MADISON AVENUE PIZZA
2660 BAYSHORE BLVD, Dunedin FL 34698 · 727-688-1483
Last inspected Apr 16, 2026 · 6 visits since July 2023
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APR 26
▲ 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. Cook touched baked bread with bare hand.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Apr 16, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority2 Intermediate6 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 9 findingsThe state's own report →
Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over beef in reach in cooler in kitchen. Operator moved beef above chicken.
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. Emailed operator form HR 5030-104
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled in kitchen.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Grooved cutting boards in kitchen
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Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage stored above food in dry storage, employee beverage stored on shelf above prep table in kitchen. Operator removed beverages.
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees in kitchen not wearing beard guards.
Food stored on floor. Potatoes and marinara sauce stored on floor of walk In cooler. Operator moved potatoes and sauce to proper area.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs stored in oven handles in kitchen. Operator moved tongs to proper location
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles of oil and water unlabeled in kitchen.
Dec 19, 2025Inspection 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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Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed standing water inside pizza fridge.
Feb 21, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority3 Intermediate3 Basic
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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. No time mark for pizza sauce or French fries. Operator added time to sauce and fries.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris. Cutting boards stained.
Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. For one employee Vinny.
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. For some employees, Vinny and Tiago. Provided operator with paper form.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. White cutting boards.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Provided operator with paper sign.
Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0ppm. Operator refilled, 50ppm.
Nov 6, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority0 Intermediate1 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. Cook touched baked bread with bare hand.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Meatball 114F hot hold, operator reheated the meatballs to 165F.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottlescontaining foods removed from its original container not labeled with common name. Discussed the importance of of labeling all foods removed from their original container
Jan 22, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Rolling table blocking hand was sink. The table was moved from in front of the hand wash sink
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles containing food that was removed from it's original container not labeled with common name.
Jul 19, 2023Inspection 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 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. Operator was able to determine the time the pizza was placed on time as a public health control and time stamped according
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Deli meats removed from its original container no properly date marked. Operator was able to determine the date the meat was opened and placed in zip lock and dated accordingly
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board in cook area deep grooves.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles containing food removed from its original container not labeled with common name
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.