ROOF BAR & EATS
1175 NORTH GULFSTREAM AVENUE, Sarasota FL 34236 · 941-706-1607
Last inspected Feb 5, 2026 · 6 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 19 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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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 washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed their hands in a dump sink Employee was informed and properly washed their hands in a hand wash sink.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken wings stored in the drawer reach in cooler on the cook with no date mark. Chef stated the wings were cooked on 2/1. Chef placed a date mark on the wings.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Guacamole stored in the stand up reach in cooler across from the cook line with no date mark. Chef stated the guacamole was prepared on 8/20. Chef placed a date mark on the guacamole.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged grouper bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Chef discarded the grouper.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Feta cheese (64F - Cold Holding); stored at room temperature on the cook line. Chef stated the cheese was stored at room temperature for 2 hours. Chef placed the cheese in the reach in cooler. Cut lettuce (54F - Cold Holding) stored on ice in the cook line area. Chef stated the lettuce was strong ice on for 2 hours. Chef placed the lettuce.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand washing sink next to the cook line. Employee placed paper towels at the hand washing sink
Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged grouper bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Chef discarded the grouper.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on the glass door reach in cooler torn.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Both hand washing sinks in the bar area missing hand washing signs.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Beef thawing at room temperature on the cook line. Employee placed the beef in the reach in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. Bottled water and bag in box soda stored on the floor in the kitchen area.
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.