Hungry Howie's, 13201 Tamiami Trl #a, Northport, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: HUNGRY HOWIE'S
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 13201 Tamiami Trl #a, Northport, FL 34287-2163
License #: 6803925
Total inspections: 19
Last inspection: 08/29/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone above make table. **Warning**
  • Basic - Floor/table fan has accumulation of food debris/dust/grease/soil residue. Shelf where clean pans are stored. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. Excess flour. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. On make table reach in **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate or tests for employees trained. **Warning**
08/29/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone above make table. **Warning**
  • Basic - Floor/table fan has accumulation of food debris/dust/grease/soil residue. Shelf where clean pans are stored. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. Excess flour. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. On make table reach in **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
  • High Priority - All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in walk-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Precooked chicken wings 47°F. Ham 48°F. Sausage 47°F. Operator stated unit has froze up was working on thawing out. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Mozzarella cheese 50°F. Sausage 49°F. Ham 47°F. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. What appears to be 15 to 20 dry rodent droppings in front counter area. Scattered thruout the floor. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate or tests for employees trained. **Warning**
08/28/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Drain cover(s) or grease trap cover no lined up correctly.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Female employee working with food.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage, customer, warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid.
  • Intermediate - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris.
2/26/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - 2 Soiled dry wiping cloths in use located on food prep tables.
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface including 6 frontline green condiments storage containers.
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of upright single door reach-in freezer.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/soil residue on dry and food storage shelves located above dough prep table station.
  • Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Observed unisex restroom toilet not flushing.
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface including rear mopsink.
  • Basic - Walls soiled with accumulated food debris in all food prep areas.
  • Intermediate - Buildup of excessive soiled material on metal pizza storage mobile racks in the rear kitchen area.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on rear table mounted can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Interior of frontline pizza prep lowboy 2 doir bevaire reach-in cooler excessively soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed 1 storage container each of opened comminuted meats/ meatballs and 1 container of prepared cooked taco pizza meat paste not date marked post 24 hours after opening and cooking, respectively.
10/29/2013Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Observed 2 Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Basic - 1 female Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food and observed 9 wrist bracelets being worn on left wrist during pizza preparation. Corrected on site.
  • Basic - 2 Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean located on rear food prep table.
  • Basic - Build-up of excessive food and grease on nonfood-contact surface including rear mop sink floor and wall area.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Observed 1 personal cellular phone on and above a rear food prep table.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed walkin cooler door damaged and door insulation exposed to walkin cooler foods.
  • Basic - Esteablishment food prep area Walls soiled with excessive accumulated food debris. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed 1 tomatoes box stored on walkin cooler floor.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in frontline pizza prep lowboy 3 door colld holding unit.
  • Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Observed 1 excessively soiled dry wiping cloth on a frontline food prep table.
  • Basic - Walkin cooler Foods stored in a location that is exposed to damaged walkin cooler interior door exposed insulation.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of excessive food debris/grease on food-contact surface including frontline lowboy white freezer utilized for top surface storage and scale storage.
  • Intermediate - Excessive Encrusted food material on rear table mounted can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces including rear pizza prep table surfaces excessively encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Intermediate - Interior of frontline 2 door lowboy reach-in cooler soiled with excessive accumulation of food residue.
8/20/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - 3 Employees with no hair restraints while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Ceiling soiled with accumulated dust throughout establishment.
  • Basic - Excessive Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor, throughout kitchen.
  • Basic - Walls soiled with accumulated food debris in food prep employee handwashing sink area and frontline food prep table area.
  • Intermediate - 1 Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed handwashing in a 3 comp sink.
  • Intermediate - 2 metal Reach-in cooler shelves excessively soiled with food debris.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surfaces including pizza press on rear kitchen food prep table.
2/13/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. observed front line lowboy reachin stainless 3 door cooler mac and cheese scoop constructed from a single use styrofoam cup.
  • Observed ceiling soiled with accumulated dust. observed rear establishment food preparation table/dough preparation area ceilings and light covers excessively soiled with dust.
  • Critical - Observed food including 1 sauces storage bucket stored on walkin cooler floor.
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor including rear dough preparation station area and front line pizza preparation station area floor .
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces including pizza oven interiors, front line lowboy reachin 3 door cooler , and lowboy mini white freezer exterior excessively encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. observed a handleless styrofoam cup utilized as a front line lowboy reachin stainless cooler mac and cheese scoop .
