SAKURA SUSHI RESTAURANT
3438 E LAKE RD STE 16, Palm Harbor FL 34685
Last inspected May 12, 2025 · 5 visits since July 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.
4 inspections within 19 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Disciplinary actions
1 case · $160
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3--2015001005 | Oct 2, 2014 | Feb 5, 2015 | $160 |
Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Whisk in standing water. Discussed the need to have water 135 if holding utensils inside
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Fish thawing on counter 29F, Discussed proper thawing methods with Operator.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles and shakers containing food removed from the container original not labeled with common name
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Tuna and tilapia sitting in water not running.
Met inspection standards. 4 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. Operator touched raw octopus with bare hands. Discussed with operator not to use bare hand contact with ready to eat foods
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Food in sushi cooler: sushi cooler is turned off at night and turned on in the morning. Food was moved from reach in cooler to sushi cooler at 11am. Food was moved back to reach in cooler until sushi cooler is at proper temperature. octopus (50F - Cold Holding) second temperature 40F; salmon (47F - Cold Holding) second temperature 42F; yellowtail (46F - Cold Holding) second temperature 43F;
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Utensils sitting in hand wash sink. Operator relocated.
Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. Acoustic tiles above sushi window and front counter prep area
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm chlorine run twice - operator changed solution - recheck: 100 ppm chlorine
Food ( boxes of ginger, oil and sauce ) stored on floor in front storage area - bag of dry rice on floor in storage room opposite women's restroom - operator relocated bag of rice - corrected on site
Carpeting installed in a food storage area in front counter area - operator in process of installing tile in this area
Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas in back kitchen - operator added smooth tiles to some of the area - operator to install remaining area with smooth, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable tiles
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 inside cooler at sushi bar - reviewed with operator
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Carpeting installed in a food preparation, food storage area at beverage station
Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas in kitchen and restrooms
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.