Here's the breakdown of recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of Sept. 18-24.
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 four restaurants received at least one high priority violation and 15 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. ACB
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.
Inspection details: Complaint Inspection on Sept. 18
Follow-up inspection: Facility Temporarily Closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations were corrected. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection the following day with zero violations. This is the third time this month that the restaurant has been ordered to close over live roaches.
Total violations: 12 total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 21
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: Three total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 20
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: One total violation, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Complaint Inspection on Sept. 19
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: Three total violations, with three high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 18
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: Four total violations, with three high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 21
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: Three total violations, with one high-priority violation
Details of high priority violations:
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Sept. 19
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Total violations: Five total violations, with three high-priority violations
Details of high priority violations:
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately 10 flying insects in the following locations: 10 flying insects on cable lines between hand washing station and dish machine at bar. **Warning**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All items located inside low boy reach in cooler on cook line. Steak - 54 degrees Fahrenheit, chicken - 48 degrees Fahrenheit, scallops - 47 degrees Fahrenheit, fish - 48 degrees Fahrenheit less than four hours. **Warning**
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Item held less than four hours on cook line, beurre blanc 108/115/117 degrees Farneheit. **Warning**
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.
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.
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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