Over The Ditch Cafe, 13799 Beach Boulevard, Suite 3, Jacksonville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: OVER THE DITCH CAFE
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 13799 Beach Boulevard, Suite 3, Jacksonville, FL 32224
License #: 2613700
Total inspections: 11
Last inspection: 6/20/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. To either restroom **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Large hole in ceiling outside of bathrooms.
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Coffee cups front of kitchen not inverted, also dishes and bowls on storage shelf back of establishment across from bathrooms.
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. Coffee filters on machine next to reach in cooler, also on shelf across from reach in cooler.
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Large hole at base of wall near dishwasher and hand sink.
  • Basic - Dishmachine not washing/rinsing properly. Must wash, rinse and sanitize all dishware, equipment and utensils in three-compartment sink until dishmachine is functioning properly. Dish machine 0 ppm
  • Basic - Drain cover(s) missing. Under hand sink by dish machine.
  • Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler has accumulation of dust/debris. Accumulation of black mold like substance in fan cover.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Top of microwave on shelf front of kitchen.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Pipe leaking next to triple sink and toaster in prep area, water standing under prep table.
  • Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Old food stuck on knife, food debris stuck to clean bin both on the clean storage shelf back of kitchen.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler back of kitchen.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep sink and center of prep table.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of flour and sugar per manager under front prep table next to reach in cooler.
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date.
  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine 0 ppm, recommended setting up three compartment sink.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Half and half in ice 57-60° in front of kitchen. Corrective action, recommended adding to Time as a Public Health Control
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. In men's bathroom.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer. Old food debris on slicer stored on table by back door.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Next to dish machine.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Reach in cooler next to cook line has accumulation of water, reach in freezer next to cook line is soiled excessively with food debris. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. For dish machine or chlorine buckets
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Server who has been working 9 months has no proof of training.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Expired for 1 employee
6/20/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. Either bathroom door.
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bulk container
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • 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. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Rear door
  • Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Prep table across from cookline
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Behind dish machine.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Over meat slicer.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink by dish machine
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with clean or in-use utensils. Open container of stainless steel cleaner.
  • 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. Dairy make table cooler. Also cooked meats walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Food spills.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. By dish machine
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food.
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade soiled with old food debris.
  • Use of cooking equipment producing grease laden vapors/smoke with no hood suppression system installed. Notified Fire AHJ. For reporting purposes only. Portable deep fryer not under hood system.
1/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored next to handwash/food preparation sink exposed to splash.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of upright freezer. Grease buildup next to fryer
  • Basic - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Bulk sugar, flour and rice containers
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Bulk sugar and flour
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Above make table
  • Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Make table cooler not draining properly
  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm chlorine
  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in food preparation area.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored in food preparation area with potential to cause cross contamination. Bleach on hand wash sink **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Roast, potato salad walkin cooler
7/25/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in reach-in cooler. Upright cooler
  • Basic - Rubber/plastic/vinyl spatula cracked/chipped. Rubber spatulas melted/worn/cracked **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Live flies in kitchen. Drain flies
  • Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Near 3 comp sink
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Near 3 comp sink
2/25/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. cloth under cuttingboard
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. tongs on oven door handle
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Observed personal care item stored with food. cell phone on rack with clean plates
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. potato and chicken salads, ice bath, 45'F - 46'F corrective action product was not submerged in ice
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. orange rubber spatula torn, worn burnt
10/1/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. tongs on oven door handle
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles. coke and mr. pibb
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. employee cracked shell eggs and then touched clean utensils Corrected On Site. washed hands changed gloves
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. white fish, walkin cooler, 47'F Corrected On Site. voluntarily discarded lower shelf in walkin cooler is not maintaing temps do not use to store phf's
  • Observed utensils in poor condition. orange kitchenaid spatula is melted, cracked and worn no longer easily cleanable
6/27/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. less than 50ppm
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. tongs on side of oven door Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles. at beverage dispenser
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. sausage links and patties and lquid eggs Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. in prep table reachin cooler Corrected On Site.
1/30/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Violation: 05-09-1 No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. STAINLESS REFRIGERATOR
  • Violation: 37-01-1 Ceiling tile missing. MOP SINK CLOSET
  • Critical - Violation: 53B-08-1 No 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. No Certificates for some employees.
8/4/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Ceiling tile missing. MOP SINK CLOSET
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. STAINLESS UPRIGHT REFRIGERATOR. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE IN DANGER ZONE.
  • Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. MENS RESTROOM
  • Critical - Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. ALL HANDSINKS IN KITCHEN
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. IN BULK FLOUR, SUGAR
  • In-use utensil not stored in a clean, protected location. TONGS ON OVEN HANDLE
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. STAINLESS REFRIGERATOR
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. HANDSINK NEAR DISH MACHINE
  • Critical - No 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. No Certificates for some employees.
  • Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. TOWEL UNDER CUTTING BOARD
  • Observed build-up of dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. FAN COVER IN WALK-IN COOLER
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. BOX OF SODA SYRUP, CASE OF EGGS
  • Observed grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. MELTED BUTTER 74'F ON COUNTER IN PREP AREA Corrected On Site. WILL USE TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL. CREAM CHEESE 56, MILK 60, LIQUID EGG 59, BUTTER 61'F. ALL IN STAINLESS UPRIGHT REFRIGERATOR. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. HOLLANDAISE SAUCE, MELTED BUTTER Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice).
8/2/2011Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous food and the container. in rice
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. milk Corrected On Site- placed in cooler
4/29/2011Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
4/29/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied

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