The Cheesesteak Factory, 682 Sw Bayshore Blvd, Port St Lucie, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: THE CHEESESTEAK FACTORY
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 682 Sw Bayshore Blvd, Port St Lucie, FL 34983
License #: 6602471
Total inspections: 15
Last inspection: 09/10/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink.
  • Basic - Attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. Exhaust fan over pizza oven heavily soiled.
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Several locations throughout facility.
  • Basic - Establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. Operator building counter at drink area, wood not sealed.
  • Basic - Floor tiles missing. I front of upright freezer. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Heavy Grease and debris accumulated under cooking equipment. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Hood heavily soiled with accumulated runny/sludgy brown grease **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Interior and exterior of microwave heavily soiled with encrusted food debris-grease and sauce like splatters.
  • Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. Pizza oven not in use.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Advised rapid chill to 41° or colder-operator moved to another unit. Facility has less than 1 hour to make temp.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Prep table/reach in cooler at cookline area heavily soiled with old food and debris.
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Bottle at cookline, operator states water.
09/10/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Wall by three bin sink in poor repair.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Several drinks throughout facility **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Mans black wallet on shelf with clean dishes. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable-kitchen area of facility.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on top of and over pizza oven. Exhaust gan over oven heavily soiled.
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair. Chest freezer on cookline.
  • Basic - Heavy sludgy brown Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Hood soiled with moderate amounts of accumulated grease.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets-cookline.
  • Basic - Spray bottle containing a food product not labeled. Spray bottle in prep area. Operator states it is water.
  • High Priority - License is expired and is more than 60 after expiration date. **Admin Complaint**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over ready to eat meats and produce.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Slatted shelving in upright cooler near pizza oven. **Repeat Violation**
6/4/2014Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink.
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on soap dispenser.
  • Basic - Bathroom facility not clean.
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Garlic powder container
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area.cigarettes **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit.
  • Basic - Shelf under preparation table soiled with food debris.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottle oil/vinegar and sugar container
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Sugar container
2/14/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
2/14/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employees working today, one corrected on site.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor with puddles under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment and throughout kitchen. In need of deep degreaser/cleaning
  • Basic - Hood filters and surrounding surfaces heavily soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers.
  • Intermediate - Interior of refrigerator and freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue, old door and drips. Top of cookline prep table heavily soiled with food residue, crumbs and other food.
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.
12/3/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed-license displayed expired 4-1-2012. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**. License has been paid for by visa on 6-19-13. facility may have unpaid fines holding up issuance of license.
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date. license expired on April 1, 2013. **Warning**
6/24/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. **Warning**
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed-license displayed expired 4-1-2012. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair-hood suppression system not operational at this time. **Warning**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Hood heavily soiled with accumulated grease. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave heavily soiled with encrusted grease and food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Raw animal food stored above unwashed produce. raw chicken over mushrooms and other ready to eat foods **Warning**
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Portable fan in kitchen heavily soiled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets-cookline. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Toilet heavily soiled with caked on substance **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date. license expired on April 1, 2013. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Pesticide use not in accordance with manufacturer's directions. blue can of raid in facility over Handwash sink. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Wire racks by grill and fryer heavily soiled with caked on grease etc. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Cookline cooler interior heavily soiled with old food scraps. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. Old owners card in use but does operator can not show where he still works at facility. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine-test kit had been exposed and operator through it away. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for Ay employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 3 bottles, three colors: glass clean, degreaser and sanitizer. **Warning**
4/16/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Violation: 53B OBSERVED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. No proof of employee training at the time of callback
12/31/2012Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Not Complied
  • Critical - Violation: 53B OBSERVED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
9/20/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Critical - OBSERVED 2 SPONGES ON EDGE OF HANDWASH SINK BASIN.
  • OBSERVED A CASE OF FOAM CUPS ON FLOOR.
  • Critical - OBSERVED A LACK OF SELF-CLOSING DOORS AT THE RESTROOM.
  • Critical - OBSERVED A LARGE BUCKET OF SLICED POTATOES ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
  • Critical - OBSERVED AN OPEN CAN OF SODA ON MAKE LINE SHELF ABOVE REACH IN COOLER.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE PUT GLOVES ON WITHOUT WASHING HANDS FIRST.
  • OBSERVED HEAVY OLD FOOD DEBRIS, GREASE, GARBAGE ON FLOOR BEHIND COOKLINE EQUIPMENT.
  • Critical - OBSERVED LICENSE NOT POSTED PROPERLY. PERSON IN CHARGE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE LICENSE IS KEPT.
