Milton restaurant fails 4 health inspections in one week over live roaches, flying insects
Here's the breakdown of recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of Feb. 19-25. 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 received an administrative complaint, five restaurants received high priority violations and 10 restaurants passed their first inspection with zero violations.
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 receive administrative complaint
Papa John’s Pizza #629
805 N. Fairfield Drive
Inspection details: Complaint partial inspection on Feb. 20
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: Two total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Two live flying insects at hand sink in kitchen by make line. **Admin Complaint**
Cisco’s
6565 SW Caroline St.
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 20 with several follow-up inspections
Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review but were not an immediate threat to the public. Cisco’s met inspection standards on Feb. 23.
Total violations: Five total violations, with two high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations:
From Feb. 20 inspection:
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 13 flying insects in the following locations. Five flying insects in front server bar area, three flying insects on cook line, five flying insects in closet beside cookline. **Warning**
High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed two live roaches, one live roach beside reach in freezer in prep area, one live roach beside reaches in freezer on cook line. **Warning**
From Feb. 21 inspection:
Upon callback inspection, eight flying insects observed in the server area in the front dining room. **Admin Complaint**
From Feb. 22 inspections:
First visit:
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 25 live small flying insects in total. Twenty live small flying insects around onions and potatoes in kitchen. Five live small flying insects around server station. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sausage at 63 degrees Fahrenheit and ham at 59 degrees Fahrenheit for three hours in reach in cooler by grill. **Repeat Violation**
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Automatic vacuum breaker missing from splitter on sink in back.
Second visit:
Five flying insects observed at server station. **Admin Complaint**
From Feb. 23 inspection:
Four live flying insects observed under server station. **Admin Complaint**
Five restaurants receive high priority violations
Chasers Liquor and Lounge
5014 North W St., Unit D
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 22
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: Five total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 10 live flying insects in the following areas: six in back storage area and two under bar three compartment sink. **Warning**
Nori Japanese Sushi and Grill
1741 E. Nine Mile Road
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 21
Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review but were not an immediate threat to the public. Nori complied with a callback order on Feb. 23 with zero violations.
Total violations: Five total violations, with four high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations
High Priority - Operator unable to provide documentation that aquacultured fish has been raised in a controlled environment and fed formulated feed. Raw salmon offered with no proof of aquacultured with pellet fed diet. **Warning**
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Chicken over beef walk-in freezer.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sushi bar: snapper 48 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour, cream cheese 50 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour, krab salad 49 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, salmon 47 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. Operator moved cream cheese and krab salad to reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **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 cannot be determined. Sushi rice held on time, no time marking.
Ticket Sports Bar
7333 N. Davis Highway
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 21
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: Three total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple sink quaternary sanitizer at 150 parts per million at time of inspection. Operator empties sink, and remade solution, achieving 200 parts per million. **Corrected On-Site**
Sunset Grille at Holiday Harbor
14050 Canal A Way
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 21
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: Five total violations, with two high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations
High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. Observed rice at 75 degrees Fahrenheit in walk in cooler. See stop sale.
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed rice at 75 degrees Fahrenheit in walk in cooler.
Surestay Studio
7320 Plantain Road
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 20
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: Four total violations, with three high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations
High Priority - Heat strip failed to turn black to indicate the sanitization temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was achieved on the dish surface and/or high temperature holding thermometer did not reach 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired. Minimum temperature achieved 158.2 degrees Fahrenheit. **Warning**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Folded eggs in reach in cooler at 44 degrees Fahrenheit for three hours. Asked to keep fridge closed. After 20 minutes folded eggs at 43 degrees Fahrenheit. **Corrected on-site**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Egg patties and ham in hot holding unit at 95 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour.
10 restaurants receive perfect score
Dadgum BBQ, mobile
East Bay Crab House, 9250 Navarre Parkway
The Hanger, 3966 Avalon Blvd.
Waffle House Inc. #1385, 8555 Keshav Taylor Drive
3D Eats, mobile
La Casita Food Truck, mobile
Lol and More, mobile
Pounders Hawaiian Grill Pensacola, 7175 N. Davis Highway, Suite G
Sizzlin Dogs of America, mobile
Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, 5153 N. Ninth Ave.
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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This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Milton restaurant fails restaurant inspection 4 times in one week