Eat SafelyIn Florida
Neighbourhood

Bradenton34203

Restaurants133
Spotless inspections6%
Ordered shut11
Fines$66k
How the grades fall here
A 40B 20C 18D 11F 21Not rated 23

Grades describe each kitchen's last twelve months. The spotless figure above counts every inspection ever recorded here that ended with the inspector writing nothing down at all — a much harder bar than an A.

What inspectors wrote here recently
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Observed in main kitchen area can dented on the lid seam. Person in charge removed dented can of black beans.

High priorityGECKO'S GRILL AND PUB →Aug 24, 2026

Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed Dishwasher (Chlorine 000ppm); Person in charge changed chlorine container that was empty and Dishwasher (retested Chlorine bar 100ppm)

High priorityGECKO'S GRILL AND PUB →Aug 24, 2026

Raw animal food not separated from ready-to-eat food during preparation. Observed in walk-in cooler raw shell eggs over sour cream.Person in charge removed raw shell eggs.

High priorityGECKO'S GRILL AND PUB →Aug 24, 2026

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in warming box cheese sauce (120F - Hot Holding); marinara (89F - Hot Holding). Educated Person in charge on hot holding food. Person in charge placed on stove to reheat.

High priorityGECKO'S GRILL AND PUB →Aug 24, 2026

Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed in waitstaff area employee started work, touched clean coffee pot and failed to wash hands before starting work. Educated Person in charge on Person in charge on handwashing procedures and emailed Person in charge a copy of the handout. Person in charge placed coffee pot in dish washing machine area and washed hands.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Observed in walk-in cooler raw shell eggs over unwashed tomatoes. Educated Person in charge on safe refrigerator storage and emailed Person in charge a copy of the handout. Person in charge removed raw shell eggs.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed in the back kitchen area reach in cooler raw ground beef over salami and cooked chicken for salad. Person in charge removed raw beef.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed in waitstaff area melted butter not time marked.Person in charge voluntarily discarded.As a repeat violation, the importance of following proper protocol with this violation was reinforced with the employee.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed in steam table hot well sausage gravy (96F - Reheating); bean soup (119F - Reheating); beef gravy (136F - Reheating). Educated Person in charge on reheating foods and emailed Person in charge stated the products started reheating at 6:30 am, time temperature was taken 8:50am.Person in charge a copy of the handout. Person in charge voluntarily discarded all product.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Observed in waitstaff area melted butter not time marked.Person in charge voluntarily discarded.As a repeat violation, the importance of following proper protocol with this violation was reinforced with the employee.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Observed in steam table hot well sausage gravy (96F - Reheating); bean soup (119F - Reheating); beef gravy (136F - Reheating). Educated Person in charge on reheating foods and emailed Person in charge stated the products started reheating at 6:30 am, time temperature was taken 8:50am.Person in charge a copy of the handout. Person in charge voluntarily discarded all product.

High priorityFIONAS FAMILY RESTAURANT →Aug 20, 2026

Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Observed in main kitchen area on food rack chicken (73F - Cooling). Person in charge stated it had been cooling for over 2 hours and time stamp confirmed. Person in charge voluntarily discharged.

High priorityCHICK FIL A AT CREEKWOOD →Aug 19, 2026