- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle stored in ready to eat food. Multiple products. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. At waitstation. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Over chip station.
- Basic - Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Spoons at waitstation. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. At bar.
- 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. Waitstaff putting cut lemons on rim of drinks with bare hands. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. In produce walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged.
- High Priority - Small flying insects in back waitstation area.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Sanitizer buckets stored in bar and waitstation handsinks. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Scoop at chip station.
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08/20/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle stored in ready to eat food. Sugar, flour, salt. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
- Basic - Can opener blade rusted.
- Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Utensils in standing water at 128°F. on grill. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar, flour, salt. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood stored on same tray with cooked spinach in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
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4/17/2014 | Complaint Full | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Hood filters not tight fitting, leaving open spaces in automatic fire suppression/exhaust system.
- Basic - Ripped/worn tin foil used as food-contact shelf cover. Cookline.
- Basic - Walk-in cooler floor soiled. Under racks
- High Priority - Cooked rice/pasta hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked rice holding at 97°F. in oven. **Corrected On-Site**
- 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.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken stored above raw beef.
- Intermediate - Ice chute soiled/build up of residue. Oasis blender at bar.
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11/14/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At grill station.
- Basic - Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. At bar. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Cook handled raw chicken with gloves on, then handled flour tortilla with same gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
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6/10/2013 | Complaint Full | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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5/2/2013 | Complaint Full | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Hood filters not tight fitting leaving open spaces.
- Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spatulas at grill.
- Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Cold water at cookline and wait station handsinks won't turn off. Have to turn off using handle underneath sinks.
- High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine over 200 ppm at wait station bucket. **Corrected On-Site**
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5/2/2013 | Complaint Full | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler. Beef **Warning**
- Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Cooks wearing watch and/or bracelet. **Warning**
- Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Lava bowls in use for guacamole. **Warning**
- Basic - Garbage on the ground behind establishment. **Warning**
- Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Wait stations. **Warning**
- Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Multiple coolers **Warning**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw seafood stored over cooked seafood in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
- Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. Observed 12 employees on duty engaged in food preparation (cooks and waitstaff). **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 - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked meats and prepared sauces in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Cleaners at wait station. **Warning**
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3/11/2013 | Complaint Full | Warning Issued |
- No Violations Were Observed
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1/7/2013 | Food-Licensing Inspection | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
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