SANDY'S RESTAURANT
2300 GULF BLVD STE 7, Indian Rocks Beach FL 33785
Last inspected Jul 24, 2024 · 4 visits since October 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.
3 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
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 staff touching cut avocado without gloves.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 4 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 staff touching cut avocado without gloves.
Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw burger stored over bag of potatoes in silver stand up refrigerator.
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 5 recorded.
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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.
Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Cooked potatoes 87f, hollandaise 80f, cooling at room temperature, items put in reach in cooler.
Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Natasha Madelaine expired certificate.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses.
Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
Met inspection standards. 3 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.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Pancake mix. Sugar.
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.