7 Collier County restaurants get perfect scores; 8 fail inspection

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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 Collier County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Collier County, Florida, for the week of Feb. 5-11, 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 Collier County restaurant inspection site.

Which Collier County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?

These restaurants met all standards during their Feb. 5-11 inspections and no violations were found.

** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week

Which Collier County restaurants had high priority violations?

Bonita Bay Club

Mobile food dispensing vehicle

Routine Inspection on Feb. 6

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

3 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Quaternary sanitizer tablets were stored in an unmarked container. Employee labeled the container during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Crystal Lake Cafe

655 Eagle Creek Dr, Naples

Routine Inspection on Feb. 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

6 total violations, with 2 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. An employee handled fully cooked tacos with bare hands. Tacos were-served to the customer . Inspector educated operator and employee on proper handling of ready to eat foods. **Corrective Action Taken**

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**

Flo's Clam Shack

2464 Tamiami Trail E, Naples

Routine Inspection on Feb. 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

7 total violations, with 2 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. An employee handled cooked French fries with a bare hand.

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**

L'Auberge

975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd, Unit 116, Naples

Routine Inspection on Feb. 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

3 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed license expired 12/1/2023. **Admin Complaint**

Sbarro

1868 Tamiami Trail N Ste Fc10, Naples

Routine Inspection on Feb. 6

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

3 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-02-06: **Admin Complaint**

Stix Sushi and Seafood

4221 Tamiami Trail E Ste 101, Naples

Routine Inspection on Feb. 7

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

5 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On top of a hot box next to the conveyor oven, cooked rice (49F - Cold Holding). Operator moved the rice to the bottom of the make table cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-02-07: On top of the hot box next to the conveyor oven cut cabbage 50F. Operator moved the cabbage to the walk-in cooler, stated it was cut one hour ago. **Admin Complaint**

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 Naples Daily News: Naples area restaurant and food truck inspections Feb. 5-11