BUFFET CITY
South Cleveland Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida, 33907
Lee County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 2/21/2025
High Priority
4
Intermediate
4
Basic
7
Total
15
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine at kitchen. **Warning**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Potatoes and oil stored on floor at cook line. **Warning**
- 33-20-4:Basic - Grease on the ground and pad around grease receptacle. **Warning**
- 14-36-5:Basic - Interior of ice machine broken at server station at left side of restaurant entrance. **Warning**
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination at near by plate storage. Operator voluntarily discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Open rice bag not covered at dry storage. Operator covered rice bucket. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Frozen raw tilapias thawing in standing water at prep sink. Operator placed raw tilapias under running water **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. At dry storage; 4 orange mandarin cans, one ketchup cans, and one pizza sauce cans are dented. **Warning**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In reach-in cooler at cook line; Raw chicken and raw shrimp stored over cooked imitation crab. Operator removed imitation crab to proper storage. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 08B-01-4:High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach-in cooler at cookline; cooked noodle (49F - Cold Holding) Per operator cooked noodle placed in reach-in cooler for 3 hours.Operator removed cooked noodle to freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled with food debris. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwashing sink blocked with mop buckets at back of the kitchen. Operator removed mop buckets. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at employee bathroom at kitchen.operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 53B-05-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All employees training expired on 11/20/2024. **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/21/2025 revealed 15 total violations (4 high priority, 4 intermediate, 7 basic).
Inspection on 11/12/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 45-02-4:- From initial inspection : Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone by kitchen entrance. For reporting purposes only. - From follow-up inspection 2024-11-12: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/12/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 11/5/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
14
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine at server station. **Warning**
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowls with no handle used to dispense flour and sugar at dry storage. Operator removed the bowls. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 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 cell phone stored on prep area at sushi bar. Discussed operator employee removed her cell phone. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Sushi reach in cooler sliding windows broken. **Warning**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored flour and sugar not covered at dry storage. Operator closed flour and sugar. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. In Walk-in cooler 80 pounds of frozen raw tuna placed for thawing in ROP package. Discussed with operator about proper fish thawing methods in ROP package. Operator removed all raw tuna from ROP package for thawing in Walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In dry storage; sugar and salt removed from original containers, not identified with by common names. **Warning**
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine (chlorine 00ppm)sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Operator discontinued use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up triple sink (chlorine 100ppm) until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In Reach in cooler at cook line; raw chicken stored over cooked vegetables. Operator removed cooked vegetables to proper storage. Raw shell eggs stored over wing sauce. Operator stored raw shell eggs to bottom shelf. In Walk-in cooler; raw beef stored over raw chicken. Operator removed raw chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In Reach in cooler at sushi bar; raw salmon (48F - Cold Holding); raw tuna (47F - Cold Holding) Per operator items placed in Reach in cooler two hours before inspection. Operator removed items to another Reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical containers improperly stored next to sugar container at server station. Operator removed chemical containers to proper storage. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand washing sink near by dry storage blocked with cart. Operator removed the cart. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink at sushi bar. Operator provided soap. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone by kitchen entrance. For reporting purposes only.
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/5/2024 revealed 14 total violations (4 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).