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Licensee
Name: AVERAGE JOE'S BAR & GRILLE License Number: SEA6217453
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2022
Primary Status: Closed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 5858 ROOSEVELT BLVD
LARGO, FL 33760

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 10/10/2016 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
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Pickles. **Warning**
36-32-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Ice machine storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-27-4    Basic - Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored next to handwash/food preparation sink exposed to splash. Next to 3 comp sink. **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Dishes on dish rack near 3comp sink. **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Kitchen and storage area. **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 3 dead roaches found in storage area containing ice machine. **Warning**
12B-12-4    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. Bottle or chocolate milk **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Bottle of chocolate milk on cutting board. **Warning**
13-02-4    Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
23-19-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. **Warning**
36-31-4    Basic - Hole in ceiling. In ice machine storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-24-5    Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. In ice machine storage area, possible rodent gnaw marks. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-69-4    Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Interior brick has hole in it down to what looks like under the floor or building. **Warning**
36-70-4    Basic - Objectionable odor in establishment. In mop room. **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Warning**
23-10-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler and/or walk-in freezer gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up. **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Kitchen **Warning**
42-01-4    Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **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. Cook picked up sandwich with bare hands, wrapped it with plastic wrap, placed it in reach in cooler. When cook was asked if it was his sandwich he said no. Sandwich was stop saled. Cooks hands had not been washed previous to touching sandwich. Cook was reeducated on the use of Handwashing and gloves. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded cheese 47,50 °F, raw chicken 59 °F, batter 60 °F, cole slaw 51 °F, tartar sauce 54 °F, mayo 53 °F, grey mustard 55 °F **Warning**
22-40-4    High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer in bucket not at proper minimum strength. 00 ppm quaternary ammonium. **Warning**
08A-09-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over onions in walk in cooler. **Warning**
08A-20-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit. Raw comminuted beef next to ready to eat foods in reach in cooler. **Warning**
08A-22-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler. Raw shell eggs next to sandwiches in reach in cooler. **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 next to cheese in walk in cooler **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 9 droppings found ranging from semi soft to hard in area used for storage including ice machine. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-21-4    High Priority - Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present. On floor and falling from ceiling vent. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-03-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Bare hand contacts with ready to eat food. 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. Cook picked up sandwich with bare hands, wrapped it with plastic wrap, placed it in reach in cooler. When cook was asked if it was his sandwich he said no. Sandwich was stop saled. Cooks hands had not been washed previous to touching sandwich. Cook was reeducated on the use of Handwashing and gloves. **Warning**
22-26-4    Intermediate - Buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler. **Warning**
02C-03-4    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. Milk and OJ. **Warning**
22-05-4    Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. **Warning**
31A-02-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to being blocked by garbage can and dirty rag bin. **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Mop heads in sink. **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. **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. Cole slaw. **Warning**
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