DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

207 DINER

Food safety records indicate 207 DINER in EAST PALATKA has 8 inspections with a 2.5/5 overall rating. Recent inspections show improving food safety practices.

101 W. McCormick Rd.
Florida, 32131
Putnam County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.5/5)
Based on 8 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 8/11/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 13485718

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 8/7/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10917406

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup used as scoop in bulk seasoning.
  • 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Observed dead beetle/roach like insect inside flip top reach in cooler. Employee removed and discarded. Corrected On-Site
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On shelf of storage area, clean metal containers stacked while wet.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Canned goods on floor of dry storage area.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler door gasket with mold like substance. Repeat Violation
  • 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Dumpster lid open.
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Container of single service portion cups stored on the floor of dry storage area.
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop heads stored on the ground in front of mop sink. Repeat Violation
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloths stored on cook line prep tables.
  • 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed employee on cook line handle ready to eat bread with barehands to make customers order.
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In cookline reach in freezer, raw chicken on shelf over ready to eat gyro meat and raw scallops on shelf over ready to eat French fries. Employee rearranged storage levels. Corrected On-Site
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler; collard greens (47F - Cold Holding); potato salad (48F - Cold Holding); green beans (47F - Cold Holding); coleslaw (49F - Cold Holding); Cooked cabbage (49F - Cold Holding); beans (48F - Cold Holding); chowder (47F - Cold Holding); soup (46F - Cold Holding). Per operator walk in cooler was having an issue freezing over, maintenance put defrost timer on cooler set to 9am and kitchen employees frequently opening door of cooler before 9am to stock line, discussed with operator changing defrost time to a period that the walk in cooler door would be less frequently opened. Per operator I'm temperature range when arriving to work at 630am. At time of inspection cooler at ambient air 47F at conclusion of inspection at 45F. Maintenance en route for repair. Warning
  • 11-27-4:Intermediate - 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. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Debris observed on cook line can opener blade. Repeat Violation
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In standup reach in cooler on cook line, roast prepared on Saturday missing product date marking. Employee date marked. **Corrective Action Taken**

Inspection Date: 2/14/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8894453

  • 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Metal bowls stored on shelf not inverted.
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table by microwave.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler door gaskets at pass through have debris build up. Hood filters with debris build up. Scheduled for cleaning Monday. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop head stored in mop bucket. Repeat Violation
  • 41-15-5:High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Wiping cloth solution at 200+ chlorine. Operator emptied and replaced with 100ppm solution. Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on cook line with food debris build up on the blade. Repeat Violation
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit for three compartment sink.
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink by three compartment sink.

Inspection Date: 9/19/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8792184

  • 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. In the flip top reach in cooler on the cook line, 5 fully sealed thawed vacuum packages of mahi. Discussed with operator, operator removed mahi from the cook line. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal food over food for customers in two door reach in cooler, personal food moved to bottom shelf. Corrected On-Site
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On storage shelf of prep area, clean metal containers stacked while wet.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No employee hand wash signage at cook line hand wash sink.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Flip top reach in cooler at pass through window with mold like substance on the door gaskets. Repeat Violation
  • 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Clean containers on storage shelf with old labels still attached.
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. In office/dry storage room, single service cups stored on the floor.
  • 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Frozen raw shrimp and fish thawing at ambient air temp on prep sink. Operator moved under cold running water. Corrected On-Site
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop head stored on floor and in mop sink.
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on steam table prep station and multiple at waitstation prep counter.
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Chlorine dish machine at 0ppm, sanitizer bucket empty. Operator replaced and primed machine to 50ppm. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Current license expired 06/01/2024. Admin Complaint
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the two door reach in cooler on the cook line, raw ground beef over ready to eat hashbrowns. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. In the flip top reach in cooler on the cook line, 5 fully sealed thawed vacuum packages of mahi. Discussed with operator, operator removed mahi from the cook line.
  • 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. French toast batter held on time as public health control missing time mark on board, operator added time mark. Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on cook line with debris on the blade. Microwave on cook line with food debris build up.

Inspection Date: 4/23/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8654526

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 4/16/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8511191

  • 24-07-4:Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Clean pots stored under the shelf of the dish area on the floor.
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink next to the microwave on the cook line and on the wash lard of the three compartment sink. Operator relocated the employee beverages. 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. Employee bag stored on bag of potatoes. Operator relocated the employee bag. Corrected On-Site
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Flip top reach in cooler at the pass through window, door gasket has mold like substance build up.
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. At time of inspection chlorine dish machine at 0ppm. Operator unable to prime machine to proper sanitation levels. Operator instructed employee to set up the three compartment sink. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the standup reach in cooler on the cook line, pooled raw eggs over container of ready to eat sausage gravy. Operator relocated the raw egg. Corrected On-Site
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Incomplete written procedures available for utilizing time as public health control. Repeat Violation

Inspection Date: 9/27/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8387277

  • 32-04-4:Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Women's restroom door not self closing.
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cups at server station wet nesting.
  • 35B-08-4:Basic - Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. Flying insect tape stored over dry goods in back kitchen.
  • 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Leak under hand wash sink in front kitchen.
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One can of corn with dent along seam.
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In reach in freezer opened package of raw liver stored over opened container of frozen strawberries. Also, in walk in cooler ground beef stored over intact steak. Person in charge began rearranging. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 53A-01-7:Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. One manager working since opening of establishment with no proof of CFM.
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Missing paper towels at hand wash sink by dishmachine. Repeat Violation
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Establishment holds multiple items on time, person in charge unable to provide paperwork during inspection.
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked pork made 3 days ago in walk in cooler with no date mark.

Inspection Date: 8/2/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8307926

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed