BLUE FUGU
4615 GULF BLVD, St.Pete Beach FL 33706
Last inspected May 14, 2024 · 2 visits since December 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.
DEC 23
MAY 24
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired 2-1-2024. Renewed during inspection.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
2 visits, newest first
May 14, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 7 findingsThe state's own report →
Employee 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 took drink of personal drink then back to prepping foods no hand wash. Educated employee and he washed his hands.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired 2-1-2024. Renewed during inspection.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw quail eggs over sauces and cucumber in walk in cooler. Employee moved eggs to lower shelf.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Clean cloths in hand sink in sushi bar. Employee removed cloths.
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Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine soiled with black mold like debris. Employee directed to clean interior of ice machine.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table shelf over foods being prepped. Employee removed drink.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Toaster oven in sushi bar soiled with burnt on flood debris.
Dec 5, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 15 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority3 Intermediate10 Basic
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Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee started working and put on gloves no hand wash. Educated employee and she took off gloves and washed her hands.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over sauces in reach in cooler in server station. Employee moved eggs to bottom shelf.
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 reach in cooler at bar no date mark opened 12-3. Employee dated milk
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. No plan observed. Emailed plan to operator.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda guns in bar area soiled with mold like debris interior, cutting boards stained on reach in cooler.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine soiled with black mold like debris.
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. All reach in cooler handles soiled with debris.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee foods not segregated from sauces to be served to the public. Yogurt, puddings and cookies in reach in cooler in server station. Employee moved foods to lower shelf and designated area.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Back pack on shelf over clean dishes.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife in between cooler and prep table.
In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle in salt bin touching salt. Employee removed scoop.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of microwave soiled in prep area. Toaster oven in sushi bar soiled with food debris.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened employee coconut water in reach in cooler. Employee removed drink.
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mops in rear area in water
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple foods in walk in cooler not labeled with common name.
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.