RIVER CLUB
4788 PELICAN SOUND BLVD, Estero FL 33928 · 239-948-5103
Last inspected May 15, 2026 · 6 visits since February 2024
5 inspections within 13 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 touch lettuce, tomato setup with bare hands.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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 server touch lemon with their bare hands, educated served that lemons are actually a ready to eat food product when cut, and they should either use tongs, or a toothpick when garnishing drinks.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed reach in coolers gaskets in the servers area soiled, and fan guards in the walk in cooler are dusty.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Observed employee touch lettuce, tomato setup with bare hands.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed no handle to go container in semolina container. Operator removed container.
Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Observed employees working beverage above make table in the server station, operator discarded.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employees working with food with no hairs restraints.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed gaskets wet nesting on containers on storage. Observed plastics storage containers wet nesting on storage shelf in dish area. Operator removed for drying.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed sanitizer bucket stored on prep table. Operator moved sanitizer bucket.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Observed 1 can of sliced black olives dented on the seam. Operator segregated can to be returned.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at hand wash sink next to floor mixer. Operator replaced towels.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Observed employee washing cut lettuce in sink without gloves on explained to them the importance of wearing gloves when handling ready to eat food, employee washed hands put on gloves and re washed the lettuce.
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.