Original Chris Kitchen Inc Ii, 1602 N Hercules Ave, Clearwater, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: ORIGINAL CHRIS KITCHEN INC II
Type: Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicle
Address: 1602 N Hercules Ave, Clearwater, FL 33765
License #: 6250612
Total inspections: 18
Last inspection: 10/22/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Under flattop grill **Warning**
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Stovetop **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cook line **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operating from an unapproved commissary. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
10/22/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Under flattop grill **Warning**
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Stovetop **Warning**
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in cooler, cook line **Warning**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. Cook line **Warning**
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. top and handle of countertop sandwich press **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cook line **Warning**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Measured 0ppm chlorine, recheck 100ppm **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs above cooked potatoes , upright GE cooler located outside unit **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Condiment dispenser nozzle (mustard) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Flattop grill **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Restored during inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operating from an unapproved commissary. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
08/20/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • No Violations Were Observed
3/12/2014Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Complied
  • Basic - Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. (Dead gnats, flies in light shield over cookline)) **Warning**
  • Basic - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. (Observed water draining onto ground behind fixed building next to ice freezer.) **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. (Observed cook with watch while preparing sandwich.) **Warning**
  • Basic - Light shield for lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing end caps. (At cookline) **Warning**
  • Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle connected to utilities on more than a temporary basis. **Warning**
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. **Warning**
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. (Observed cook crack shell eggs onto grill and not remove gloves or wash hands before preparing sandwich.) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. (Equipment stored in sink bay) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Metal stem-type thermometer soiled. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No three-compartment sink is provided for warewashing. (Mobile unit utilizes 3 compartment sink in adjacent building) **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. (For cooked potatoes on grill.) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle not reporting to commissary as required. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operating from an unapproved commissary. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operator failed to submit a Commissary Notification form to the division for each commissary prior to use. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Probe thermometer not accurate within plus or minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit. 2(2 of three probe thermometers are not calibrated. One reads 19°F in ice bath, a second reads 39°F in ice bath) **Warning**
  • No child labor law poster. For reporting purposes only. **Warning**
2/12/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of flat top grill. **Warning**
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in cooler and microwave. **Warning**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women''s bathroom. **Warning**
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven. Heavy rust on oven not being used. **Warning**
  • Basic - Garbage on the ground under mobile unit as observed near opening of vinyl ground curtain near unit entrance. Cups, plastic, cigarette box, other trash observed. **Warning**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. Under flat top grill **Warning**
  • Basic - Hotel and Restaurant license decal not displayed on mobile food dispensing vehicle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. In mobile unit when cabinet below sink station is open a large gap at the wheel well exposes the outside. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Reach in cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Water draining onto dirt below Mobile during hand wash at sink. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Rubbing alcohol stored by can goods. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit. In green outdoor cooler ambient air is 42F, while thermometer reads 55F. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Restrooms) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris and rusty. **Warning**
11/1/2013Routine - FoodEmergency Order Callback Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of flat top grill. **Warning**
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in cooler and microwave. **Warning**
  • Basic - Cases of single-service articles stored on floor in dry storage area/kitchen/wait station. Vermin chew marks in plastic and cardboard packaging of takeout containers. **Warning**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. **Warning**
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven. Heavy rust on oven not being used. **Warning**
  • Basic - Garbage on the ground under mobile unit as observed near opening of vinyl ground curtain near unit entrance. Cups, plastic, cigarette box, other trash observed. **Warning**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. Under flat top grill **Warning**
  • Basic - Hotel and Restaurant license decal not displayed on mobile food dispensing vehicle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. In mobile unit when cabinet below sink station is open a large gap at the wheel well exposes the outside. **Warning**
  • Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Unwrapped utensils stored in soiled container. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Reach in cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Water draining onto dirt below Mobile during hand wash at sink. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter held on counter at 85°F. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 6 dropping present in broken cooler unit under steamer. Excess of 60 droppings under flat top grill . Excess of 100 semi soft to dry droppings under handwash sink in cabinet. Cabinet extends ten feet and droppings observed along entire stretch. Chew marks of rodent activity on single service boxes and take out container wrapping. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present. Receipts, broken egg shells, and bread crumbs carried into broken cooler unit under steamer **Warning**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Butter held at 38°F on counter. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Rubbing alcohol stored by can goods. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit. In green outdoor cooler ambient air is 42°F, while thermometer reads 55°F. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Restrooms) **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water shut off at sink. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris and rusty. **Warning**
10/30/2013Routine - FoodEmergency order recommended
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.(cookline countertop)
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.( exterior of ice bin)
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee washed hands with cold water. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.( hotdog)
  • Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit.( white upright)
  • 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. ( milk)
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.( old ice cream on scoops in dry dipper well)
  • Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers.( sugar)
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.
4/6/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
2/2/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions.
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed.[current]
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • 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. This violation must be corrected by : 01/10/13.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.[countertops]
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb.[attached to mfdv]
11/7/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Conspicuous thermometers not provided in all coolers and freezers.
  • Damaged gaskets observed on cookline cooler.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink is inaccessible-bucket stored in sink. COS
  • Ice cream scoop stored in standing water.
  • Critical - Interior surface of white up right cooler soiled.
  • Last inspection report not available at time of inspection.
  • Observed old food grease and dirt on counter surfaces hand wash sink and 3 compartment sink area.
  • Critical - Operating MFDB with out a current state DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
  • Critical - Plastic spray bottles not labeled.
  • Critical - Raw eggs stored over ready to eat food in up right cooler.
  • Single service utensils stored with handles down: store as to not cross contaminate. (Straws as well.)
5/20/2012Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometers in kitchen coolers.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Observed coffee filters stored without protection from contamination.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Observed detergent and sanitizer mixed together improperly and used for wiping cloths.
  • Observed dust/grease residue build-up on portable fan grill and blades.
  • Observed employees with no hair restraints.
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor.
  • Critical - Observed grill line food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interiors of reach-in coolers soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed interiors of unused grill line reach-in coolers soiled with accumulation of food/grease residue.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottles.
  • Observed walls soiled with accumulated food debris.
  • Observed walls soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched.
12/18/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometers in kitchen coolers.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed fry vat / grill food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Observed grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interior of unused reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed interiors of reach-in coolers soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottles.
  • Critical - Portable fire extinguisher not properly mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and the top no higher than 5 feet off the floor. For reporting purposes only.
5/14/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Lights not functioning in kitchen ceiling.
  • Observed build-up of grease on sides of grill line equipment.
  • Observed coffee filters stored without protection from contamination.
  • Critical - Observed container of medicine improperly stored.
  • Critical - Observed fry vat food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interiors of reach-in coolers soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottles.
  • Soiled cloths, linen, aprons, coats, or other uniform apparel not kept in a suitable container prior to laundering.
4/21/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.[milk]
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.[sausage] Repeat Violation. This violation must be corrected by : 3/29/2010.
  • Critical. Reheated food for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Corrected On Site. This violation must be corrected by : 3/29/2010.
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit.[white upright]
  • Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.[handling raw and ready-to-eat without changing gloves] Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed empolyee wash hands with no hot water. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.[shelving ,equipment ,throughout ]
  • Critical. Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink.
  • Observed leaking pipe at plumbing fixture.[under dipper well]
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Critical. Portable fire extinguisher tag out-of-date. For reporting purposes only.
  • Critical. Person in charge failed to insure proper handwashing by employees. This violation must be corrected by : 3/29/2010.
1/27/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.[milk]
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.[bag of onions]
  • Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.[cutting boards]
  • Critical. Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.[3cs]
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
10/24/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 5/23/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 5/23/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 11/15/2008Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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