Harry's Seafood Bar & Grille, 46 Avenida Menendez, St Augustine, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Name: Harry's Seafood Bar & Grille
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 46 Avenida Menendez, St Augustine, FL 32084
License #: 6501354
Total inspections: 18
Last inspection: 09/25/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Ceiling in disrepair. Employee rest room downstairs. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair. Employee restroom downstairs. **Warning**
09/25/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance. Employee rest room downstairs. **Warning**
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in seasoning container by walk in cooler. Removed by manager. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Ceiling in disrepair. Employee rest room downstairs. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Pitchers for drinks stored next to hand sink and under hand anti-septic and soap in server station downstairs. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Hood filters not properly installed. Gaps in between filters from incorrect installation making it not fully functional **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Women's rest room downstairs. Placed by manager. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. On clean containers in prep room by stairs in kitchen. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair. Employee restroom downstairs. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Calamari 48°F in reach in cooler next to fry vats on cook line - item moved to walk in, chicken 46°F, beef 45°F, and crab 46°F in drawer reach in cooler under grill in kitchen. Ice placed on items in drawer. Ranch 45°F, lettuce 50°F, feta cheese 47°F in salad reach in cooler in kitchen. Ice placed on items. Cream 45°F in downstairs bar in ice bin. Moved to working unit by manager. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Spoons and food container in hand sink on cook line. Removed by employee. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Server station by kitchen - water did not turn hot after about a minute of waiting. Temperature is only 78°F. In women's rest room downstairs - handle is missing from hand sink controlling hot water. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. Proof of food manager card faxed while on-site. J. Griffin 7/20/11 **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Drawer unit under grill, make table unit next to grill near fry vats, and salad cooler all not able to hold items 41°F or below. **Warning**
09/24/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Containers with drinks for bar in beer cooler. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Hood filters installed incorrectly. Over grill in kitchen.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chowder 46°F, stew 47°F, gumbo 46°F in walk in cooler. Uncovered by employee. Doors were open for a while for a delivery per manager.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in cold holding drawers. Chicken over cheese in make tale in kitchen by grill closest to wall. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit. Raw Chicken over fish in make table on cook line. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. Cream in upstairs bar. Labeled by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. Kitchen manager.
4/25/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on piping above grill. Kitchen.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink by make line. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Downstairs bar. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Multiple in kitchen.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter at 50°F in wait station. Just prepped within the hour per manager. Ice added to tray. Half and half at 45°F at downstairs bar. Placed lower in ice.
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Ice in hand sink at wait station.
11/27/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Propane tanks in trash area.
  • Basic - Ceiling in disrepair. From water leak over cookline.
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Employee bathroom.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.clean dishes in dish area.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler in server station has leak from top of unit.
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle between uses. On oven in server station on 2nd floor. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink by cookline. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Clean dish area by kettles.
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Bar. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly. Behind sink by kettles. Unclogged by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. In bar. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Butter/butter blend/clarified butter/whipped butter cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter at 61?F in prep sink at 2nd story server station. Placed in reach in cooler by manager.
  • High Priority - Improper side-by-side separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Raw bacon next to ready to eat chicken in reach in cooler by dish area. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw fish cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Fish on cookline at 46?F. Bag of ice placed in it by manager.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Clean containers stored in hand sink in dish pit. Moved by manager. **Corrected On-Site**
2/28/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. Clean dishes by dish machine.
  • Critical - Food thermometer not accurate within +/- 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Thermometer is broken in salad reach in cooler.
  • Critical - Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Multiple handsinks throughout establishment.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Over drink station in server station. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. 2nd floor server station.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Cutting board on make line in kitchen.
  • Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. 1st floor bar.
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored by food. Sanitizer dispenser over prep table in kitchen. Moved by manager. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Pink spray bottle in kitchen.
10/31/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
7/9/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Beans 45-49F, 44-45F, 46-47F, 47-48F. Mashed potatoes 49F, 51F, 48-49F. Ettouffe 44-45F, 42-44F. Gumbo 43-44F, 44-46F, 42-43F. All items in walk in cooler and cooked yesterday 01-23-12. Temperatures taken during inspection were verified with Chris Tyler, kitchen manager, both thermometers calibrated during inspection. All items voluntarily discarded. Corrected On Site.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. Dish area.
