KEKE'S BREAKFAST CAFE
733-737 CORTARO DR, Ruskin FL 33573 · 813-331-3023
Last inspected Aug 19, 2025 · 5 visits since October 2023
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5 inspections within 36 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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. Observed employee cutting bananas with bare hand.
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Aug 19, 2025Administrative complaint recommendedComplaint Investigation
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 12 violations recorded, 2 high priority.
2 High priority1 Intermediate9 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 12 findingsThe state's own report →
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. Observed employee cutting bananas with bare hand.
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 cannot be determined. Butter for bread and cream cheese held on time not time marked.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on prep cooler.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup in cheese in reach in cooler.
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Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. On prep cooler.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on cutting board, removed at time of inspection.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee bag on prep table.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting next to walk in cooler.
Food stored on floor. Box of bread on floor in walk in cooler. Multiple food boxes on floor in walk in freezer.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket on shelf with food items.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of salt and pepper not labeled.
Jul 9, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 21 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority2 Intermediate16 Basic
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Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee touch phone and began prepping food without washing hands.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Yogurt 46 F, Cheese 54 F in reach in cooler, employee placed down in cooler.
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 cannot be determined. Cream cheese not time stamped.
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Chicken in reach in cooler not date marked.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on prep cooler.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup with no handle in container of sugar. Employee removed at time of inspection.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Forks not all I handle first.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on prep cooler.
Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Mold on unwashed strawberries and grapes in walk in cooler.
Dumpster/cans/garbage disposal location improper because it is causing a nuisance or public health hazard. Dumpster on grass.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on drink on prep table.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees phone on prep table, employee removed at removed at time of inspection.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Walk in cooler soiled.
Food stored on floor. Chicken on floor in walk in freezer.
Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
Open dumpster lid.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Foam cups on floor.
Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket on floor.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of salt and pepper not labeled.
Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only. Back door blocked with boxes.
Aug 13, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate6 Basic
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee touch phone then put on gloves to grab toast without washing hands.
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 cannot be determined. Butter on cook line not time marked.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table, employee removed at time of inspection.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting on prep table across from office.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket on shelf with oil.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of salt not labeled. Manager labeled at time of inspection.
Mar 5, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate7 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards throughout kitchen.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup in container of granola on dry storage shelf.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards throughout kitchen.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on dry storage shelf.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting next to dish machine.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Tongs in standing water temped 115, employee turned up temperature on water.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of salt not labeled on dry storage shelf.
Oct 18, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 17 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority6 Intermediate11 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. Milk in reach in cooler not date marked. Operator dated at time of inspection.
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. Sent to operator at time of inspection.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on cook line.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Need test strips for Quaternary ammonia.
No soap provided at handwash sink. At handwash sink next to milk cooler.
Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Operator provided 4 food handler certifications.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Plates in dish area not inverted.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on cook line.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting.
Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
Missing drain plug at dumpster.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Old food on clean plates near dish area.
Open dumpster lid.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Spoons not facing handle up, operator placed handle up at time of inspection.
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Paper plates and aluminum pans not inverted, operator inverted at time of inspection.
Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer buckets on floor throughout kitchen. Operator removed at time of inspection.
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.