NOODLES AND COMPANY
4624 TOWN CROSSING DR #113
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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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).
Inspection on 5/1/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of large ice bin soiled. Repeat Violation
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket on reach-in cooler drawer on cookline next to oven torn.
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in reach-in cooler on front service line behind POS station. Repeat Violation
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled Spray bottle containing toxic substance stored on shelf in front of cookline. Operator labeled spray bottle of cleaner. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/1/2024 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 12/5/2023
High Priority
2
Intermediate
3
Basic
7
Total
12
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice bin and ice chute surrounding area soiled.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Multiple personal belongings stored on dry food storage shelf across from ice machine. Operator removed,employees jackets and bag Corrected On-Site
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean stacked pans on storage shelf near warewashing area unable to properly air dry
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket on walk-in-cooler soiled. Also, gasket on reach-in cooler across from stove soiled. Also, handles on warmer to right of stove on cookline soiled. Also, computer bump bar in kitchen soiled.
- 16-48-4:Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Two knives stored on clean knife storage rack in prep area soiled
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in bottom of reach-in cooler across from stove.
- 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary 0ppm).Operator emptied and remade solution and retested at 200ppm Corrected On-Site
- 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. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm); operator observed that bag of sanitizer solution was close to empty and not siphoning into machine. Operator changed bag and retested at 100ppm Corrected On-Site
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter (46F - Cold Holding); liquid eggs (57F - Cold Holding); in two door reach-in cooler across from stove area. Operator stated employee used eggs around 9am when they came in and left them out for too long. Operator stated he will keep it in cooler to chill. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. Operator unable to provide written procedures for clean up events. Distributed Training material during this inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Person in charge was unaware of employees health reporting responsibilities. Discussed and distributed employee health agreement during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing toxic substance stored below front counter and two spray bottles stored at end of cook line near scales not labeled. Operator labeled spray bottles of cleaner and grease lifts degreaser. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/5/2023 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 3 intermediate, 7 basic).