One Leon County restaurant gets perfect score; 1 closed; 5 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 Leon County restaurant inspections site.
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Leon County, Florida, for the week of Nov. 6-12, 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.
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 Nov. 6-12 inspections and no violations were found.
509 Caribbean Cuisine, 2450 Springhill Rd #4, Tallahassee**
Bahn Thai Restaurant Inc, 2531 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee**
Earley's Dor, 2450 Shumard Oak Blvd Blgd 2, Tallahassee**
Las Brazas Mexican Grill Inc, 1887 Capital Circle Ne, Tallahassee**
Mcdonald's #2971, 3438 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee
Tallahassee Chow Time Inc, 1849 Capital Cir Ne, Tallahassee**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Leon County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?
These restaurants failed their Nov. 6-12 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-upinspections are required.
509 Caribbean Cuisine
2450 Springhill Rd #4, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on Nov. 7
Facility Temporarily Closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
10 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/23 expiration. Observed operator purchase license 6/1/24. **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Observed bean sauce in reach in cooler 48F per owner held over night.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed rice 48F placed in cooler 3 hours ago, owner placed on ice, re temp 43F 30 minutes later. **Corrective Action Taken**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Observed bean sauce in reach in cooler 48F per owner held over night.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed beans and rice 71F, Mac and cheese 112F, mushroom base rice 70F all held 2.5 hours per owner, owner re heated to 165F or above during inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
Which Leon County restaurants had high priority violations?
509 Caribbean Cuisine
1703 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee
Routine Inspection on Nov. 9
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
9 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee change gloves, change task, no hand wash.
Tallahassee Chow Time Inc
1849 Capital Cir Ne, Tallahassee
Complaint Partial Inspection on Nov. 8
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed salmon 48F and pork 48F in reach in cooler near rice station, per manager placed into cooler 2 hours ago, moved to walk in freezer, rechecked temp 30 minutes later 42F **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: Tallahassee area restaurant and food truck inspections Nov. 6-12
