09/11/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

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  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Rack **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Faucet/handle missing at plumbing fixture. Cooks line
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Corn **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottle
  • Basic - walk-in freezer floor soiled.
  • High Priority - Dishwasher handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes or utensils without washing hands. **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. Observed server cut rte lemons with bare hands **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.Half n half 48°F operator iced down for quick chill
  • Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Books provided incomplete
  • Intermediate - Soda gun soiled. At bar
09/11/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Pan used for scooping rib rub, multiple small scoops on cook line.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Back prep table. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on cook line.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Cook line.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler/freezer. Cook line: shrimp in freezer, multiple items in cooler.
  • High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Chicken wings 47°, ribs 47°, chicken 46°
  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0ppm.
  • Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items.
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Front and back kitchen.
4/22/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. inside Drawers, shrimp, chicken.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Walk in cooler/ tortillas, portioned items Walk in freezer **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Cook's line middle microwave.
  • Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Pans on shelf **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Reach in cooler wait station **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Reach in cooler end cook's line.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles
  • High Priority - No vacuum breaker on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
  • High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area.
  • 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. Opened Bagged sauces on storage shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
12/16/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. Under cookline.
  • Basic - Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly. Under cookline equipment. Drain overflowing and smells of rotting food.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Baked potatoes 54?. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Soup in walk in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Cookline
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooled in quantity deeper than 4 inches. Baked potatoes stacked in 6 inch pan. **Corrected On-Site**
3/29/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. service crew working on two door upright cooler at time of inspection.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • Critical - Observed employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. after drinking from open container, before putting on gloves. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. pasta in walk in cooler cooling covered with paper, plastic lid and stacked on top of secong cooling pasta container. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils.
  • Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
10/4/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. cut fruit for drinks at bar
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. plastic food containers end of cookline across from stove
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. in rice noodles and croutons, end of cookline
  • In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous food and the container. rice in reach in cooler in cookkine across from grill
  • Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. cracked plastic food containers on cookline
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. back kitchen, near mop sink
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. cookline
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. on cookline
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue. next to fryers
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored. plastic to go containers on cookline, top shelf not inverted or protected
  • Observed single-service items stored on floor. box of plastic pitchers in outside paper goods storage shed
  • Critical - Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. across from grill on cookline
  • Critical - Observed soiled reach-in freezer gaskets. next to fryers
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. ice cream in reach in freezer at the end of the cookline
5/11/2012Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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