THE PIZZA PALACE
1700 W NEW HAVEN AVE UNIT 381, Melbourne FL 32904
Last inspected Feb 4, 2025 · 4 visits since August 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, swinging between A and F. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked pasta 58 F - cold holding; cooked meatballs in sauce 58 F - cold holding; marinara 58 F - cold holding; manger on duty discarded items
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 17 recorded, 5 high priority.
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee change gloves without washing hands. Educated operator
Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee changed tasks from collecting payment to serving food without changing gloves. Educated operator
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked pasta 58 F - cold holding; cooked meatballs in sauce 58 F - cold holding; marinara 58 F - cold holding; manger on duty discarded items
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked pasta 58 F - cold holding; cooked meatballs in sauce 58 F - cold holding; marinara 58 F - cold holding; manager discarded. cooked sausage 45 F - cold holding; reccommended chill
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. None of the pizzas on front counter food display had time mark
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade heavily soiled
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwashing sink in the prep area has basket in it and several personal items are on handwashing sink
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written time plan for pizzas on display on front counter. Provided for manager on duty.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Meat balls in walk-in cooler not date marked.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Marinara sauce and cooked pasta in walk in cooler
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. CO2 tanks not secured in front counter and storage area
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Pots on top drying rack not inverted
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven handle in prep area
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Food debris in microwave In prep area
Plumbing system in disrepair. Wash sink of 3 compartment sink will not hold water
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walls accumulated grease and debris next to front counter prep cooler.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Test strips expired 2020.
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.