El Taino Restaurant

Basic – Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired

Bottom make table reach in cooler at wait station area from has torn gasket and no ambient thermometer. Inspector ambient thermometer reading at 49F. Advised manager not to store any TCS food in this unit. Repeat Violation

Basic – Equipment in poor repair

Upright double door reach in cooler with torn gasket in kitchen area Repeat Violation

Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair

Floor tile crack and in disrepair in front of oven in kitchen area Repeat Violation

Basic – Food stored on floor

Case of plastic bottles of water stored on floor behind bar area

Basic – Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers

At frappe prep station missing light shield Repeat Violation

Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit

Bottom make table reach in cooler at wait station area Repeat Violation

Basic – No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided at establishment

Operator removed mop sink in restaurant because decided he didn't need it and says he dumps waste water outside on concrete at back door. No evidence of waste water on ground when observed. Provided technical assistance and operator will submit plans to have mop sink relocated outside back door Warning

Basic – Open dumpster lid

Shared dumpster in back parking lot area with lid open Repeat Violation

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name

White powdered stored in container under prep table in kitchen. Manager stated it's flour Repeat Violation

High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours

Soup and cooked chicken/beef mixture (45-50F – Cooling), stored in double door upright reach in cooler in kitchen area with lid and condensation under lid from overnight with no additional preparation today as per manager. Stop sale issued Warning

High Priority – Food/ice received from unapproved source/no invoice provided to verify source. See Stop Sale

Operator has 1 bag of prep Alcapurrias (cooked beef tamales type wraps) in kitchen upright reach in cooler and 4 bags in reach in freezer in back storage area is purchased from lady who makes them at home and not licensed and no invoice of purchase

Stop sale issued Warning

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food

Prep container of raw shrimp stored over cooked foods in double door upright reach in cooler in kitchen. Moved by manager. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food originating from an unapproved source

Operator has 1 bag of prep Alcapurrias (cooked beef tamales type wraps) in kitchen upright reach in cooler and 4 bags in reach in freezer in back storage area is purchased from lady who makes them at home and not licensed and no invoice of purchase. Warning

High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse

Soup and cooked chicken/beef mixture (45-50F – Cooling), stored in double door upright reach in cooler in kitchen area with lid and condensation under lid from overnight with no additional preparation today as per manager. Stop sale issuednn10 prep containers flan (51-52F – Cold Holding), stored in bottom make table reach in cooler at wait station area from over night as per manager. Unit has torn gasket and no ambient thermometer. Inspector ambient thermometer reading at 49F. Stop sale issued. Advised manager not to store any TCS food in this unit. Warning

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit

Deli meat and raw shell eggs – ambient temperature (49-50F – Cold Holding); cooked plantains (73F – Cold Holding), all items stored in make table reach in cooler in kitchen no stored overnight. Manager was cleaning and said he unplugged unit for approximately 1 hour and just plugged it back in

n10 prep containers flan (51-52F – Cold Holding), stored in bottom make table reach in cooler at wait station area from over night as per manager. Unit has torn gasket and no ambient thermometer. Inspector ambient thermometer reading at 49F. Stop sale issued. Advised manager not to store any TCS food in this unit. Warning

Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection

Soup and cooked chicken/beef mixture (45-50F – Cooling), stored in double door upright reach in cooler in kitchen area with lid and condensation under lid from overnight with no additional preparation today as per manager. Stop sale issued Warning

Intermediate – No plan review submitted and approved – renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. nOperator removed mop sink in restaurant because decided he didn't need it and says he dumps waste water outside on concrete at back door. No evidence of waste water on ground when observed. Provided technical assistance and operator will submit plans to have mop sink relocated outside back door

Also, operator removed some cooking equipments and relocated hand wash sink at wait station area to where mop sink was originally installed Warning

Intermediate – Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service

Operator offers and serves under cooked beef if requested but no consumer advisory posted. Provided consumer advisory sign and manager posted. Corrected On-Site Warning

Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked

Multiple cooked foods in reach in cooler with wrong date marked showing past 7 days but validated with manager that they were prepared less then 7 days ago.

Intermediate – Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink

At hand wash sink in kitchen. Hot water valve turn off. Manager attempted to turn on but not able to during inspection Repeat Violation Warning