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GIANT PIZZA

GIANT PIZZA in HOLLYWOOD has 7 health inspections on record with an overall food safety rating of 2.2/5. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

Last inspection: 2 months ago · 7 reports on file

7019 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida, 33024
Broward County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 7 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

1/8/2026· 2mo ago

Visit ID: 13503213

Met Inspection Standards

2 high, 1 int, 2 basic

  • 12B-02-4:Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee eating in prep area evidenced by partial sandwich on plate on shelf above pizza station. Employee moved food out of kitchen. 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 keys and wallet on shelf next to microwave and clean clean utensils container.
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. 1) In Ikon and Continental reach in coolers, raw pizza dough stored in plastic to go bags. Manager removed doughs onto trays and plastic wrapped. 2) On dry goods shelf, seasoned bread crumbs in to go plastic bag. Manager removed and placed crumbs in bucket. 3) In reach in freezer, breaded eggplant in plastic to go bag. Manager moved to plastic container. Corrected On-Site Corrected On-Site
  • 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. Whole pizzas at front counter missing time marks. Per manager, all out of oven less than 30 minutes. Employee added time marks. Corrected On-Site
  • 53B-14-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. One employee expired Jan. 2025.

8/25/2025· 6mo ago

Visit ID: 10929019

Met Inspection Standards

1 high, 2 int, 2 basic

  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Employee open top beverage in Victory reach in cooler.
  • 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee open top beverage in Victory reach in cooler.
  • 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 back Motak reach in freezer, container of portioned raw burgers, open bag of raw shrimp, and portioned raw breaded chicken cutlet on upper shelves above container of green peas and container of chopped bacon. Employee rearranged all raw products for proper separation. Corrected On-Site
  • 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. In Continental reach in cooler, portioned lasagna missing date marked when removed from freezer. 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. Trays of lasagna in back Metal reach in freezer missing date marked from preparation. Repeat Violation

2/28/2025· 1y ago

1 high, 2 int, 2 basic

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage on tray at salad station make line. Employee moved drink away from line. Corrected On-Site
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rubber spatulas in container of standing water on prep table by fryers. Repeat Violation
  • 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Threaded faucet with attached hose at mop sink missing vacuum breaker.
  • 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Portioned lasagnas in Continental reach in cooler missing date removed from freezer. Manager added date from 2-27. Corrected On-Site
  • 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. Portioned lasagna in reach in freezer missing date marks when prepared.

1/23/2025· 1y 1mo ago

1 high, 4 basic

  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket damaged on left door of lower cooler on pizza fliptop unit.
  • 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/utensils stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Spatula between pizza fliptop unit and reach in lowboy unit. Employee remove spatula. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Utensils in container of standing water on top of reach in cooler by fryer. Repeat Violation
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Spray bottle of water above pizza prep station not labeled. Employee labeled. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Kitchen sanitizer bucket on shelf above paper bags of flour. Employee moved bucket to bottom shelf away from food items. Corrected On-Site

10/15/2024· 1y 4mo ago

1 int, 3 basic

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee preparing pizza without any hair restraint. Repeat Violation
  • 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knifes/utensils stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Spatula between pizza make unit and 2 door lowboy cooler in kitchen. Employee removed and placed spatula in container on prep top. Corrected On-Site
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spatulas in container of standing water at prep area by fryers. Manager discarded water. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Squeeze bottles of soap and bleach by triple sink not labeled. Manager labeled both. Corrected On-Site

5/14/2024· 1y 10mo ago

Visit ID: 8610393

Met Inspection Standards

1 high, 1 int, 3 basic

  • 32-02-4:Basic - Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance. Operator closed restroom door.
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Perp cook. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-37-4:Basic - Food stored in a prohibited area. -Observed various food items stored in restroom. Operator removed food items from restroom. Corrected On-Site
  • 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 operator touch sandwich bread with bare hands. Advice operator to wear gloves.
  • 31A-10-4:Intermediate - Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Observed AC drain line draining in hand wash sink at prep area.

2/12/2024· 2y ago

Visit ID: 8357778

Met Inspection Standards

2 high, 2 int, 1 basic

  • 08B-47-4:Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Bags of flour on floor in kitchen. Operator elevated Corrected On-Site
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags ( to go shopping bags )used in direct contact with bread in turbo air freezer in kitchen. Operator moved breads into approved bags during inspection. Corrected On-Site
  • 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 . Pizza slices and pizza sauce without time marking in pizza station , operator placed time marking on foods. Corrected On-Site
  • 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. Emailed procedures to manager.
  • 53A-08-4:Intermediate - No list of certified food service managers available at the establishment. Person in charge lacking proof of manager certification. Chaz Greene