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BAY GARDENS RETIREMENT VILLAGE

1415 E 124TH AVE, Tampa FL 33612

Last inspected Apr 1, 2024 · 2 visits since September 2023

□ Not on the state's active licence list

This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.

Licence typeFood service
Licence3917203
Grade history
SEP 23
APR 24
Worst finding on record
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2024.
High priority/50-17-3/Admin Complaint
Badges — none earned
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined

Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →

Disciplinary actions

5 cases · $2,900

CaseViolation dateFinal orderAmount
3--2022059655Oct 31, 2022May 16, 2023$600
3--2021038493Jun 22, 2021Feb 1, 2022$600
3--2019045394Jul 11, 2019Dec 20, 2019$300
3--2017056374Nov 13, 2017May 29, 2018$600
3--2016011746Mar 8, 2016Jun 20, 2016$800

Inspection history

2 visits, newest first

Apr 1, 2024Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection

Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 7 violations recorded, 1 high priority.

1 High priority2 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 7 findings
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2024.
High priority/50-17-3/Admin Complaint
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in walk in cooler not date marked.
Intermediate/02C-03-5/Repeat Violation/Warning
Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification.
Intermediate/53A-01-7/Warning
Equipment in poor repair. Dish machine is out of order.
Basic/14-11-5/Warning
Show the remaining 3 findings ▾
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Basic/51-13-4/Repeat Violation/Warning
Open dumpster lid.
Basic/33-16-4/Warning
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
Basic/42-01-4/Repeat Violation/Warning
The state's own report →
Sep 22, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 12 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

2 High priority3 Intermediate7 Basic
Show 12 findings ▾
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee went from testing chlorine to plating food put on glove without washing hand.
High priority/12A-07-5
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw ground beef stored overtop commercial processed ready to eat food inside walk in freezer.
High priority/08A-05-6
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Commercially processed food has no dates inside walk in freezer.
Intermediate/02C-03-5
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
Intermediate/11-27-4
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Emailed operator employee health agreement.
Intermediate/11-26-1
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink stored on steam table while serving food.
Basic/12B-07-4
Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Food not stored less then six inches of the floor.
Basic/08B-47-4
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Basic/51-13-4
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Basic/51-18-6
Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. Objectionable odors coming from kitchen area.
Basic/36-64-5
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler shelves are soiled with old food debris.
Basic/14-17-4
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop sitting inside mop bucket preventing proper air drying.Employee properly stored mop
Basic/42-01-4/Corrected On-Site

This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.