Helen Back Again, 1128 John Sims Parkway, Niceville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Name: HELEN BACK AGAIN
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1128 John Sims Parkway, Niceville, FL 32578
License #: 5603522
Total inspections: 10
Last inspection: 08/22/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside, rear door. **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, kitchen by coolers. **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, bars. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair, next to chips wall separating. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
08/22/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside, rear door. **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, kitchen by coolers. **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, bars. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair, next to chips wall separating. **Warning**
  • 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. Scooping ice with cup. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Class is scheduled for tomorrow(5/20/14). **Warning**
07/22/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food, in tapenade. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment.
  • Basic - Clean cups/glasses not properly air dried - wet nesting in wait area.
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner on cookline.
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment (pizza pans/screens) stored in/on dirty cardboard boxes.
  • Basic - Drain cover(s) missing in kitchen.
  • Basic - Employee Bathroom door not self-closing.
  • 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.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting, plastic pans.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water in bar area.
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris in dry storage areas.
  • Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair several places.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment on cookline.
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Light not functioning by ice machines.
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers in kitchen by walk-in freezer and cookline. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination.
  • Basic - Single-service articles (to go containers ) not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets, several.
  • Basic - Unnecessary items on the premise, grocery cart full of garbage in back area.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated black debris in dishwashing area.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease behind cookline.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0ppm Quaternary ammonium
  • High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Ground beef 45 °F, made last night per cook.
  • High Priority - Dead bugs by back door.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Live flies in kitchen.
  • High Priority - Live, small flying insects in food preparation area.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. Ground beef 45 °F, cook stated item had been made last night.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food (shell eggs) stored over ready-to-eat food (condiments). **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Garlic in oil in walk-in cooler with a date marked 5/25.
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. Garlic in oil date marked 5/25. See stop sale.
  • High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. Pizza buffet has no protection establishment using pass through from kitchen as buffet line
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times, power cord running through handwash sink at large bar.
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. This violation is being addressed on a previous inspection.
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris.
6/30/2014Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in dry storage area, box of chips. **Warning**
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Queso sauce beans in walkin freezer. **Warning**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside, rear door. **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses, soda boxes. **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, kitchen by coolers. **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, bars. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair, pizza cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris, main bar. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface, outside door of dishmachine in bar. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler, premade salad plates. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair, next to chips wall separating. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor, bar. **Warning**
  • 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. Scooping ice with cup. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Class is scheduled for tomorrow(5/20/14). **Warning**
5/19/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - OBSERVED BUILD-UP OF DEBRIS, DUST OR DIRT ON WAITRESS STATION DUE TO INSTALLATION OF DOOR. KEEP AREA PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.
  • Basic - OBSERVED CASE/CONTAINER/BAG OF FOOD STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER/FREEZER.
  • Basic - OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN PROVIDED AT A HAND SINK USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES, ALL HANDSINKS.
4/11/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • No Violations Were Observed
11/19/2013Routine - FoodNot available electronically
  • 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.
  • Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water under bar area .
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Bar
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
11/18/2013Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - OBSERVED BUILD-UP OF DEBRIS, DUST OR DIRT ON WAITRESS STATION DUE TO INSTALLATION OF DOOR. KEEP AREA PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION.
  • Basic - OBSERVED CASE/CONTAINER/BAG OF FOOD STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER/FREEZER.
  • Basic - OBSERVED CEILING TILE MISSING/MOVED. SEVERAL DUE TO WIRING OF SYSTEMS.
  • High Priority - OBSERVED COOKED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS (TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY) FOOD NOT COOLED FROM 135 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TO 41 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITHIN 6 HOURS. BEANS FROM LAST NIGHT AT 50/49 DEGREES, PRODUCT DISCARDED. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  • High Priority - OBSERVED EMPLOYEE COUGHED, SNEEZED, USED A HANDKERCHIEF OR DISPOSABLE TISSUE, USED TOBACCO, ATE OR DRANK THEN ENGAGED IN FOOD PREPARATION, HANDLED CLEAN EQUIPMENT OR UTENSILS, OR TOUCHED UNWRAPPED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS WITHOUT WASHING HANDS. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  • High Priority - OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. OPERATOR MUST OBTAIN A PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE LICENSE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS WITHIN 60 DAYS. SUBMIT A LICENSE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT TO DBPR/BUREAU OF CENTRAL INTAKE UNIT, 1940 N. MONROE ST., TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0783.
  • Basic - OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN PROVIDED AT A HAND SINK USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES, ALL HANDSINKS.
  • High Priority - OBSERVED STOP SALE ISSUED ON POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS (TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY) FOOD DUE TO TEMPERATURE ABUSE, FOOD NOT COOLED TO 41 DEGREES F OR BELOW WITHIN 6 HOURS.
10/9/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Observed: Build-up of debris, dust or dirt on waitress station due to installation of door. Keep area protected from contamination. **Warning** Priority: Basic
  • Basic - Observed: Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in dry storage area, bread across from walkin freezer. **Warning** Priority: Basic
  • Basic - Observed: Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer, bread in walkin freezer. **Warning** Priority: Basic
  • Basic - Observed: Ceiling tile missing/moved. Several due to wiring of systems. **Warning** Priority: Basic
  • High Priority - Observed: Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Beans from last night at 50°f/49°f, product discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** Priority: High Priority
  • High Priority - Observed: Employee coughed, sneezed, used a handkerchief or disposable tissue, used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** Priority: High Priority
  • High Priority - Observed: Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 60 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 1940 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. **Warning** Priority: High Priority
  • Basic - Observed: No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees, all handsinks. **Warning** Priority: Basic
  • High Priority - Observed: Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse, food not cooled to 41°f or below within 6 hours. **Warning** Priority: High Priority
10/9/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • No Violations Were Observed
10/9/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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