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5855 PLACIDA RD #306, Englewood FL 34224 · 941-214-5218
Last inspected Apr 15, 2026 · 4 visits since August 2024
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JAN 25
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APR 26
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4 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed license expired on December 1st 2024. Observed operator renew license. December 1st 2025
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Apr 15, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked garlic and oil mixture (70F - Cold Holding) at room temperature at the pizza station. The operator stated the garlic and oil mixture has been held for more than 4 hours. The operator discarded the garlic and oil mixture. The operator was emailed a time as public health control form.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Observed thawed cooked ground beef not properly date marked with the date of when removed from the freezer. The operator placed a correct date mark on the ground beef.
Ice buildup in the walk-in freezer.
Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Observed foods prepared onsite and packaged for self service sale lacking product identity/description and name and address of the establishment.
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Single-service articles stored below soap or paper towel dispenser exposing the items to drips from people's hands. Observed sleeves of plastic portion cups and lids stored underneath the paper towels behind at the pizza station hand sink. The operator properly stored the single-service items.
Jul 25, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate6 Basic
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Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Observed heavy cream in reach in cooler, in kitchen, without date marking, opened. Observed Chef dating creamer.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Observed no quaternary test strips for dish machine. Only observed chlorine test strips.
Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Observed above three compartment sink and dish machine, hole in wall and ceiling.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed containers on storage shelf's not inverted upside down. Observed chef starting to invert.
Equipment in poor repair. Observed in pizza station, reach in cooler, torn gaskets.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed in walk in freezer, ice build up on ceiling.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed by sandwich press, inside cabinet drawer, food crumbs. Observed operator cleaning out drawer.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Observed a bucket of cooking utensils stored handles down. Observed chef inverting properly.
Jan 24, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 15 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority4 Intermediate9 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed license expired on December 1st 2024. Observed operator renew license. December 1st 2025
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Observed milk not dated when opened.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed at handwashing sink at coffee bar area, sink being used as a dump sink.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at hand washing sink in dishwasher area.
No soap provided at handwash sink. Observed no soap at handwashing sink in dishwasher area.
Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Observed in reach in cooler behind display cooler near coffee station bottom of reach in cooler rusting
Ceiling tile missing. Observed over walk in cooler and freezer, ceiling tile missing.
Equipment in poor repair. Observed torn gaskets throughout establishment on reach in coolers and freezers.
Food stored on floor. Observed in walk in cooler and freezer, food stored on floor.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup up in walk in freezer.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs stored on oven door.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets with some food debris on them in reach in coolers at pizza station.
Stored food not covered. Observed in freezer, multiple items not covered for protection.
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed wet mop in mop sink not properly hung up to dry.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed nuts in container without label on it.
Aug 6, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionLicensing Inspection
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
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.