BROOKLYN DELI TOO
3360 E GULF TO LAKE WHY UN# 7, Inverness FL 34453 · 352.637.3354
Last inspected Apr 6, 2026 · 7 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 24 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/25
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Olivia
Equipment in poor repair. Front deli cooler 51F ambient
Rust like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 4 recorded, 1 high priority.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In front display deli cooler. Ambient temperature 51F. Operator states they took temperatures approximately 1 hour ago and all items were below 41F. Operator moved items to vertical reach in cooler to cool. pasta salad (48F - Cold Holding); cheesecake (47F - Cold Holding); potato salad (47F - Cold Holding); pork deli meat (47F - Cold Holding); cooked chicken (45F - Cold Holding)
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Olivia
Equipment in poor repair. Front deli cooler 51F ambient
Rust like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/25
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Open water bottle in reach in cooler. Operator segregated and labeled employee drink bin.
Use of cooking equipment producing grease laden vapors/smoke with no hood suppression system installed. Notified Fire AHJ. For reporting purposes only. Employee cooking bacon on flat top griddle
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee put hair up, no hand wash gloves on. Spoke with manager about hand wash.
Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. 2 eggs with cracked shells on cook line. Manager voluntarily discarded.
Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket over 200 ppm chlorine. Manager redid bucket and it rested at 50 ppm.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. 2021 license displayed. Manager printed out current t license and displayed.
Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach in empty hot holding well in standing water. Manager cleaned out well and sanitized.
Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Long braids employee hair hanging past shoulders. Spoke with manager about needing more efficient hair restraint.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2024
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. pasta salad (45F - Cold Holding) operator states the cooler door had been open to stock boars head products. Ambient temperature in cooler is 47F. Recheck 43 ambient 40F.
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. Cheese on front counter, operator states it was removed from refrigeration at 9am and time marked.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Sleeve of plastic wrapped to go boxes stored on the floor in front counter area. Operator placed on top of box.
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.