STEAK 'N SHAKE
12921 SHELDON RD, Tampa FL 33626 · 8137921706
Last inspected May 7, 2026 · 6 visits since September 2023
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5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. No time marking for butter left on front line cook.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Disciplinary actions
2 cases · $600
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3--2018063521 | Dec 13, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 | $400 |
| 3--2018060932 | Oct 16, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | $200 |
Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
May 7, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed one employee pick up a single service cup from floor, and then began food preparation at ice cream station without first washing hands. Discussed with employee, proper hand washing after every change of task or touching soiled items. Employee washed hands before continuing food preparation.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. No time marking for butter left on front line cook.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter 59°F at 3:22 PM placed on front line cook at 2:15 PM - cooled to 52°F at 3:37 PM. Manager placed inside front line reach in freezer for quick cooling.
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 and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. No time marking for butter left on front line cook.
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No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan for butter placed on front line cook. A form has been emailed to the manager at time of inspection.
Jan 28, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup inside reach in frezzer on cooks line.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets inside in reach in cooler on cooks line are soiled.
Feb 27, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate8 Basic
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Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Splitter added with no vacuum breaker. Manager has on order.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils in server area. On server station. Employee removed.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee drink and cell phone on server station. Employee removed.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris under prep table and pasta cooker.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Reach in freezer for glasses.
Light shield damaged/in disrepair. Broken light shield in walk in cooler.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Condenser and case below fountain has dust and debris build up food -grease build up under flat top on cookline -debris build up on hinges of reach in on cook-line.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues in ice cream freezer and glasses freezer. Employee cleaned shelves and reach in.
Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves, wall and floor rusted on corner of walk in near door.
Sep 12, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed pickle debris in handwash sink at front service line. Discussed with operator about handwash sink for hand wash only. Operator cleaned handwash sink at time of inspection.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler door frame soiled with black/green mold like substance. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with black mold like substance at milkshake station.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 1 sanitizing bucket tested 0ppm at milkshake station. Operator remade solution to 200ppm.
Mar 4, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Equipment in poor repair. Dish machine test 10ppm after ran multiple times. No warewashing at time of inspection. Operator prime sanitizer manually, ran dish machine again, test 100ppm.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under dry storage shelving in office
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave on cook line. Employee cleaned and sanitized at time of inspection.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior walk in cooler door
Sep 18, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda nuzzles stained with slimy syrup residue at drive thru window area.
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.