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Licensee
Name: COLUMBIA RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6800131
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 12/01/2024
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 411 ST ARMAND CIRCLE
SARASOTA, FL 34236

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 08/20/2013 Follow-up Inspection Required
Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
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Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below. The department cites violations of Florida's sanitation and safety laws, which are based on the standards of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. High Priority violations are those which could contribute directly to a foodborne illness or injury and include items such as cooking, reheating, cooling and hand-washing. Intermediate violations are those which, if not addressed, could lead to risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury. These violations include personnel training, documentation or record keeping and labeling. Basic violations are those which are considered best practices to implement. While most establishments correct all violations in a timely manner (often during the inspection), the division's procedures are designed to compel compliance with all violations through follow-up visits, administration action or closure when necessary.
Violation    Observation
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food in pantry maketable. **Warning**
36-36-4    Basic - Ceiling tile missing with dripping condensation over clean dish rack **Warning**
24-09-4    Basic - Clean equipment stored on floor pans and lids. **Warning**
24-06-4    Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. Plates in cooling unit. Debris including what looked like a fingernail. **Warning**
12B-02-4    Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. On cooks line. And in dish area. **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. In dry storage. Sack of beans **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
38-01-4    Basic - Light damaged/in disrepair. In walking freezer. Falling out of ceiling. **Warning**
10-02-4    Basic - Metal steel plates dusty and debri. In kitchen stored ready for use. **Warning**
05-09-4    Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In wait station reach in and cooks line reach in. **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At cooks line hands ink. **Warning**
24-18-4    Basic - Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Waitstation **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
25-06-4    Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. In dry storage area. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
02D-01-4    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. On cooks line. 4 bottles. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler tomatoes 50°F. Taco meat 60°F. Fish 50°F moved food to walkin cooler. **Warning**
22-61-4    Intermediate - Meat tenderizer soiled with old food debris and broken piece. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
04-05-4    Intermediate - Reach-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Cooks line reach in and pantry reach in. **Warning**
22-01-4    Intermediate - Soda gun soiled in bar. Slight slime build up. **Warning**
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