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MELS DINER NAPLES

MELS DINER NAPLES located in NAPLES has undergone 5 health department inspections, achieving a 1.9/5 overall safety rating. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

Tamiami Trail North
Naples, Florida, 34103
Sun Terrace
Collier County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★½☆☆☆ (1.9/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 7/21/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10871293

  • 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents in walk in cooler covered with dust and mold like substance or slime.
  • 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Four dead roaches observed on floor at hot water heater. Separate room when no food is stored or prepared. Operator cleaned up dead roaches during inspection. 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. Cell phone on front cooks line counter, operator removed phone. This is a repeat violation from previous inspection dated 03-12-2025 Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Heavy build up of food debris of floor of cooks line and walk in cooler
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Container of prepared potatoes store on floor of walk in cooler
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on skillet next to back prep range. Operator removed tongs to be washed and sanitized. Corrected On-Site
  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water inside reach in cooler in server station. This is a repeat violation from previous inspection dated 03-12-2025 Repeat Violation
  • 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. Shelled eggs held on time and not time stamped. Per operator eggs were removed from refrigeration 2 hours prior and recorded time properly. Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slime build up inside ice tea nozzle at server station.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand washing sink used as dump sink on front line.

Inspection Date: 3/12/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8851753

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed a plastic ramekin with no handle used as a scoop for crumbled cookies near the entrance to the kitchen. The operator removed the ramekin from the cookies. 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. Observed an employee backpack stored hanging on a rack with packaged foods in dry storage. The operator properly stored the backpack. Corrected On-Site
  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of the bottled beverage reach-in-cooler at the server station.
  • 29-47-4:High Priority - Dipperwell faucet bent downward eliminating required air gap. The operator adjusted the faucet allowing for proper air gap. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw fish stored over cooked beef in the walk in cooler. The operator properly stored the raw fish. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Observed chlorine wiping cloth solution over 200ppm. The operator diluted the solution to 100ppm. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 8/6/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8730626

  • 36-37-5:Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. Dry storage room ceiling is unsealed
  • 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Several areas of kitchen with tiles in disrepair.
  • 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 added fresh chlorine Secondary test ; Dishwasher (Chlorine 50ppm) Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. In Reach in cooler observed raw pork over tomatoes. Operator rearranged products. Corrected On-Site
  • 29-37-4:High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Observed spray nozzle inside Three compartment sink. Operator moved nozzle above sink Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 9/27/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8506587

  • 08B-20-4:Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Three dented cars of marinara sauce observed in dry storage room. Operator removed cans from storage room.
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Sliding door reach in cooler at front cooler has torn gaskets 9-8-2023 Several Dishwasher racks have surface coatings peeling and worn. Repeat Violation
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Three dented cars of marinara sauce observed in dry storage room. Operator removed cans from storage room.

Inspection Date: 9/8/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8351848

  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Glass door refrigerator at front line has torn gaskets At front line chest freezer has broken lid
  • 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. At cook line, operator inverted Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk-in cooler, smoked salmon over butter, Operator rearranged products Corrected On-Site