VINOY RESORT AND GOLF CLUB - PALM COURT BALLROOM
501 FIFTH AVE NE, Saint Petersburg FL 33701
Last inspected Apr 8, 2026 · 7 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 22 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly just inside kitchen door not landing on food or food contact surfaces.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1- 6 lbs 6 oz dented can of Diced Tomatoes.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. White cutting board stained.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Smoker interior soiled with burnt food debris. The Chef on duty put in a work order for the overnight crew to deep clean the equipment.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Sanitizer drain line going into hand wash sink by office. Employee removed.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table has built up food debris.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee beverage in walk in cooler above food to be served to the public. Chef removed.
No current insurance inspector boiler report or boiler certificate available for boiler. For reporting purposes only. B00079720 and B00079690 expired on 08/10/2024.
Portable fire extinguisher missing from its designated location. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher on floor next to hand wash sink nearest three compartment sink.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 6 recorded, 1 high priority.
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Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dish washer goes from dirty dishes to clean dishes with no hand wash in between.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table has built up food debris.
Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverages on prep table. Manager removed.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Time/temperature control for safety food packaged using a reduced oxygen method without a HACCP plan not properly labeled with the production time and date. Raw beef vacuum sealed and stored in walk in freezer lacks production date and time.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly just inside kitchen door not landing on food or food contact surfaces.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table has built up food debris.
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.