TONYS CHOWDER HOUSE
622 N DONNELLY ST, Mount Dora FL 32757 · 352-284-8367
Last inspected Jul 28, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
5 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 4-1-25 Operator renewed before end of inspection.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Equipment in poor repair. White chest freezers rusting.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. White chest freezer gaskets by ice machine.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. White chest freezer interior by ice machine.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. One new employee. Provided form employee sign and date.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor in the corner of seafood freezer and bread freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets at cook line. Operator cleaned.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in cooler at cook line. Operator cleaned.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm. Operator change water. Rechecked 200 ppm.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 4-1-25 Operator renewed before end of inspection.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. White reach in cooler and freezer gasket at the end of cook line interior soiled.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. White reach in cooler and freezer at the end of cook line interior soiled
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. - microwave on cooks line
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. -hush puppy batter 81° operator discarded.
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.
No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. - Provided operator time plan
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. - green cutting board stored in prep area.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. -employee went to get ice and returned didn't wash hands. Operator coached employee.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. -2 spray bottles of cleaner hanging on shelf next to clean cutting boards.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. - cell phone stored on prep table
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.