RUMBA ISLAND BAR & GRILL
Gulf to Bay Boulevard
Clearwater, Florida, 33765
Pinellas County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.9/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 1/2/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/2/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 12/16/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
0
Basic
5
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone in cutting board. At cook line. **Warning**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Bottom reach in cooler with buckets under catching water leaking on floor **Warning**
- 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. At bar. Employee removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair hand wash sink leaking onto the floor under hand wash sink. Bar tender using hand wash sink. **Warning**
- 29-03-4:Basic - Water draining onto floor surface outside bar. **Warning**
- 28-26-5:High Priority - Sewage/wastewater backing up through floor drains. During inspection inside men's restroom flushing toilets and running multiple sinks at same time water starting to come up from floor drain inside men's restroom. Frank put balloon down drain to flush out. Floor drain working properly. During inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pull out drawers under grill Poultry (54F - Cold Holding); Beef (50F - Cold Holding); Fish (47F - Cold Holding) Using ice to keep cold Temp on outside states 54 degrees **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/16/2024 revealed 7 total violations (2 high priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 8/7/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
3
Total
3
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 24-08-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic food containers wet-nested on shelf above triple sink area - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-07: **Time Extended**
- 14-11-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Torn gasket on reach in cooler drawers on cook line. - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-07: **Time Extended**
- 23-03-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets dirty on reach in coolers. Soda holster in outside bar area soiled. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-07: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/7/2024 revealed 3 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 8/6/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
3
Basic
16
Total
24
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets not inverted. Manager stored ice buckets in proper way **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Multiple grooved cutting boards in use. **Repeat Violation**
- 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead roaches on the floor near soda equipment. Employee cleared cleaned and sanitized area. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink in dry food storage area outside. Manager removed **Corrected On-Site**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees back packs hanging on shelf next to kitchen utensils next to triple sink area. Employees removed back packs **Corrected On-Site**
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic food containers wet-nested on shelf above triple sink area
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Torn gasket on reach in cooler drawers on cook line.
- 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on the floor in the walk in cooler.
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tong hanging on smoking oven door. Manager removed **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris in the cook line area
- 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No ambient thermometers in reach in coolers in cook line area
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees next to reach in cooler
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets dirty on reach in coolers. Soda holster in outside bar area soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels on containers with date marks.
- 24-01-4:Basic - Presetting of unwrapped silverware and/or tableware outdoors. Silverware not inverted. Manager stored in proper way **Corrected On-Site**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk containers of white powder not labeled. Employee labeled flour. **Corrected On-Site**
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 3 dented cans of coconut milk on dry storage shelf.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee put on gloves no hand wash. Educated employee.
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live fly in the kitchen landing cutting boards and food containers 3 live flies in the food prep area landing on cutting boards and food surface area 2 live flies in dishwashing area 7 live flies in exterior dry storage area, 2 live flies in outside bar area **Repeat Violation**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked shredded chicken (46F - Cold Holding); whipping cream (48F - Cold Holding); raw eggs muffin mix (58F - Cold Holding); cooked shredded chicken (46F - Cold Holding). Employee moved all foods to walk in cooler to cool. Retemped all foods 41-43F.
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - 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 time mark on butter. Employee stamped butter. **Corrected On-Site**
- 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in walk in cooler no date mark. Employee dated milk. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled on prep line, mixer head soiled in prep area, soda gun and nozzles soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times blocked with garbage bin. Manager removed **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/6/2024 revealed 24 total violations (5 high priority, 3 intermediate, 16 basic).