- Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Chicken wings, water **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area. In prep area.
- Basic - Food stored on floor. Soy sauce in kitchen area.
- Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink in kitchen provided with disposable towels.
- Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Reach in freezer.
- Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
- Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White substance in dry stratagem area.
- High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing.
- High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands.
- 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.
- High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap.
- Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Cleaning utensil.
- Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food.
- Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Dumplings under prep line.
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10/23/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Tong handles for sugar container for donuts touching product. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash. Open buckets of soy sauce stored under hand wash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Cut lettuce/cabbage/spinach/kale/chard cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut cabbage on prep table at 56° F, not held more than 4 hours. Small portion moved to reach in, remaining moved to walk in cooler and brought down to 41° F or below. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp stored over cut cabbage and unwashed vegetables in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
- Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Items in reach in at front counter: chicken, pork, egg rolls.
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5/5/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Rice scoop for dry rice. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Multiple items in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp over washed celery.
- Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple items in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
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1/13/2014 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Multiple meats and vegetables.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over vegetables.
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11/19/2013 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowls with no handle used for chicken in reach in cooler and white rice in cooker, flour and starch buckets.
- Basic - Food stored on floor. Cooking oil near back door.
- Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle laying in rice.
- Basic - Soiled reach-in freezer gaskets. Near fryers.
- Basic - Stored food not covered in chest freezer.
- Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Multiple meats and vegetables.
- Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
- High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Too strong, over 200 PPM at 3 compartment sink. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Cloth used as cover for noodles in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Wings and egg rolls sitting out on cook line at 65° F, not held more than 4 hours, moved to walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over vegetables.
- Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
- Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
- Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple cooked meats and egg rolls in walk in cooler.
- Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. This violation must be corrected by Monday November 11th 2013. **Warning**
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9/9/2013 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
- Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
- Basic - Stored food not covered in chest freezer.
- Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler.
- Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
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5/22/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. **Corrected On-Site**
- Basic - No signage for bathroom.
- Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler.
- Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
- Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Storing scrub pad.
- Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. **Corrected On-Site**
- Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. **Corrected On-Site**
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1/25/2013 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. SIDE OF FREEZER ON LINE
- Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. RICE
- Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. VARIOUS IN WALKIN
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7/16/2012 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within +/- 3 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Critical - Food not stored in a clean location. PREPPED BROCOLLI STORED IN CARDBOARD BOX
- Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
- Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. LARGE TUB OF PORK Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.PORK Corrected On Site.
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3/9/2012 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
- Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.
- Critical - Observed soil residue in storage container for sugar.
- Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. SOAP
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. CHICKEN AT 90 F. Corrected On Site.
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11/7/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
- Critical - Observed food egg rolls stored in cardboard box. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat.
- Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Portable fire extinguisher not properly mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and the top no higher than 5 feet off the floor. For reporting purposes only. Corrected On Site.
- Critical - Potentially hazardous food chicken not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. 107 F. Corrected On Site.
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3/28/2011 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water.
- Critical. Food not stored in a clean/dry location that is not exposed to splash/dust. Buckets of sauces under handsink. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed uncovered food bucket of sauces on floor. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Onions stored in case with eggs. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat.
- Critical. Observed soil residue in storage containers.
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10/12/2010 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- No Violations Were Observed
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8/6/2010 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Critical. Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. Garlic at crash cart not marked with time. Documentation complete and available. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food, shrimp, thawed in standing water. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed buckets of chicken bones for soup stored on floor.
- Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Rice dispensed with non-handled cup.
- Observed nonfood-grade containers used for food storage; plastic to-go bags in freezer.
- Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Walk in shelves habe been painted, but are still rusted and flaky.
- Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, fire safety, bathroom requirements or other related requirements. 17 seats in establishment, 10 on license.
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6/1/2010 | Routine - Food | Warning Issued |
- No Violations Were Observed
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4/19/2010 | Routine - Food | Call Back - Complied |
- Critical. Cooked meats or poultry not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cook line foods and rehydrated garlic held at room temperature. Time as a Public Health Control form provided.
- Critical. Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit. Upright freezer has raw chicken above raw beef, both uncovered and removed from original packaging.
- Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment; clean cleavers stored between prep table and drainboard.
- Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, fire safety, bathroom requirements or other related requirements. 19 seats in establishment. Seating Change form provided.
- No copy of latest inspection report.
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3/24/2010 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
- Critical. Shell eggs held in a unit maintaining an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Shell eggs held at cook line at room temperature with no time marking.
- Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items in two door reach in cooler across from fryers held at 45-47 F degrees.
- Critical. Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Raw chicken stored above raw beef and RTE vegetables in vertical freezer.
- Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Vegetables uncovered in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation.
- Critical. Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface. Washcloth on pasta in walk in cooler. Corrected On Site.
- Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. Single use tin can used as a scoop in bag of rice. Corrected On Site.
- Observed employee with ineffective hair restraint. Hair net worn on top of head and not restraining bangs. Corrected On Site.
- Observed nonfood-grade containers used for food storage. Plastic to-go bags used for storing frozen scallops and other frozen foods.
- Critical. Reach-in cooler handles not cleaned prior to accumulation of soil residue; on lids and bottom sections.
- Observed cleaver stored in crevices between equipment. Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
- Observed single-service articles improperly stored; glassine bags and to-go bags stored in employee restroom. Repeat Violation. Corrected On Site.
- Observed personal care item stored with food. Cell phones in food preparation area.
- Critical. Portable fire extinguisher missing from designated location. Empty mount by back door. For reporting purposes only.
- Critical. Identity of food or food product misrepresented. Crab meat, crab rangoon, and king crab meat all on menu. No real crab is used in establishment per person in charge.
- Critical. Expired proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. Expired proof for Chen and Jing dated to expire 12/2/08.
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12/7/2009 | Routine - Food | Administrative complaint recommended |
- Critical. Observed uncovered food in freezer.
- Critical. Observed uncovered vegetables in walk in cooler.
- Critical. Observed improper use of food container with no handle used to dispense rice, etc.
- Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
- Critical. Observed base of interior of reach-in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue.
- Observed cleavers stored in crevices between equipment.
- Observed single-service articles improperly stored in employee restroom.
- Critical. Hot water not provided at employee hand wash sink, restroom.
- Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor at storage area for canned sodas, and behind freezer.
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7/20/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 4/30/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 1/7/2009 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
| No report available. | 7/25/2008 | Routine - Food | Inspection Completed - No Further Action |
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