Lake House Restaurant, 2652 Se Sr 21, Melrose, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: LAKE HOUSE RESTAURANT
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 2652 Se Sr 21, Melrose, FL 32666
License #: 6400833
Total inspections: 9
Last inspection: 10/17/2013

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink. At sinks throughout kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Across from grill **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cigarette lighter on food prep table **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Dry storage area, coat on shelf with food items.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Kitchen prep area
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - Floor tiles missing. Throughout kitchen area
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. Throughout kitchen **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Across from grill **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid.
  • Basic - Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Reach In Freezer across from grill
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Slaw **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Potato flakes
  • High Priority - Raw animal food not separated from ready-to-eat food during preparation. Prep table, raw shrimp on table with tomato
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Handwash sink by kitchen entrance
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink does not have enough water pressure to properly wash hands. Men's bathroom
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to being blocked by garbage can. By Walk In Cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Reach In Freezer across from grill
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Ribeyes, slaw not dated. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. By buffet area **Corrected On-Site**
10/17/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
5/7/2013Complaint FullCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Various areas in kitchen. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in cold holding unit. Reach in freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink in kitchen provided with disposable towels. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature. Chicken and fish. Still frozen, moved back to freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Tea filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Live flies in kitchen. Tiny flies near mop sink. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler. Shell eggs over mushrooms. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in chest freezer y not all products commercially packaged. Beef and potatoes. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Cleaner jug in contact with onion bag in storage area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification and no other certified food service manager employed at this location. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No list of certified food service managers available at the establishment. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Kitchen and wait station. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. **Warning**
3/7/2013Complaint FullWarning Issued
  • Can opener blade not kept sharp - observed metal shavings.
  • Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Plastic lids in kitchen.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Reach in freezer. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave on cookline soiled.
  • Observed reach in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Tall two door reach in cooler.
11/6/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
9/13/2012Complaint FullCall Back - Complied
  • No Violations Were Observed
6/19/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Clean glasses, cups, utensils, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner on buffet. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Lack of use of chemical test kit when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • 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.
  • Non-prewrapped utensils not properly presented. Utensils in containers at wait station not inverted. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Filters in hood above cookline.
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment, ice scoop, stored on top of ice machine. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed establishment utilizing time as a public health control without having written procedures.
  • Critical - Observed fly trap over clean single service items at wait station. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. Apple juice jug and plastic jug cleaned and dried in dry storage room. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. Faucet at three compartment sink.
6/19/2012Complaint FullWarning Issued
  • Critical - Violation: 02-07-1 Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk and cheese in walk-in.
  • Critical - Violation: 02-24-1 Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. Chicken and fish on buffett line.
  • Critical - Violation: 04-01-1 Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Walk-in cooler and wait area refrigerator.
  • Critical - Violation: 06-04-1 Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature. Crab on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-24-1 Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Chest freezer.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-24-1 Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Raw beef over fish in walk-in cooler. Chicken over beef. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-28-1 Observed food stored on floor. Oil jugs.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-29-1 Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Ham hock. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Violation: 12B-07-1 Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Violation: 15-31-1 Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair Inside handle of walk-in.
  • Violation: 21-12-1 Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
  • Violation: 26-02-1 Observed coke/soda and ktchup bottles cleaned and stored on shelves. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Violation: 27-16-1 Hot water not provided/shut off at sink.
  • Violation: 29-08-1 Plumbing system in disrepair. Leak at triple sink.
  • Critical - Violation: 30-02-1 Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. Outside back.
  • Violation: 34-02-1 No dumpster on site.
  • Critical - Violation: 35B-04-1 Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Gap under backdoor.
  • Violation: 37-13-1 Observed hole in ceiling. Missing tile.
  • Violation: 40-04-1 Observed personal items stored with food.
1/30/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Walk-in cooler and wait area refrigerator.
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at sink.
  • No dumpster on site.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Observed coke/soda and ktchup bottles cleaned and stored on shelves. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Oil jugs.
  • Observed hole in ceiling. Missing tile.
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair Inside handle of walk-in.
  • Observed personal items stored with food.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken 50-57F, Beef 64F, Pasta 68F, on kitchen counter. Corrected On Site. Food discarded.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Fish 48-50F, Beef 45F, Ham 46F, Sour cream 46F, all items in walk-in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded cheese in wait area reach-in. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature. Crab on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk and cheese in walk-in.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Chest freezer.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Raw beef over fish in walk-in cooler. Chicken over beef. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Ham hock. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Gap under backdoor.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. Leak at triple sink.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. Chicken and fish on buffett line.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. Outside back.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
1/27/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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