ITALIAN KITCHEN
108 1 ST, Port St Joe FL 32456 · 850-340-3425
Last inspected Jul 22, 2026 · 6 visits since August 2024
5 inspections within 15 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 6 recorded.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed cleaning steel wool inside employee hand sink.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, sewage system approval or other related requirements. Observed total of 87 seats, 29 seats indoor and 58 seats outside under a event tent, according to the license only supposed to have 17 Seats.
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Food stored on floor. Cooking oil on the floor underneath the oven.
Hole in ceiling above the three compartment sink and by the hood system.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, sewage system approval or other related requirements. Observed license units 17 observed inside and outside total units of seating 85 seats doing.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee beverage container on a food preparation table without a lid.
Interior of oven/ has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 2 recorded, 1 high priority.
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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 paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Kitchen area.
No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. All food items.
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.