Kitchen (The), 216-226 1st Avenue N, St. Petersburg, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: KITCHEN (THE)
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 216-226 1st Avenue N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
License #: 6216837
Total inspections: 7
Last inspection: 07/21/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Case of single-service articles stored on floor in dry storage area/kitchen/wait station. Beverage napkins in the bar closet.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor.Case of chicken and a case of French fries. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.Public bathrooms in the bar area.
  • Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in bathroom area.
  • Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Raw chicken,raw pork,cooked pork in the walk in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.Silverware on the clean utensil rack at the dish machine
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris. **Repeat Violation**
07/21/2014Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area.
  • Basic - Utensils in poor condition.Fry baskets on the cook line
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade soiled with old food debris.
4/18/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.Front bar at the street
  • Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop in liquor bottle rack at the front bar area.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler.raw shrimp **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster.Front bar.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit.raw whole shell eggs over comminuted beef and bacon in the walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink.evidence being drink straws at the front bar area.
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.sink near the ice bin.
9/17/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. In dish area
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Water 76? **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Standing water in handwash sink/ handwash sink draining very slowly. At sink beside dish
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. At handsink beside dish
3/7/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 51-16-1 No plan review submitted and renovations in progress.[observed ice machines outside of restaurant]
7/9/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Corrected On Site.[stop sale]
  • Critical - Failure to maintain freezing records on nonexempt fish for 90 days.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions.[salad]
  • No plan review submitted and renovations in progress.[observed ice machines outside of restaurant]
  • Critical - Observed an unprotected ice machine in a customer/nonsecure area[secure ice machines] This violation must be corrected by : 7/9/2012.
  • Critical - Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect. This violation must be corrected by : 07/09/2012.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. This violation must be corrected by : 7/9/2012.
  • Critical - Required consumer advisory for raw/undercooked animal food not provided.
7/6/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored. Glasses in bar stored on cloth.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried. Wet nesting on large lexans beside dish area.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Critical - Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface. Cloth used on top of rice.
  • Critical - Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface. Cloth used under glasses at bar
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. In walk in freezer.
4/4/2012Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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