COB AND PEN
1221 South Florida Avenue
Lakeland, Florida, 33803
Polk County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★½☆ (3.8/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/20/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
4
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. A bag of panko upstairs storage.
- 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spatulas in water at 83F on flat top of the reach in cooler the water was discarded. Tongs on oven door. **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the flip top reach in freezer.
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Single serve items plastic dome lid.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/20/2025 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 11/21/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
1
Total
2
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle.
- 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. Employee cutting vegetables for a fish dip with barehand contact. I informed the employee without an Alternative Operating Procedure Plan that bare hand contact with ready to eat food is not permitted.
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/21/2024 revealed 2 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic).