RUBY TUESDAY #7147
8512 RIDGE RD, New Port Richey FL 34654 · 727-843-8809
Last inspected May 11, 2026 · 9 visits since July 2023
5 inspections within 20 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 7 small flying insects in wait station area off of bar near tea brewing area. Operator sprayed to eliminate flies.
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Inspection history
9 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Dale, Sandy food handlers certification expired
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook put beard guard on
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Live, small flying insects found 1 fly by dishwasher.
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 Multiple products on the salad bar.Operator is starting time marking log for salad bar
Food-contact surface soiled with slime. Interior of beer dispenser nozzles soiled.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic containers on dry dish rack. Operator removed and separated containers.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On buffet line - harvest rice (45F - Cold Holding); street corn (45F - Cold Holding), on buffet for 1.5 hours, operator moved to walk in cooler.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Vertical 2 door on cook line Inside of vertical cooler on cook line, plastic broken, insulation exposed
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. O ppm, corrected to 200 ppm
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In 6 drawer holding unit on cook line - g); ham chunks (48F - Cold Holding); cooked potatoes (48F - Cold Holding); cooked shrimp (56F - Cold Holding); cooked wing (44F - Cold Holding); ribs (46F - Cold Holding); unit in defrost mode, all food was at 41F or below at line check, 10:30, temps are logged, moved to freezer. Shrimp 34F, ribs 39F, ham chunks 38F, wings 34F, potatoes 37F
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Metal tray at flat top grill, used for holding tongs, seasoning chicken, operator discarded and got new tray
Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. One cook, put ponytail in hat
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Towel buckets on cook line 0 ppm, corrected to 200 ppm
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 1 recorded, 1 high priority.
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Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 7 small flying insects in wait station area off of bar near tea brewing area. Operator sprayed to eliminate flies.
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Beverage over prep table on end of cook line, operator removed
Equipment in poor repair. Vertical cooler on cook line, inside of door has pieces missing, insulation exposed,
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. In bar Ceiling tiles in kitchen soiled Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Cook line and dish machine area
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Plastic lids cracked
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. On top of cooler in bar,operator moved to shelf
Silverware/utensils dried with a towel/cloth. Knives wiped with towel, discussed with manager on duty, knives put through dish machine
Waste line clogged at soda gun holster. Water not draining, is over clean glasses. Manager moved glasses.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Buckets at wait station less than 200 ppm, operator re filled buckets, corrected to 200 ppm.
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