2 Leon County restaurants fail inspection
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Each week we share the area restaurants — filed by state safety and sanitation inspectors — that aced their inspections, while also rounding up those that didn't pass muster.
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 3-9, 2023. 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.
Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Which Leon County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their July 3-9 inspections and no violations were found.
Canopy Road Cafe, 1779 Apalachee Parkway Unit 107, Tallahassee**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Leon County restaurants had high priority violations?
Canopy Road Cafe
1779 Apalachee Parkway Unit 107, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 5
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 1 fly around dirty towel bin.
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs sitting on shredded cheese. Employee moved eggs below cheese during inspection.
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. blue cheese 49F pimento cheese 46F in grill cooler per employee overnight. Cinnamon butter 51F in front counter cooler per manager overnight. See stop sale.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. blue cheese 49F pimento cheese 46F in grill cooler per employee overnight. Cinnamon butter 51F in front counter cooler per manager overnight. See stop sale. Upright cooler milk 46F less than 4 hours moved to walk in cooler. Rechecked temps milk 39 F **Warning**
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed stainless steel cleaner and coffee pot cleaner near clean plates. moved to under counter. **Corrected On-Site**
El Patron Mexican Grill & Cantina
1170 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on July 7
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
15 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
High Priority - Food prepared with soiled equipment/utensil. Observed old, soiled shirt resting on a pot of rice that was covered with aluminum foil. Shirt was not in contact with the food item.
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed shredded chicken 56F, raw eggs 55F, beans 51F, flan 54F, cooked pork 50F.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed shredded chicken 56F, raw eggs 55F, beans 51F, flan 54F, cooked pork 50F. **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. Per manager salsa only held for 4 hours.
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed chemicals stored on clean pot and pan shelf.
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: Restaurant, food truck inspections: Tallahassee area, July 3-9
