Here's the breakdown of recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of June 17-23. 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.
During the latest round of inspections from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, two restaurants were temporarily closed, two received an administrative complaint and 14 restaurants passed their first inspection with zero violations.
Database: Escambia and Santa County restaurant inspections
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.
Two restaurants temporarily closed
Alpha Dawg
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on June 21
Follow-Up Inspection: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected. A follow-up inspection is required.
Total violations: Eight total violations, with four high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.
- High Priority - Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicle conducted food preparation, food storage or other food activity in a private home. See stop sale. Per operator, onion sauce prepared and canned at commissary then stored at home for use on hot dog cart. **Warning**
- High Priority - Raw sewage on ground of establishment. Observed water tank used for hand washing without bucket underneath allows grey water from handwashing to go directly onto ground. **Warning**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed onion sauce that is canned by operator at commissary.
Culinary Productions
700 West Main Street
Inspection details: Inspection on June 18
Follow-Up Inspection: Operations were ordered stopped until violations were corrected. The facility complied with a callback visit the same day with zero violations.
Total Violations: Eight total violations, with three high priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed one live flying insect in kitchen near reach in freezer. **Warning**
- High Priority - Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed one live insect on clean dish in front storage on clean dish rack. Operator discarded insect outside and took dish to be cleaned and sanitized. **Warning**
- High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 28 rodent droppings in following locations: approximately 13 at bottom of back equipment storage shelf in kitchen and approximately 15 on floor between storage racks in front storage location. **Warning**
Two restaurants receive administrative complaints
All About Boba at The Garden
501 S. Palafox St., Kiosk #7, Pensacola
Inspection details: Complaint Partial Inspection on June 18
Follow-Up Inspection: Violations required further review, but was not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant met inspections standards with a follow-up inspection the next day.
Total Violations: Two total violations, with one high-priority violation
- High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed one rodent dropping on dry storage container in kiosk. **Admin Complaint**
Chow Tyme Grill & Buffet Restaurant
6841 N. Ninth Ave.
Inspection details: Complaint Partial Inspection on June 19
Follow-Up Inspection: Violations require further review but are not an immediate threat to the public. A follow-up inspection is still required.
Total Violations: Six total violations, with four high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately nine flying insects in the following locations: approximately seven flying insects observed around hand wash sink between walk-in cooler door and mop sink, across from dishwasher, and two flying insects observed on edges of can with sugar. **Admin Complaint**
- 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 walk-in cooler.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken in reach-in cooler at 45 degrees Fahrenheit for five minutes. Per operator, chicken was pulled from other reach-in cooler before being set in current reach-in cooler.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Sushi held on time as a public health control with no identifiable time marking. Per operator, sushi was made 20 minutes prior.
From a follow-up inspection on June 20:
- High Priority - - From initial inspection: High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately nine flying insects in the following locations: approximately seven flying insects observed around hand wash sink between walk-in cooler door and mop sink, across from dishwasher, and two flying insects observed on edges of can with sugar. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection June 20: No flying insects observed during callback . **Admin Complaint**
14 restaurants receive a perfect score
- Chicken Seafood Express, mobile
- Basil and Sprout, 4711 Bayou Blvd. Suite 1
- Restaurant Iron, 22 N. Palafox St.
- Flour-Ish Food Truck, mobile
- House of Chong, 3820 W. Navy Blvd.
- Residence Inn Pensacola Downtown, 601 E. Chase St.
- Jim N Nicks, 7011 N. Davis Highway
- Munster Munchies, mobile
- Mr. Shawarma, 6215 C N. Ninth Ave.
- Peacock’s Restaurant and Lounge, 2323 N. E St.
- Kooter Browns, 5061 Booker Lane, Jay
- Oakes Custom Meat and Catering LLC, mobile
- Oakes Catering Co., mobile
- Peru and International Food Flavors, mobile
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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