NOODLES AND COMPANY
4624 TOWN CROSSING DR #113
Overall Food Safety Rating
★½☆☆☆ (1.6/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/4/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
4
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Multiple ceiling tiles on cookline and hall leading to kitchen area soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket on two door reach-in pasta cooler on cook line soiled. Also, gasket on walk-in-cooler soiled. Also, buttons on bump bar on cookline soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-12-4:Basic - Utensils in poor condition. Two red handled spatulas on cook line in dipper well burned at ends.
- 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Bucket with sanitizer solution stored on floor on cook line. Operator placed rack under bucket of sanitizer **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. liquid egg (48F-49F - Cold Holding) in reach-in cooler across from stove. Operator stated employee left it out during lunch. Operator placed carton of liquid eggs on ice and retemped 25 minutes later at 41F-43F **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 53A-02-7:Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification and no other certified food service manager employed at this location. Person in charge CFM certification expired and no other CFM at establishment. **Warning**
- 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. Two employees food safety training certificates expired in Jan 2025 (Jorge, Candy)
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/4/2025 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 7/15/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
10
Total
11
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 16-23-4:Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. Observed lime build up on interior of dish machine.
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Multiple ceiling vents in kitchen, prep and ware washing area soiled.
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed bowls in kitchen area not inverted and no cover. Recommended person in charge to cover or turn inverted.
- 14-74-7: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. Observed reach in cooler unable to maintain ambient temperature of 41 or below. Ambient temperature at 46F. Person in charge removed all time/temperature control for safety foods and placed them in different functioning reach in cooler nearby. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Observed expired license displayed in hallway.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed slight wet nesting in containers in dish ware area.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed chipped ice scoop by ice machine. Operator removed scoop from machine area. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed box of sealed soda packets for soda machine on floor by reach in cooler next to front line.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed soiled expo screen and buttons on front line. Observed soiled gasket on walk-in cooler. Observed top of oven on front line with food build up.
- 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Observed sanitizer bucket will quatanery ammonium solution on floor in front of oven. Person in charge moved it to appropriate storage. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed multiples items 50F or higher in reach in cooler on front line. Person in charge moved items to reach in cooler with other back up storage. Cut tomato, cut lettuce, cooked noodles, cheese blend (50-52F - Cold Holding). Rechecked at end of inspection. Cut tomatoes at 43F, cooked noodles at 43F, cheese blend at 42F. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/15/2024 revealed 11 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 10 basic).