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Licensee
Name: EL PUERTO RESTAURANT & GRILL License Number: SEA3915650
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2024
Primary Status: Delinquent Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 1623 E 5 AVE
TAMPA, FL 33605

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 05/19/2015 Facility Temporarily Closed
Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
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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
32-02-4    Basic - Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance. Employee **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
36-34-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
25-10-4    Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 under handwash sink, 2 on clean equipment shelf, approximately 3 under shelving, 20+ on sticky trap below shelving **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-41-4    Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler/walk in freezer has accumulation of dust or debris. **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. **Warning**
36-14-4    Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor and/or under cooking equipment **Warning**
36-47-5    Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease, dust or food debris. . **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Men's restroom, kitchen, by Three compartment sink, bar **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-52-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. Bare wood shelving **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. To go bags **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Fish **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
38-04-4    Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
23-12-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe at handwash sink, faucet at mop sink **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. 2 employees **Warning**
09-01-4    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. Cutting limes for juicing **Warning**
28-27-4    High Priority - Grease interceptor/trap overflowing onto floor/ground. **Warning**
01D-01-4    High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. For ceviche **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Put food into freezer **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over fresh garlic in oil **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-21-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over calamari and pork **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 3 on floor under dish machine, approximately 2 on floor under sry storage shelving, approximately 2 on wall by dry storage shelving, approximately 6 under Three compartment sink, approximately 22 on chemical storage shelving **Warning**
35A-23-4    High Priority - Roach excrement and/or droppings present. On outlet by handwash sink, on fire suppression system, on wall by dish sink **Warning**
35A-18-4    High Priority - Rodent chew marks present along walls. By walk in cooler **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Lubricating oil by Mesa **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
29-34-4    High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. By mop sink **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Pans **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Bar **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02C-02-4    Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. **Warning**
41-17-4    Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
47-02-4    Observed scorch marks around electrical outlet. For reporting purposes only. Outlet by handwash sink **Warning**
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