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Licensee
Name: GASPAR'S GROTTO License Number: SEA3910705
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 1805 E 7TH AVE
TAMPA, FL 33605

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 02/07/2019 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. - sugar **Corrected On-Site**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. - exterior of reach in cooler by window - reach in cooler gaskets - black containers holding condiment packets - plastic and metal containers holding single service items and/ or condiments - exterior of sauce bottles - exterior of fryer
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. - metal spoons **Corrected On-Site**
12B-09-5    Basic - Employee chewing gum while preparing food or while in a food prep/food storage/warewashing area. - female employee **Corrected On-Site**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -bag sitting on top of utensils **Corrected On-Site**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. - grooved cutting boards - rusting reach in cooler shelves - torn gaskets - rusting dry storage shelves - rusting Walk in cooler shelves
08B-12-4    Basic - Food stored in holding unit not covered. - heavy cream and fruit at main bar in inside dining area **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. - sauce on floor of Walk in cooler for beer **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
29-49-5    Basic - Observed standing water in bottom of reach-in cooler.
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-13-4    Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. - open Fiji water - open orange Gatorade **Corrected On-Site**
21-44-1    Basic - Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. - on the ground by grill not double bucketed **Corrected On-Site**
21-10-4    Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. - sitting on cutting board **Corrected On-Site**
36-02-5    Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. -dishmachine area
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
12A-14-4    High Priority - 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. - employee coughed on right hand, entered the kitchen, touched her clothes grabbed a basket of fries and was heading to guest
12A-29-4    High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. - employee touched her clothes, the counter then touched lip surface of drink going out to customer
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. - 2 hamburger meals going out for immediate service already cooked and female server cane into the kitchen, no handwash and no glove usage bare hand contacting the food
01B-12-4    High Priority - Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. - 2 hamburger meals going out for immediate service already cooked and female server cane into the kitchen, no handwash and no glove usage bare hand contacting the food. Inspector stopped - fry basket from employee coughing and went to serve guest as denoted in handwash violation
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. - raw chicken 51°F, cooler ambient air 61°F, - cooked chicken breast 47-50°F,
12A-02-4    High Priority - Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. - 2 hamburger meals going out for immediate service already cooked and female server came into the kitchen, no handwash and no glove usage bare hand contacting the food
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. - interior of reach in coolers - interior of Reach in freezers - interior of ice machine with mold like substance **Repeat Violation**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. - fry basket in handwash sink at dish pit - plastic cups in sink by fish tank **Corrected On-Site**
05-10-4    Intermediate - Probe thermometer not used to ensure proper food temperatures.
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. - chicken breast cooked
41-17-4    Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. - glass cleaner by ice machine **Corrected On-Site**
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