One Bay County restaurant gets perfect score; 3 fail inspection

Yoonserk Pyun, The News Herald
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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 Bay County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Bay 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 Bay 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.

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

Which Bay County restaurants had high priority violations?

El Rodeo Tequila Bar and Grill Inc

1136 Thomas Drive, Panama City

Routine Inspection on July 6

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

12 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. Cooked refried beans 48F, cooked previous day per cook. See stop sale. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 small fries seen around bar ice well. 1 fly seen in kitchen. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6-1-23.

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over tortillas in walk-in cooler. Employee moved tortillas at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**

  • 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. Cooked refried beans 48F, cooked previous day per cook. See stop sale.

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cook line counter: pan of shredded cheese 59F, approximately 1 hour. Moved to refrigeration at time of inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Jaaskitchen

9956 Hutchinson Blvd. Suite 400/B, Panama City Beach

Complaint Inspection on July 5

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

4 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 15 small flies in bar area. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed license expired June 1, 2023.

Jaaskitchen

9956 Hutchinson Blvd. Suite 400/B, Panama City Beach

Complaint Inspection on July 6

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 - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 15 small flies in bar area. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-07-06: Observed 10 flies around bar area. **Time Extended**

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 The News Herald: Restaurant, food truck inspections: Panama City area, July 3-9