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10561 VENETO DR, Fort Myers FL 33913 · 239-985-1749
Last inspected May 1, 2026 · 8 visits since December 2023
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5 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on 12/1/2023.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
8 visits, newest first
May 1, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed handwash sink in dishwash area blocked by cart. Operator removed cart.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public in walk in cooler.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Spoons. Operator inverted spoons.
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Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Operator inverted containers.
Jan 15, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Above oven, butter (99F - Hot Holding) for 2 hours per operator. Provided operator time as a public health control form and explained use.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Left side bar entrance with serving tray set up blocking sink. Operator removed.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable on cook line.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Vent covers in outside beer walk-in cooler.
May 16, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Observed 1 egg with broken shell. Chef threw egg away.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs stored on oven door handle, chef removed tongs.
Nov 7, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate3 Basic
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Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Black Sea salt containing activated charcoal observed on dry storage rack near entrance to kitchen. Operator discarded.
Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb by dumpster.
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. 12 containers opened cooked beef pot roast per operator opened 5 days ago no date mark in tall reach-in cooler at entrance to cook line closest to ice machine.
Raw or undercooked oysters offered and establishment has no consumer advisory sign provided on wall, menu, placard, table tent or by any other written means. Provided operator written sign, hung conspicuously.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. One inside liquor room.
Food stored on floor. In walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer boxes food stored under shelves.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Dust on vent covers in walk-in cooler.
Feb 20, 2024□ Call Back - CompliedComplaint Investigation
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. 6 unsecured outside, rest our secure.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up in triple sink area and near ice machine.
Feb 15, 2024Warning IssuedComplaint Investigation
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 8 recorded, 3 high priority.
3 High priority2 Intermediate3 Basic
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Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. In walk-in cooler raw fish and seafood stored with cooked mussels in same ice. Operator separated the foods.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook line reach-in cooler left side; cooked French onion soup (60F - Cold Holding). Also tall silver reach-in cooler near dish room; raw beef carpaccio (46F - Cold Holding); blue cheese crumbles (48F - Cold Holding); housemade coleslaw (46F - Cold Holding); cooked shrimp (52F - Cold Holding); bread pudding with cooked egg batter (47F - Cold Holding); butter (46F - Cold Holding). All foods per operator stored for 3 hours after setting up cook line. Operator iced down all foods and placed in walk-in cooler for rapid cooling.
Whole meat roast hot held at less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit. In prep area roast beef (111F - Hot Holding) for one hour under heat lamp. Discussed with operator using time as a public health control and proper roasting/hot holding parameters. Operator time marked roast for 4 hour discard.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. At bar, handwash sink blocked with bottles and cleaning supplies.
No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Butter at service station near bar time marked for 4 hour discard, no written plan available. Provided operator with time as a public health control form and explained usage.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. 6 unsecured outside, rest our secure.
Ceiling tiles missing in dry storage.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up in triple sink area and near ice machine.
Feb 15, 2024□ Call Back - CompliedComplaint Investigation
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Dec 13, 2023Warning IssuedComplaint Investigation
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 8 recorded, 2 high priority.
2 High priority4 Intermediate2 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on 12/1/2023.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored under cook,one left side next to food. In bar hanging over bottles liquor at entrance.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda gun nozzle middle of bat soiled. Repeat 2/2/2023
Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Tuna tartar and beef carpaccio on menu not marked as raw, per operator served raw.
Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan/variance approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Observed raw beef and raw fish frozen in main walk-in freezer in reduced-oxygen packaging, no HACCP plan or variance, stored more than 48 hours.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 2 unlabeled bottles in bar area.
Clean linens stored in improper location. Stored in employee restroom, on floor. Operator moved off floor.
Food stored on floor. Under shelves of main walk-in cooler, beer walk-in cooler located outside, both walk-in freezers.
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.