  • Critical - OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
  • OBSERVED NO LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
  • Critical - OBSERVED NO PROOF OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
  • OBSERVED REACH IN COOLER GASKETS HEAVILY SOILED WITH SLIME.
  • Critical - OBSERVED THE ESTABLISHMENT MENU ADVERTISE NATHAN'S JUMBO DOGS ON MENU FOR DEEP FRIED HOT DOGS; PERSON IN CHARGE PROVIDED VENDOR INVOICE THAT INDICATES HOT DOGS ARE "GFS" BRAND HOT DOGS RECEIVED BY ESTABLISHMENT. PERSON IN CHARGE STATED THESE ARE THE HOT DOGS THAT WOULD BE SERVED TO THE CONSUMER WHEN ORDERED.
  • Critical - OBSERVED THE K-CLASS FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON FLOOR - FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY.
  • OBSERVED THE PORTABLE FAN IN KITCHEN SOILED WITH DUST.
  • Critical - OBSERVED TOILET IN RESTROOM IS SOILED WITH BROWN AND YELLOW SUBSTANCE.
7/3/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits, food storage shelves on cookline.
  • Violation: 36-13-1 Observed heavy grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Violation: 37-10-1 Observed attached equipment soiled with heavy accumulated grease, hood filters.
  • Critical - Violation: 45-39-2 Portable fire extinguisher not properly mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and the top no higher than 5 feet off the floor, both ABC and K class extinguishers are on the floor under the pizza oven. For reporting purposes only.
  • Violation: 51-13-1 No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
  • Critical - Violation: 53A-07-1 No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
  • 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.
1/5/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • No Violations Were Observed
1/5/2012Complaint PartialCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Observed cooked onions and peppers in cooler on cookline are at 48-49 degrees f after approximately 6 hours observed ambient air thermometer reads at 50 degrees f.
  • Critical - Observed cookline reach in cooler is not maintaining PHFS at 41 degrees f or below as evidenced by PHFS in cooler area at 48-49- degrees F after 6 hours and the ambient air thermometer reads at 50 degrees f- also pickle juice in cooler overnight reach at 50 degrees f.
1/4/2012Complaint PartialWarning Issued
  • Critical - Violation: 01B-16-1 Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice). This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12 .
  • Critical - Violation: 03D-06-1 Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours, cooked onions and cooked peppers cooling in the cookline reach in cooler for approximately 4 hours are at 71-73 degrees F. Stop Sale issued. This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12.
  • Critical - Violation: 12B-07-1 Observed an open beverage container/energy drink can on top of the small reach in freezer. Observed during callback an open soda can on top of the reach in freezer.
  • Violation: 14-50-1 Observed a nonfood-grade basting brush used in food.
  • Critical - Violation: 16-13-1 Observed equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Observed food employee washing and rinsing equipment in first bay- no other bays set up. Observed during callback middle bay set up with sudsy water and third bay set up with sanitizer water.
  • Critical - Violation: 17-07-1 No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - Violation: 22-23-1 Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Critical - Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits, food storage shelves on cookline.
  • Violation: 36-13-1 Observed heavy grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Violation: 37-10-1 Observed attached equipment soiled with heavy accumulated grease, hood filters.
  • Critical - Violation: 45-39-2 Portable fire extinguisher not properly mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and the top no higher than 5 feet off the floor, both ABC and K class extinguishers are on the floor under the pizza oven. For reporting purposes only.
  • Critical - Violation: 50-08-1 Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license. This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12.
  • Violation: 51-13-1 No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
  • Critical - Violation: 53A-07-1 No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
  • 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.
1/4/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours, cooked onions and cooked peppers cooling in the cookline reach in cooler for approximately 4 hours are at 71-73 degrees F. Stop Sale issued. This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12.
  • Critical - Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils not sanitized, food employee washed and rinsed equipment only then out on shelf to dry.
  • Critical - Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license. This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12.
  • Critical - No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
  • No Heimlich maneuver sign posted.
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing 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.
  • Critical - No thermometer provided to measure temperature of food product.
  • Observed a nonfood-grade basting brush used in food.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container/energy drink can on top of the small reach in freezer.
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with heavy accumulated grease, hood filters.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint, cook has loose unrestrained hair.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Critical - Observed equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Observed food employee washing and rinsing equipment in first bay- no other bays set up.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits, food storage shelves on cookline.
  • Observed heavy grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • 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, both ABC and K class extinguishers are on the floor under the pizza oven. For reporting purposes only.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice). This violation must be corrected by : 01/04/12 .
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name, 2 spray bottles containung a clear and yellow substance hanging on the cookline speed rack- cook stated they contain water and butter substitute.
1/3/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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