Viera Italian restaurant tops inspection violation count on Space Coast this week

Rob Landers, Florida Today
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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 Brevard County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Brevard 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 Brevard County restaurant inspection site.

Which Brevard 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.

NOTE: The ** denotes restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week.

Which Brevard County restaurants had high priority violations?

Bleu Beach Resort Corp

501 Miramar Ave., Indialantic

Routine Inspection on Nov. 7

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

Six total violations, with one high-priority violation

  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw ground beef stored over raw shrimp **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**

Copperhead Tavern

205 Fifth Ave., Indialantic

Routine Inspection on Nov. 7

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

Two total violations, with one high-priority violation

  • High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. In kitchen and in bar area**Warning** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-11-07: Kitchen manager suggested washing and rinsing in the machine and then sanitizing in triple sink. Dish machine in the bar is going to be replaced. Bartenders will bring glasses back into kitchen to sanitize until new dish machine arrives **Time Extended**

Metro Diner

7954 N. Wickham Road Suite 101, Melbourne

Routine Inspection on Nov. 9

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

11 total violations, with two high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. 2door upright cooler ; cooked mushrooms (50F - Cold Holding); shredded cheese (56F - Cold Holding); milk (55F - Cold Holding); cooked mixed vegetables (56F - Cold Holding); waffle batter (56F - Cold Holding); coleslaw (50F - Cold Holding); French toast batter (53F - Cold Holding); cooked pasta (55F - Cold Holding);

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 2door upright cooler ; cooked mushrooms (50F - Cold Holding); shredded cheese (56F - Cold Holding); milk (55F - Cold Holding); cooked mixed vegetables (56F - Cold Holding); waffle batter (56F - Cold Holding); coleslaw (50F - Cold Holding); French toast batter (53F - Cold Holding); cooked pasta (55F - Cold Holding); raw bacon (47F - Cold Holding)

Pizza Gallery & Grill II LLC

2250 Town Center Ave. Suite 113, Viera

Routine Inspection on Nov. 9

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

Seven total violations, with two high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Bar dish machine 0 ppm Main dish machine 0 ppm

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Drawers ; shredded cheese (49F - Cold Holding); - Cold Holding); raw chicken (45F - Cold Holding); cooked beef (46F - Cold Holding); raw beef Pattie's (48F - Cold Holding) in cooler since 10 a.m recommended to rapid chill Sauté cooler ; cooked pasta (49F - Cold Holding); raw shrimp (50F - Cold Holding); stuffed shells (50F - Cold Holding) **Warning**

Straight Outta Philly Merritt Island

203 Crockett Blvd., Merritt Island

Routine Inspection on Nov. 7

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

Nine total violations, with seven high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook placed dirty dishes in sink then put on gloves to handle food without washing hands

  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - ready-to-eat food intended to be heated as a sole ingredient not immediately heated to 145 degrees F after bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook transferred frozen cooked beef from bag into pan for storage on line with bare hands. SEE STOP SALE

  • High Priority - Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Cook transferred frozen cooked beef from bag into pan for storage on line with bare hands.

  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 10 live flying insects in dish room. Observed 2 live flying insects in cook area. Operator killed 5 on site **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

  • High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 400+ppm. Operator diluted. Educated that tablets are 1 per 1.5 gallons water. **Corrected On-Site**

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In flip top of reach in cooler on cook line sliced cheese (48F - Cold Holding)

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of sanitizer hanging from shelf over pizza make line. Operator moved **Corrected On-Site**

Tuscany Grill

6630 Colonnade Ave., Melbourne

Routine Inspection on Nov. 9

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

15 total violations, with three 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. Ragu sauce cooling over night 64F **Warning**

  • High Priority - Live, 10 small flying insects in food preparation area. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.

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.

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