METRO DINER
2034 Kingsley Avenue
Florida, 32073
Clay County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★½☆☆☆ (1.8/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/13/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
5
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. One cook with a watch on wrist. One cook with bracelet on wrist.
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. No beard guard for cook preparing eggs.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor/ceiling/ceiling vent/wall soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor in outside storage shed with single service items has debris. Vent in dish room is soiled.
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Left dumpster lid is open, **Repeat Violation**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water observed in bottom of reach in cooler at breading station. **Repeat Violation**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken salad on ice at kitchen make table at 57F. Per manager, salad placed out 1.5 hours prior. Product moved to reach in freezer and 20 minutes later temperature dropped to 45F. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher at back exit door in recharge zone.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/13/2025 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 8/30/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
1
Basic
9
Total
13
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Small tank next to carbon dioxide tank outside is unsecured. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents/floors soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Floor under/around fryers has grease/debris. Two vents in prep area are soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. See stop sale. Observed 4 individually completely thawed packaged salmon in cook line cold drawer with no oxygen introduced to packaging. Label states to remove before thawing.
- 33-19-4:Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Loose debris/trash behind dumpster inside of enclosure.
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of bottom oven with build up of debris. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelf below flat grill has grease build up. Shelving with speed racks in prep area is soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Right dumpster has right lid open. **Repeat Violation**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water observed in bottom of breading station reach in cooler. Employee removed water during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Wiping cloth solution in kitchen tested at 0ppm quaternary ammonium. Manager remade solution to 350ppm quaternary ammonium. **Corrected On-Site**
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 4 individually completely thawed packaged salmon in cook line cold drawer with no oxygen introduced to packaging. Label states to remove before thawing.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed chicken salad at 49F and coleslaw at 46F on main cold holding bar near steamtable. Manager states both placed in unit from walk in cooler at approximately 7:00. Temperatures taken at 9:39. Both moved to reach in freezer. Temperatures dropped to 43F for the chicken salad and 44F for the coleslaw. Manager kept products in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sautéed onions at 105F and sautéed peppers at 113F in non-operating melter above grill. Employee states cooked vegetables approximately 10-15 minutes prior. Employee began to heat both on grill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 03C-89-4:Intermediate - Establishment conducts non-continuous cooking of raw animal foods without written procedures approved by the division. Chicken wings cooling in walk in cooler were cooked initially at 8:30. Per manager, wings are cooked on the first heat to 135F and then fully cooked to 165F after cooling. Discussed non-continuous cooking procedures with manager. Manager decided to fully cook wings moving forward.
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/30/2024 revealed 13 total violations (3 high priority, 1 intermediate, 9 basic).