POTBELLY SANDWICH SHOP
5004 4 ST N, Saint Petersburg FL 33703
Last inspected Aug 17, 2026 · 5 visits since August 2024
5 inspections within 9 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
5 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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.
Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on front line had large grooves and was discolored and can no longer be cleaned.
Food stored on floor. Buckets of pickles stored on floor in walk-in cooler. Employee moved pickle buckets to proper area in walk-in cooler.
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In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Insufficient velocity of dipper well in order to maintain proper storage of ice cream scoops.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled container of white powder substance stored near door of walk-in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Hot water supply not maintained during peak periods. Water temped at 70F upon arrival in hand wash sink at front counter. Ran water for approximately 2 minutes and reached 85F.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on line grooved and no longer cleanable. Discussed ways to refurbish cutting boards with manager.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards at front counter is soiled with food debris between groove marks.
Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves in reach-in cooler against wall in front of counter area.
Food stored on floor. Bags of ice stored on floor in walk-in freezer.
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. Observed the DBPR Clean-Up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events form, but the establishment does not have chemical bleach onsite, as confirmed by the manager. I informed the manager that, according to written procedures, an appropriate cleaning chemical must be available to ensure employees can properly respond to vomiting or diarrheal events.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on reach in deli coolers stained in front counter. Pink mold like substance build up on ice chute of soda dispenser in dinning room.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Deli reach in cooler cutting boards heavily grooved.
Food stored on floor. Buckets of pickles stored floor in walk in cooler. Manager moved item off floor.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
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.