Tarpon Pointe Grill, 801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: Tarpon Pointe Grill
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208
License #: 5105454
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 5/21/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. (In freezer)
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. (Employee hat in freezer) **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken.
  • Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.(above salad station)
  • Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers.(drink in freezer)
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.(reach in freezer end of cooks line)
  • Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster.(multiple locations)
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F 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.(touching lemons with bare hands) **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in food preparation area. (4 flies)
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.(Sliced provolone 53°F, sliced smoked cheddar 52°F)moved to other units to quickly cool
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed.(quat 400ppm) **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink.(hand wash sink next to soda machine with lemons and disposable cups)
5/21/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on dishwasher. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Purse, keys, phones in pass through window above steam table and prep table. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ice making machine located outside with partial cover. Overhang does not protect front of ice machine from water draining off roof.
  • Basic - Plastic storage lockers, with unsealed wooden shelves exhibiting black mold like growth,utilized for sanitized utensil storage. Not smooth and easily cleanable.
  • Basic - Spray bottle/squirt bottles containing a food product (water, oil at cook line) not labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser at bar. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wall tile missing above WIC.
  • High Priority - Employee with infected sore/cut/burn/wound on exposed portion of the arm without an impermeable cover on the wound is handling food, clean equipment or utensils, or unwrapped single-service items. Corrected by wrapping permeable bandage with plastic. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Observed Employee switching from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands and changing gloves.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine located outside.
2/19/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener. Corrected On Site.
11/13/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
7/10/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. [Under-grill cooler drawers ambient air 61degF]
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser blocked by trash can at bar handwashing lavatory.
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. [restrooms]
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. [men's restroom]
  • Observed 2 cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical - Observed boxes of food stored on floor of outdoor walk in freezer.
  • Observed leaking pipe at plumbing fixture by tiki bar hand sink.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. [Swiss, pepper jack, American, provolone on cookline, at 59degF. Upper lid to make table is open across from grill.]
  • Observed single-service items stored on floor of outdoor storage unit. Potentisl for products to get wet from floor.
  • Critical - Observed the accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. [Fly strips in kitchen.] Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice). [Meat/seafood in cooler drawers below grill, cheese in make table across from grill.]
7/9/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. [Wiping cloth bucket 300ppm]
4/23/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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