POACHED

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. Employee using bare hands to butter toasted bread. Informed operator of proper procedures.

High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw beef in reach in cooler. Operator moved to proper storage. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle not labeled at hostess stand.

Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin in back kitchen.

Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance throughout kitchen area.

Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cook line engaging in food preparation with no hair restraint. Operator donned a hat during inspection. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Bags of onions stored on floor in walk in cooler. Operator moved to proper storage. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. hard boiled eggs (54 F - Cold Holding)

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. hard boiled eggs (54 F - Cold Holding)

Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Smoked salmon offered on menu but not identified as raw. Operator placed asterisk on menus during inspection Corrected On-Site

Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. At entrance to kitchen

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Cell phone on back prep table. Operator removed phone. Corrected On-Site

Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle, operator removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Stored food not covered. Ice tea grounds not covered in wait station. Operator covered during inspection. This is a repeat violation from previous inspection dated 02-25-2025 Corrected On-Site

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Stored food not covered. Coffee staged in filters uncovered at the bar. Operator covered items. Corrected On-Site Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-04-28: Time extended to allow Operator time to train. Time Extended

High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Two cans of paint were stored with food on the bottom shelf of the dry storage rack next to the ice machine. A propane torch was stored in an opened box of wrapped crackers.

Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Facility is hand-mixing quat sanitizer for wiping cloths with no test kit. Dishwasher uses chlorine sanitizer with no test kit.

Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing orange chemical and unlabeled observed in the dish area. Pink spray bottle unlabeled and containing unknown liquid at the handwashing sink in the server alley. Both bottles were removed to the office. Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items: A personal backpack was stored on the dry storage shelf containing food.

Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation: cook preparing food was not wearing a hair restraint. Operator provided a hat to the cook. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Food stored on floor: bags of onions and potatoes and buckets of soup were stored directly on the floor in the walk-in cooler.

Basic - Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses: observed ice bucket stored on the floor between uses and also placed on the floor while filling bucket from large ice machine

Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Solution measured in excess of 400 ppm due to improper hand mixing. Operator re-mixed and solution measured 200 ppm. Discussed proper hand mixing and importance of testing sanitizer with Operator. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name: sugar bin next to the walk-in cooler was not labeled as to the contents.