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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 8-14, 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 8-14 inspections and no violations were found.
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
- Denny's , 2690 N Monroe St, Tallahassee**
- Love on A Plate LLC , 1370 Market St Ste 1, Tallahassee**
- Mcalister's Deli 101053 , 3425 Thomasville Rd Ste 17, Tallahassee
- Sado Mori Japanese Steak House Inc , 2810 Sharer Rd #8, Tallahassee**
- Straw Hat Poke , 631 West Madison St, Unit 135, Tallahassee**
- Subway 19055 , 8875 Woodville Hwy Unit 1, Tallahassee**
Which Leon County restaurants had high priority violations?
2205 Apalachee Prkwy, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 11
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed meatballs 47F, per employee stored 2 days ago.
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed meatballs 47F, per employee stored 2 days ago.
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed spray bottle with windex stored on trash can. Owner removed.
1231 E Lafayette St, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 9
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
26 total violations, with 6 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed fried chicken 47F, per manger stored overnight.
- High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Observed employee wash hands for 7 seconds.
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/24.
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed fried chicken 47F, per manger stored overnight.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed chicken tenderloins 45F, pork chops 45° in walk in cooler, per owner in cooler for an hour, placed on ice. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed degreaser stored next to oil, rear prep table.
1245 E Lafayette Street, Tallahassee
Complaint Inspection on July 9
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed employee touch cellphone with gloves on and then touch pepperoni with same gloves, no glove change.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed marinara 54F, per employee placed 30 minutes ago, employee replaced marinara **Corrective Action Taken**
1000 W Tharpe St #13, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 9
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 - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee washing dishes then put on gloves to cook chicken without washing hands.
- 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 carrots with bare hands for cold holding.
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed food service license expired 06-01-24.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Observed raw chicken stored over raw pork and shrimp in walk in cooler. Operator properly stored raw food items during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
2810 Sharer Rd #8, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 9
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 - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed dishmachine chlorine 0ppm. Operator set up three compartment sink chlorine 50ppm. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-09: Observed dish machine Chlorine 0 ppm. Per manager maintenance came to fix dish machine 06-13-24. Employee set up three compartment sink and called maintenance during inspection. **Time Extended** **Corrective Action Taken**
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: One Leon County restaurant gets perfect score; 5 have high priority violations
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