  • Critical - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Prep room-garbage can in front of sink.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Before gloves.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Blue cheese dressing 52F, jambalaya 144F both with lids on in walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Cook line-utensils in handwash sink.
1/24/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • No Violations Were Observed
10/27/2011Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Complied
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous food and the container. Handle in panko crumbs.
  • Light not functioning. Above cook line.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Reach in cooler salad prep.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Before putting gloves on.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Pork over seafood-walk in cooler, seafood over ready to eat-reach in cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 94F on cook line next to grill.
  • Critical - Observed no splash guard between handwash sink and food prep counter at server prep line. Ground beef prepped next to hand sink.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in coolers on cook line-seafood 53F, chicken 49F, shrimp 47F. Bags of ice added, Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cheeses, dairy products.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Beans 110F, sauce 95F, sauce 110F-steam table on cook line. Corrected On Site.
8/3/2011Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Critical. Observed rusted cans. SEA CLAM CANS Corrected On Site. VOLUNTEERILY DISGAURDED Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed food with mold-like growth. ORANGES Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. MILK AT 49 IN UPSTAIRS REACH IN COOLER Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. COVERING COOLING FOODS AND STACKING COOLING FOODS SO NOT PROPERLY COOLING Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. POTATOES AND SOUP COOLING IN WALK IN COOLER AT 49-52. Corrected On Site. VOLUNTEERILY THROWN AWAY
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. UNIT NOT HOLDING FOODS 41 OR BELOW Corrected On Site.
  • Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. SEVERAL PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. INTERIOR OF LID OF SALAD REACH IN COOLER
  • Observed walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler. WIRE SHELVING
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. HOOD FILTERS
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. STACKING WET DISHES
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination. TO GO CONTAINERS ON 3RD FLOOR STORAGE
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. BLOCKED BY TRASH CAN Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. EMPLOYEE BATHROOM
  • Critical. Observed live flies in kitchen.
  • Ventilation system inadequate as evidenced by condensation on walls/ceiling. VENT IN DISREPAIR IN DISHWASHING AREA, CAUSING CONDENSATION
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored by utensils. CLEANERS HANGING NEXT TO CLEAN DISHES Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored in food preparation area. CLEANER ON COOKLINE Corrected On Site.
9/13/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
6/28/2010Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Complied
  • No Violations Were Observed
4/5/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed dented/rusted cans. 3 DENTED/ RUSTY CANS Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. SHE CRAB SOUP, CLAM CHOWDER, EHOUFFE SAUCE, (OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE ) BETWEEN 49 F TO 55 F IN WALKINCOOLER Repeat Violation. (ITEMS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED)
2/3/2010Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • No Violations Were Observed
9/21/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. BUTTER AT 50 IN WALKINCOOLER Corrected On Site. VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED .
  • Critical. Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. 4 GALLONS GUMBO IN WALKINCOOLER AT BETWEEN 55 TO 60 . (OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ) Corrected On Site. ITEMS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED .
  • Critical. Food not stored in a clean/dry location that is not exposed to splash/dust. CONDENSATION DRIPPING FROM AIRCONDITIONER VENTS ON TO MAKETABLES -COOKLINE
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. BAGS OF ONIONS BY WALKINCOOLER . WATER SOFTENER SALT BAGS ON FLOOR -OUTSIDE . Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. IN SPICE CONTAINER
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. COOKLINE UTENSILS UNDER AND BETWEEN EQUIPMENT .
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. NEXT TO COOKLINE HANDSINK Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. MELTED HANDLES TO NUMEROUS SPATULAS
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. CHIPPED /CRACKED CONTAINER LIDS Repeat Violation.
  • Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength.
  • Critical. Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. O PPM Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. DOWNSTAIRS UNIT Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed soil buildup inside ice bin.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. WALKINCOOLER CURTAINS
  • Clean glasses, cups, utensils, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. PLATES UNDER TOWEL DISPENSER . (COOKLINE ) (SUBJECT TO SPLASH) Corrected On Site.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. CONDENSATION FROM AIRCONDITIONER VENTS DRIPPING ONTO COOKLINE MAKETABLES
  • Observed leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. PREPLINE HANDSINK Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. UTENSILS IN HANDSINK - BY DISHMACHINE
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. COOKLINE DISPENSER
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license. EXPIRED LICENSE 2009
8/19/2009Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
No report available. 3/26/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 11/4/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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