Pensacola Vietnamese restaurant receives administrative complaint over dead roaches in kitchen
Here's the breakdown of recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of May 6-12. 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.
During the latest round of inspections from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, two restaurants received an administrative complaint and nine restaurants passed their first inspection with zero violations.
Database: Escambia and Santa County restaurant inspections
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.
Two restaurants receive administrative complaint
Pho Golden
7156 N. Davis Highway
Inspection details: Inspection on May 9Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review but were not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection the next day and met inspection standards.
Total violations: Four total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Five dead roaches observed in the following locations: One under hand wash sink by front entrance of kitchen, one under reach-in cooler, two under stove, one under reach-in freezer in back of kitchen. Operator cleaned and sanitized areas during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Bean sprouts 79 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour, cabbage 60 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour.
Uncle Flipps Ice Cream and Treat Bar
120 Chiefs Way, Unit 6
Inspection details: Follow-up inspection on May 8
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. A time extension was given and a follow-up inspection is still required.
Total violations: Three total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
High Priority - From initial inspection: High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed expired DBPR license. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-08: **Admin Complaint**
Nine restaurants receive a perfect score
An An Eat Eat, 5642 Woodbine Road
Wrighteous Eats, 4109 Adams Road
Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St.
Steel Pony LLC, catering
Chelle’s Soulfood on Tha Go, 405 E. Gonzalez St.
Who Dat Po Boys & Seafood LLC, 3507 N. Pace Blvd.
East King Corner Café, 1400 N. Davis Highway
Coastal Cajun Cusine, 4024 N. Davis Highway
Veronica’s Dream, 3532 N. W St.
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 establishment.
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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This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Escambia County restaurant inspections: Vietnamese restaurant receives complaint
