- Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Two CO2 tanks in dry storage area. Owner secured CO2 tanks on shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In dry storage room, bulk bag of powder spices . Employee added label to spices. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple sink chlorine 0 ppm, owner refreshed chlorine to 50 ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At make table in kitchen: cut lettuce 46°, white cheese 50°, sour cream 50°, cooked pork 50°, and raw chicken 50°. Corrective action: items moved to walk in cooler.
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. At buffet line on hot holding side: , fajita chicken 115°, chicken wings 108°, French fries 108°. Items reheated and placed on buffet: fajita chicken 150°, chicken wings 138°, French fries 150°. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Black mold like build up in ice machine interior on deflector shield and behind deflector shield around interior ice chute.
- Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Hand wash sink in server drink area used to dump ice.
- Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink next to triple sink. Owner added paper towels to sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food left at room temperature to cool. Chili rellenos above stove in kitchen at 90°. Chef stated they have been cooling for less than one hour. Also two containers of queso above the stove at 119°. Items moved to walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
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08/21/2014 | Complaint Full | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Styrofoam cup used in season salt at cook line. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Full CO2 tank in dry storage room. Owner moved tank to a secured location. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach in kitchen near hand wash sink next to water heater. Roach cleaned up. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. In employee restroom in kitchen. Owner put paper towels in restroom. **Corrected On-Site**
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6/3/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Half-eaten chicken on prep table in kitchen.
- Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Sides and bottom of rear exit door.
- Basic - Food stored near condenser exposed to splash. Container of beans under AC unit in walk in cooler, pooled water on plastic wrap cover.
- Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Under hand sink next to ice machine.
- 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. Operator placing toppings on tacos before service.
- 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 beef in reach in cooler at cook line.
- Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken made yesterday in walk in cooler.
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1/7/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. Buildup of metal shavings. **Repeat Violation**
- Intermediate - Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Walk in cooler has drain line that drains into employee hand sink in restroom.
- Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Half of restaurant without hot water, technician will be fixing today.
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10/1/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- 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. On shelf over dish washing area.
- Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener. Metal shavings buildup.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. In employee restroom, blocked by ladder, other items.
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6/13/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop in bulk rice in dry storage room. **Warning**
- Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination. Small Bowls at buffet not inverted. Corrected on site - inverted. **Warning**
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2/13/2013 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Cloth under cutting board at cookline. Corrective action - removed. **Warning**
- Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Sink next to cooler at cookline. **Warning**
- In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. Tongs on oven handle. Corrected on site - moved. **Warning**
- In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop in bulk rice in dry storage room. **Warning**
- Critical - No proof of required state approved employee training provided. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All certificates expired, new training has not yet been done, no employee with current proof. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- Nonfood-contact equipment not designed and constructed in a durable manner. Foil used to line bottom of table at cookline torn/in bad repair. **Warning**
- Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Front of stove, side of fryer. **Warning**
- Critical - Observed buildup of black debris in the interior of ice machine. Upper edge inside machine. **Warning**
- Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers, racks, vestibules or toilet rooms, or between equipment/walls. Clean bowls in bus tub soiled with food debris, under clean plate table next to dish machine. **Warning**
- Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Cooked beans in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Refried beams 110?f in steam table at cookline. Corrective action - stirred product, retemped at 142?f. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. Cooked beef, chicken made yesterday in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination. Small Bowls at buffet not inverted. Corrected on site - inverted. **Warning**
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11/28/2012 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Critical - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm. DO NOT use dish machine to sanitize until unit can be repaired and sanitize at 50-100 ppm.
- Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, fire safety, bathroom requirements or other related requirements. Licensed for 58 seats, inspector counted 124 seats.
- Critical - License expired more than 30 days, but not more than 60 days, after expiration date. License expired 6-1-12.
- Critical - No current 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. Most certificates expired. Only 2 employees with current proof.
- Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation soiled water. Keg cooler in server area.
- Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs stored over tortillas in walk in cooler.
- Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Pan of raw chicken over raw beef items in tall reach in freezer at cookline. Corrected On Site. Moved chicken.
- Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Front server area. Corrected On Site. Cleaned.
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Beef flautas, enchiladas both 72F on prep counter at cookline. Rotated to hot hold at buffet through lunch period. Wings 96F at buffet. Corrective action - added flautas/enchiladas and wings to time control already set in place for cold items at buffet.
- Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. At server counter at kitchen serving window.
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7/18/2012 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. In dry storage room. Corrected On Site.
- Observed cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. White doored reachin freezer on cookline, gaskets starting to split
- Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handsink by icemachine used as a dump sink. Observed ice in bottom of handsink
- Observed nonfood-grade bag used for food storage. Grocery store/carry out bag with raw beef, in reachin freezer on cookline
- Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Purple liquid in spray bottle by outside mopsink Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
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1/3/2012 | Routine - Food | Inspection 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. Cup in chicken bouillon container. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Raw beef and chicken stored over RTE food in reachin cooler. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
- Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sour cream on cold side of buffet. Manager turned up thermostat on unit. Discussed and gaveTime as a Health Control form. Sour cream must be discarded by 3pm. Repeat Violation.
- Critical - Observed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on-site and frozen not properly date marked. Tamales in reachin freezer. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket at 300ppm chlorine Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Clear liquid Corrected On Site.
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7/5/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Dry storage area
- Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. By 3 compartment sink. Corrected On Site.
- In-use utensil for potentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. Tongs on oven door Corrected On Site.
- Observed gaskets with dirt build-up. Reachin cooler on cookline Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Frozen raw chicken and beef, stored over frozen cooked food in reachin freezer opposite flattop Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter on cookline at 53F. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature. Frozen beef and frozen chicken on shelf by walkin cooler. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Rice on cookline at 117F. Manager heated rice back up Corrected On Site.
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2/7/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.DAIRY MILK not dated inside walk in cooler.
- Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.COOKED BEANS AND SOME COOKED MEATS not dated inside walk in cooler.
- Critical. Observed uncovered food inside WALK IN COOLER /beans ,chicken ALREADY COOLED.
- Critical. Observed buildup of LIGHT slime in the interior of ice machine SPLASH GUARD.
- Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.EMPLOYEE WASHING utencils inside cooks line handwashing sink.
- Critical. License expired more than 30 days, but not more than 60 days, after expiration date.ESTABLISHMENT OWES 50.00 LATE FEE AS PER OFFICE ,for license to be current.
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7/9/2010 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Observed labeling on rice not in English language.
- Critical. Observed beef/chicken unside cookline RIC at above 41 degrees F. COS.
- Critical. Observed employee touch raw beef and shrimp and then touch clean utensils, plates containing RTE food. COS.
- Critical. Observed bowl being used to scoop raw beans (no handle).
- Critical. Observed manager did not have knowledge of Big 5 and symptoms.
- Critical. Observed not washing hands between tasks.
- Observed chill stick improperly stored not protected.
- Critical. Observed mold-like substance on ceiling tiles in kitchen.
- Observed personal food not properly labeled, stored with other food.
- Observed operator did not have last inspection available upon request.
- Critical. Observed manager failed to ensure proper handwashing and proper cold holding.
- Critical. Observed employee lacking knowledge of handwashing and proper food handling.
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6/16/2010 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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1/5/2010 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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7/30/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 4/14/2009 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
| No report available. | 3/18/2009 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
| No report available. | 7/2/2008 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended |
| No report available. | 7/1/2008 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
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