JADE GARDEN
2626 W HILLSBOROUGH AVE, Tampa FL 33614 · 813-801-9331
Last inspected Jul 30, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
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▲ GETTING WORSE
5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee cutting cooked chicken wings with no gloves.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Jul 30, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 13 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority2 Intermediate8 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 13 findingsThe state's own report →
Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Several boxes of cooked chicken nuggets stored in old chicken boxes with food contact.
Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw pork over cooked chicken in walk-in cooler. Operator moved raw pork to bottom shelf.
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Operator place vacuum breaker on mop sink faucet.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Several items in walk-in cooler
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Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. All cooler handles
Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Both bathroom
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between reachin cooler and prep table.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Gallon jugs being used for scoops. Sugar in tine can
Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Several items stored on prep table counter.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wiping cloth on cutting board on Cookline.
Jan 28, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate5 Basic
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Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Multiple bags of cooked frozen bbq pork stored in shopping bags inside back kitchen reach in freezer.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw frozen chicken stored over cooked frozen bbq pork in back kitchen reach in freezer, adjacent to reach in chest freezers. Raw shell eggs stored over unwashed onions in walk in cooler. Raw chicken stored over raw shrimp inside walk in cooler. Operator relocated all raw items to an approved location during time of inspection.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Multiple cutting boards inside establishment soiled.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand washing sink used for storing a plastic scoop, adjacent to walk in cooler. Operator removed scoop at time of inspection.
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Located on all reach in coolers and reach in freezer door handles.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Multiple cutting boards inside establishment with cut marks.
Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Duct tape and bubble wrap used to repair inside of small reach in chest freezer in back kitchen area.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Hotel pan with personal food stored in top of front line reach in cooler. Operator relocated personal foods to an approved location during time of inspection. Reach in chest freezer used for storing only personal foods not identified.
Stored food not covered. Cooked wings and raw shrimp inside walk in cooler not covered. Operator covered all items during time of inspection.
Jul 31, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Multiple food items stored in shopping bags in Reach in freezer.
Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw frozen chicken stored over raw beef in Reach in freezer.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs stored over cooked bbq pork and Ready to eat cabbage in Walk in cooler. Operator relocated all items during time of inspection.
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on front line cook soiled.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. 4 Employee bottled water on front line kitchen prep table. Operator relocated all bottles during time of inspection.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Personal food in Walk in cooler not identified. Personal food in chest freezer not identified. Operator identified during time of inspection.
Apr 16, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
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Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Cooked chicken and fried chicken stored in a cardboard box on front line Reach in cooler. Ready to eat broccoli and Ready to eat lettuce stored in cardboard boxes on front line cook prep table. Operator transferred broccoli and lettuce into food grade safe bins during time of inspection. Discussed with operator.
Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken stored over raw beef, raw chicken stored over buckets of sauces in Walk in cooler. Operator relocated raw beef during time of inspection. Raw frozen chicken stored over raw frozen shrimp and raw frozen beef and cooked chicken in back kitchen Reach in freezer.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. bbq pork 51F. Operator relocated Bbq port to Walk in cooler for quick cooling.
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. No Vacuum breaker at faucet splitter located at mop sink.
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.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee personal drink on prep table adjacent to three compartment sink. Operator relocated drink to an approved location during time of inspection.
Food stored on floor. 2 buckets of soy sauce stored on kitchen floor next to three compartment sink.
Stored food not covered. Fried wings, bbq pork, fried chicken, cooked chicken, fried egg roll not covered in front line Reach in cooler.
Dec 27, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate2 Basic
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Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee cutting cooked chicken wings with no gloves.
Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw shrimp in walk in cooler.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in kitchen.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Plastic containers in handwash sink near 3 compartment sink.
Food stored on floor. Bulk oil on floor in kitchen.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Metal reach in freezer in kitchen.
Apr 10, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Shrimp in a container with water inside the walk in cooler. I had the operator to drain the water.
Oct 10, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority3 Intermediate4 Basic
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Employee washed hands with no soap. Discussed with management the importance of using soap
Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Broccoli cabbage in box card board. Employee removed food to food grade containers. Reach in freezer cook pork in plastic Togo bags.
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 and the time removed from temperature control. Egg rolls chicken not time marked employee determined time and time mark.
Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in three compartment sink.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Manager signed and some employees signed.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cook chicken,pork, egg rolls not dated white reach in cooler on cook line
Food stored on floor. Sauce buckets on floor walk in cooler.
Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Using cardboard on walk In cooler shelves
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled.
Water draining onto floor surface. Under hand washing sink by rice makers
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.