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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 July 1-7, 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.
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 July 1-7 inspections and no violations were found.
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
- Bojangles 1294 , 2710 N Monroe St, Tallahassee**
- Chicken Shack , 950 W Tharpe Suite 101, Tallahassee**
- Chicken Shack , 950 W Tharpe Suite 101, Tallahassee**
- Great Wall Chinese Restaurant , 4220 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee**
- Munchies Pizza , 695 W Virginia St Unit 2&3, Tallahassee**
- Panda Express #1873 , 1410 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee**
- Pizza Hut #2987 , 3220 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 734 , 1917 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe , 3839 N Monroe Ste 2, Tallahassee**
Which Leon County restaurants had high priority violations?
1779 Apalachee Parkway Unit 107, Tallahassee
Complaint Inspection on July 1
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
24 total violations, with 7 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Observed chloraseptic stored next to salt.
- High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Observed small, flying insect on avocado in cooks station.
- High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Observed employees wash hands for 5 seconds.
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed small flying insects in the following areas: one on cut avocado located in cooks station, six in food prep area, five in dining room area, three in dish washing area. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed employee crack and eggs and then touch grill iron, no glove change.
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed small, flying insect on avocado in cooks station.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed bacon 50F, pan sausage 61F, cut cantaloupe 45F, corn beef hash 50F in cooks station, per manager stored 3 hours ago, manager disposed of items. **Warning**
950 W Tharpe Suite 101, Tallahassee
Complaint Inspection on July 2
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Insect activity present as evidenced by live insects found. Observed approximately 15 live insects in the following locations: 11 live in dish area and 4 live in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately 10 live flies in the following locations: 9 live in dish area and 1 live in walk in cooler. **Warning**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Chicken thighs 49F, chicken wings 59F, liver 51F, chicken legs 53F, catfish 68F, chicken bites 51F.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed multiple food items held above 41F in walk in cooler at 4:15: chicken thighs 49F, chicken wings 59F, liver 51F, chicken legs 53F, catfish 68F, chicken bites 51F. Per manager walk in cooler door has been opened frequently from 11:30 to 3:30. Walk in cooler ambient temperature displays: 56F. See stop sale. **Warning**
4220 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 1
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
9 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- 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. Observed employee cutting onions with bare hands for cold holding.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed multiple food items held above 41F in walk in cooler at 11:15: cooked pasta 56F, chicken wings 53F, pork 51F, cut watermelon 51F, ambient shelled eggs 51F, fried chicken 47F, steamed vegetables 50F. Per manager walk in cooler was turned off to defrost ice build-up at 10:30 and will turn walk in cooler back on at 12:30. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- 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. Observed egg rolls, chicken wings, and shelled eggs held under time with no time marks at 11:00. Manager marked food items 10:00-2:00. **Corrected On-Site**
1370 Market St Ste 1, Tallahassee
Complaint Inspection on July 3
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Line unit pasta 50, eggs 51, walk-in cooler beef 51, eggs 51, cheese 50. **Warning**
1325 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 3
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed food service license expired 06-01-23. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2024-04-30: Observed food license still expired 06-01-23. Per employee manager has sent payment via physical mail. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-03: Observed food service license expired 06-01-23. **Admin Complaint**
3111 Mahan Dr #21, Tallahassee
Complaint Inspection on July 1
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
4 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle on shelf above prep area, bottle of drain cleaner on ice machine.
1355 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 2
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed spic and span cleaner stored next to coffee. Employee stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
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.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: 2 Leon County restaurants get perfect scores; 7 have high priority violations
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