PALMAS DE MEDALLO RESTAURANT & BAR
4400 HANCOCK BRIDGE PKWY, N Fort Myers FL 33903
Last inspected Oct 29, 2024 · 3 visits since September 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
3 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.
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed tanks unsecured by hand washing sink next to walk in cooler. Operator removed tanks from building.
Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Observed lights above cook's line.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed at bar hand washing sink.
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
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Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed bulk sugar in a large unmarked container.
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 10 violations recorded, 2 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed multiple tanks standing next to prep table. Educated the operator.
Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Observed fish at Walk in Cooler. Operator removed from vacuum packaging.
Equipment in poor repair. Observed make table at wait station inoperable.
Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Observed lights above cookline.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Emailed the choking poster. Operator posted during inspection.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed no handwash sign at cookline handwash sink.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed fish on tray rack at room temperature next to stove. Operator placed in Walk in Cooler.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Observed spray hose is below the flood rim of the sink by the dishwasher. Operator hung on hook above flood rim.
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.