Applebees Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 8537 Little Rd, New Port Richey, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: APPLEBEES NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 8537 Little Rd, New Port Richey, FL 34654
License #: 6102511
Total inspections: 5
Last inspection: 10/16/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cigarette in plastic bag in above food prep area next to food items **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair. In dish washing area, beer cooler
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Lexan container **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Under handwash sink next to dishwashing area
  • Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils.
  • 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. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Black to go containers **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Handling unwrapped straws with barehands and placing into customer drinks.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. At bar reach in cooler **Repeat Violation**
  • 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. Placing lemons in customer drink
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Garlic butter thyme sauce 120°
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken next to raw beef **Corrected On-Site**
  • Use of cooking equipment producing grease laden vapors/smoke with no hood suppression system installed. Notified Fire AHJ. For reporting purposes only. Small flat top grill
10/16/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Repeat Violation**
1/30/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone next to food on shelf
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Lexan pans
  • Basic - Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses.
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container.
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container.
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Cook line to go containers
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. **Corrected On-Site**
9/12/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.Lime buildup.
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.Inside ceilings.
  • Basic - Light shield for lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing end caps.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored.Wd 40 on dish machine. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment.Table scales.
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris.Cookline,interior floor of unit.
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris,and other food choppers. **Corrected On-Site**
5/3/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Clean glasses, cups, utensils, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Bar
  • Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable.clean dish rack chipping
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed clean equipment stored on floor.ice bucket **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. Cambrian melted no longer smooth and easy to clean **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Walk-in freezer **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed in-use utensil used with moist food not stored in running water of sufficient velocity. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.line reach-in cooler butter 45?, dressing 47? removers and cooled
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored.to go cups not inverted **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.ice cream **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed utensils in poor condition.melted and chipped spatulas **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.spray-bottle of oil **Corrected On-Site**
12/18/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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