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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Leon County restaurant inspections site.
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Leon County, Florida, for the week of June 24-30, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
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For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Leon County restaurant inspection site.
Which Leon County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their June 24-30 inspections and no violations were found.
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Leon County restaurants did not pass the first inspection?
Big Easy BBQ Pit & More
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on June 28
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
2 total violations
- 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.
- Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. No certification for owner Henry Wilson **Warning**
Denny's
2690 N Monroe St, Tallahassee
Complaint Partial Inspection on June 27
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
2 total violations
- Basic - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. Observed water on floor in dining room from AC. Repairman working on unit during inspection. **Warning**
- Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food not maintained frozen solid in a freezer. Walk-in freezer items not frozen. **Warning**
Denny's
2690 N Monroe St, Tallahassee
Complaint Partial Inspection on June 28
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation
- Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food not maintained frozen solid in a freezer. Walk-in freezer items not frozen. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-06-28: Per operator repairman just finished. Freezer not down to temp yet. **Time Extended**
Stix Pool & Bar
1225 N Monroe St, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on June 25
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
- Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
- Basic - Interior and exterior of walk in cooler door in disrepair/has exposed insulation.
- Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hand wash sink in wait station soiled.
- Basic - Walk-in cooler door with rust that has pitted the surface.
- High Priority - Certified Food Manager or person in charge does not require employees to report illnesses and symptoms as required.
- 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 prepping celery and placing in bin with bare Hands. Employee washed hands, placed gloves on and re washed celery. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6-1-23. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp stored over onion rings and French fries in deep freezer.
- Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Black mold like substance on inside gasket to deep freezer. Cutting board soiled.
- 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.
Walk On's Bistreaux & Bar
3390 Capital Circle Ne, Tallahassee
Complaint Partial Inspection on June 27
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
17 total violations
- Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
- Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Observed no covered waste receptacle in employees bathroom.
- Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
- Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed clear containers in prep area wet nesting.
- Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed expo cooler handle missing, Expo near panini press
- Basic - Establishment charging automatic gratuity without properly disclosing the information on the menu and the bill. Observed automatic gratuity not on menus.
- Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed gap right side of back door.
- Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup in walk in freezer.
- Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
- Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed panini press soiled with food debris.
- Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed hood vents soiled with grease.
- Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Observed food debris and liquid under drawers, expo coolers near fryer and grill.
- Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Observed leak at faucet in 2 compartment sink in prep area.
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed flour in working container not labeled.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed panini press blocking hand wash sink.
- Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233, 4/24. **Warning**
- Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed spray bottle of sanitizer unlabeled across from servers area.
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
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