TUBBY'S Q AND SMOKEHOUSE
5740 7 ST, Zephyrhills FL 33542
Last inspected Jul 25, 2025 · 5 visits since December 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.
5 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
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. Emailed to operator
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Operator replaced paper towels at hand sinks in ware washing area and in prep area.
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee washed dirty dishes and without washing hands returned to kitchen and handled clean and sanitized dishes. Discussed with operator who washed hands
Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Operator cooked sausage (102F - Hot Holding) operator washed and rinsed off metal pan and did not sanitize, discussed with operator to re wash and sanitize.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In kitchen on top of flat top stove cooked sausage (102F - Hot Holding) per operator product prepared approximately 20 minutes prior and placed on stove to hold until served, discussed hot holding with operator who moved product back to grill to reheat.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand washing sink located next to cook line no paper towels, discussed with operator who provided paper towels.
No soap provided at handwash sink. At hand washing sink located next to cook line no soap, discussed with operator who provided soap.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In reach in freezer house made Mac and cheese sauce not date marked, per operator product as made 5 days ago and placed in freezer, operator added date mark label of date prepared and date frozen.
Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer not working and storing trash can and buckets of water. Discussed with operator to repair unit.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior of walk in cooler has black mold like substance on walls and condenser fan. Discussed with operator to clean and sanitize.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Rice and brisket in cooler on cook line prepared on 11/30, date added
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 2 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. Emailed to operator
Equipment in poor repair. Observed leaking ceiling in walk in cooler
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.