Restaurant inspections: Pensacola Beach restaurant closed, rodent droppings found
Here's the breakdown for recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of Sept. 11-17.
During the latest round of inspections from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the DBPR forced one restaurant to close temporarily, two restaurants received administrative complaints, an additional two restaurants received at least one high priority violation and six restaurants were awarded a perfect score on the first try. A full list of those restaurants who received a perfect score can be found at the bottom of this article.
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.
One restaurant temporarily closed
Casino Beach Bar, 41 Fort Pickens Road
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 13Follow-up inspection: Facility Temporarily Closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations were corrected. The restaurant met inspection standards in a follow-up inspection the next day.
Total violations: 12 total violations, with four high-priority violationsDetails of high priority violations:
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 06/01/2023. **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 18 rodent droppings in the following location: 13 rodent droppings on top of dish machine in kitchen. Five rodent droppings on floor underneath dish machine. **Warning**
High Priority - Stop sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Items held more than four hours: jerk chicken 46 degrees Fahrenheit, pulled pork 48 degrees Fahrenheit, mashed potatoes 48 degrees Fahrenheit. Items located inside upright reach in cooler next to back door of kitchen.
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. items held more than four hours: jerk chicken 46 degrees Fahrenheit, pulled pork 48 degrees Fahrenheit, mashed potatoes 48 degrees Fahrenheit. Items located inside upright reach in cooler next to back door of kitchen. **Warning**
Two restaurants receive administrative complaints
Malibu Lounge and Package, 1000 Gulf Beach Highway
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 13Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review but are not an immediate threat to the public. An extension is pending, but a follow-up inspection is still required.
Total violations: Four total violations, with one high-priority violationDetails of 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 two live flying insects in dishwashing area. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection Sept. 8. During callback, five live flying insects observed in dishwashing area. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection Sept. 13: During callback, no live flying insects at time of inspection. Complied. **Admin Complaint**
The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St.
Inspection details: Complaint inspection on Sept. 13Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review but are not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant met inspection standards in a follow-up inspection the next day.
Total violations: 16 total violations, with five high-priority violationsDetails of high priority violations:
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed nine live flying insects in the following areas of the Fish House: Five in breading station area in kitchen, three in salad prep area in kitchen, and one in dish washing area. Also, observed two live flying insects in kitchen make line of Atlas Oyster Bar; this license has two separately named establishments on one license. **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee in bread station pick up trash off of floor, change his gloves without washing hands, and then continue to prepare food in Fish House.
High Priority - Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee in bread station touch face then hair restraint with gloved hands and did not wash hands or change gloves in Fish House. Also, observed catering employee touch hair then pour ranch in cup without washing hands first.
High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees Farenheit 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. Observed salad/sandwich maker handle ready-to-eat turkey sandwich with one bare hand and one gloved hand to expo line for plating. See stop sale.
High Priority - Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Observed salad/sandwich maker handle ready-to-eat turkey sandwich with one bare hand and one gloved hand to expo line for plating in Fish House.
Two restaurants receive high priority violations
Little Caesars, 4600 Mobile Highway, Suite 1
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 12Follow-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 violationDetails of high priority violation:
High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Upon inspection observed employee preparing pizza dough took out cell phone then went back to preparing dough without washing hands.
Ace’s Restaurant, 6583 Highway 90, Milton
Inspection details: Complaint Inspection on Sept. 12Follow-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 two high-priority violationsDetails of high priority violation:
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed three flying insects in the following areas. Two flying insects in storage area by back door. One flying insect in men's restroom. **Warning**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw burgers and Philly steak over French fries in reach in cooler. Operator corrected storage during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Six restaurants receive perfect scores
Ace’s on the Road, mobile dispensing vehicle
G Man on the Go, mobile dispensing vehicle
Domino's Pizza, 3310 N. Pace Blvd,
Ihop #250, 6239 Davis Highway
Island Kitchen Trini Edition Inc, 1315 New Warrington Road
Whataburger #25, 1313 N. New Warrington Road
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.
Visit data.pnj.com/restaurant-inspections to read more.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola Beach restaurant Casino Beach Bar closes temporarily
