Here’s the breakdown of restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of Feb. 23 to March 1. Florida’s restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So, every week, we provide that information for you.
During the latest round of inspections by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, one restaurant temporarily closed, five Pensacola restaurants received high-priority violations and 32 restaurants received a perfect score.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a ‘snapshot’ of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
One restaurant temporarily closed
Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse
312 E. Nine Mile Road Suite 6
Inspection details: Complaint Inspection on Feb. 26
Follow-up inspection: Operations ordered stopped until violations were corrected. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 27.
Total violations:15 total violations, with five high-priority violations
Five restaurants received a high-priority violation
Oops Alley
3721 Highway 90, Milton
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 23
Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review, but were not an immediate threat to the public. Oops Alley complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 24.
Total violations: Six total violations, with three high-priority violations
Panera Bread
4763 Highway 90, Pace
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 23
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review but are not an immediate threat to the public. Panera complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 24.
Total violations: Two total violations, with one high priority violation
Rock N Roll Sushi Pace
4551 Watkins Road Unit A
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 24
Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 25.
Total violations: Four total violations, with three violations
Sky’s Pizza Pie
4275 Woodbine Road, Pace
Inspection details: Routine Inspection on Feb. 25
Follow-up inspection: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 26.
Total violations: Five total violations, with three high-priority violations
Otaku Family
1741 E. Nine Mile Road
Inspection details: Complaint Inspection on Feb. 24
Follow-up inspection: Violations required further review, but were not an immediate threat to the public. The restaurant complied with a follow-up inspection on Feb. 25.
Total violations: 10 total violations, with four high-priority violations
32 restaurants receive a perfect score
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: “Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over.”
An emergency order when a restaurant is closed by the inspector is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
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This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola restaurant temporarily closed in latest inspection
Reporting by Brittany Misencik, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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