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. observed 1 styrofoam cup utilized as a front line lowboy reachin stainless cooler mac and cheese scoop.
  • Critical - observed incomplete proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. observed 5 of seven current food handler employees without current food handler training documentation . no callback required .
7/26/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed 1 female kitchen food preparation employee with ineffective hair restraint and pony tail hanging over shoulders.
  • Observed equipment including pizza food preparation line fan soiled with excessive accumulated dust.
  • Critical - Observed excessive encrusted material on rar food preparation area table mounted can opener.
  • Critical - Observed incorrect chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. observed ammquat kit and need chlorine test kit.
  • Observed personal care item including 1 cell phone stored with food including 2 spices containers one pizza preparation line shelf
  • Critical - observed 2012 Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed.
2/7/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored. observed 2 bottom ready to utilize cleaned pizza pans storage on walkin cooler floor .
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored. observed cleaned pizza dough stainless ringer storage on handwashing sink paper towel support and exposed to handwashing sink splash . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. observed establishments only employee food preparation handwashing sink without cold water available and shut off.
  • Critical - Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect. observed frontline counter food preparation employee repeatedly touching rte's including pizza toppings barehanded during pizza construction . Corrected On Site.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. observed only kitchen food preparation employees handwashing sink without cold water available . observed cold water faucet handle damaged .
  • Critical - observed No conspicuously located thermometer in frontline counter food preparation lowboy pizza cold holding unit.
8/12/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed female food preparation employee with ineffective hair restraint and hair hanging over shoulders
  • Critical - Observed interior of kitchen reach-in upright single door white freezer excessively soiled with accumulation of food residue in door storage compartments
  • observed 1 Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses on rear dough food preparation table
5/18/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in freezer gaskets on pizza prep line lowboy white/exterior rusted reachin freezer Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits./observed 200 plus pizza cookline pans excessively soiled carbon build up Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink./observed no hot water available during inspection at only establishment kitchen hw sink
  • Plumbing system in disrepair./observed only establishment hw sink without available hot water.
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees./frontline patron-employee restroom hw sink .
  • Observed frontline foods preparation wall soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Observed 7 dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers. Repeat Violation.
  • observed 1 Wet mop not hung to dry./ Repeat Violation.
12/1/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in freezer gaskets./observed frontline mini white bottom reachin freezer gaskets soiled
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits./observed deep dish pizza pans and bakers racks with excessive carbon deposits
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue./ob ki white single door reachin freezer interior soiled
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times./observed kitchen hw sink blocked by 7 plus cardboard boxes
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing./observed macaroni dumping into kitchen hw sink
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions./at kitchen hw sink
  • Critical. Observed objectionable odors in rear kitchen mopsink area
  • Observed dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers./observed 9 establishment dusty ceiling vents
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
  • Observed unnecessary persons in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing area./observed 1 toddler playing in entire kitchen and foods preparation areas around hazardous conditions-boiling water
  • No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
  • Observed a minor playing in a hazardous/restricted area./observed 1 toddler present /playing in rear foods preparation area around unstable hot plate with boiling water present - Corrected On Site.
  • Observed no child labor law poster.
7/19/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Food not stored in a clean/dry location that is not exposed to splash/dust.-observed panned pizza dough storage with dust pan and broom on same surface
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint./ cookline employee Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets./pizza preparation station reachin lowboy coolers Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits./pizza cookline pans x 100mplus
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue./pizza preparation lowboy reachin coolers Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in freezer /white frontline soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface./kitchen preparation table =s lower shelfs x 3
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface./frontline counters Repeat Violation.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface./rear flour station shelf Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink./employee -public restroom
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor./severe Corrected On Site.
  • Observed dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers./ throughout establishment -x 11
  • Wet mop not hung to dry. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed.
  • No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
3/1/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint./x1 cookline employee
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.frontline mini white lowboy freezer
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.pizza/dough preparation shelf
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored./ob chilled pizza pans storage on walkin cooler floor
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.frontline hw sink
  • Observed wall in disrepair.mopsink surround tiles missing xv20 plus
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair. x 3 ceiling tiles damaged
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
10/7/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 6/25/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 10/14/2008Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 9/8/2008Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 7/24/2008Complaint FullWarning Issued
No report available. 7/24/2008Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended

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