COLEES RESTAURANT

2318 Crill Avenue
Florida, 32177
Putnam County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

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All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 1/29/2025

High Priority
2
Intermediate
1
Basic
5
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Ice build up along seal of reach in chest freezer. Walk in cooler door gasket separating from door. Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Waitstation soda dispenser has debris/residue around the top portions of the nozzles where connected to the dispenser. Build up of debris on cook line hood filters. Operator has cleaning scheduled for later in the same day. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
  • 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Dumpster lid open, bottom rusted through. Operator has requested change of dumpster with the city but not yet received a new dumpster. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 32-23-4:Basic - Toilet/urinal not flushing/functioning properly. At time of inspection urinal in men's room waiting for plumber to reconnect to water per operator. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 21-07-4:Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer solution by hand wash sink on cook line at 0ppm chlorine, operator added bleach to 100ppm. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed employee on cook line handle raw ground beef, change gloves then handle ready to eat cheese with no hand wash in between changing gloves. Discussed with operator to discuss with employee. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 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. Hash browns held utilizing time as public health control not listed on time board or marked with time placed out. Operator added to time board. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle of sanitizer in window sill of kitchen missing product label. Operator removed to label. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
Food Inspector #8869982
2025-01-29
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 8 total violations (2 high priority, 1 intermediate, 5 basic).

Inspection on 8/23/2024

High Priority
1
Intermediate
4
Basic
3
Total
8
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler door gasket torn down the middle. Microwave on the cook line with duct tape on push button. Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda dispenser in the wait station has mold like substance on the underside of the dispenser behind the nozzles.
  • 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Used single service tin foil on the top shelf of the prep room reused for cooking potatoes per operator. Operator discarded the tin foil. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the standup reach in freezer closes the entry to the prep area, raw bacon stored over open package of biscuit dough. Operator asked employee to switch the storage levels. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep line has debris at the corner of the blade. Microwave for the wait station with food debris residue on the sides and top of the interior. Operator wiped clean the microwave. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink closest the dish machine used to stored bucket. Employee removed the bucket from the hand wash sink. Corrected On-Site
  • 31B-05-4:Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. Hand wash sink in the hot prep line by the fryers unable to dispense paper towels. Operator attempted to correct the dispenser. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. On window ledge behind the hand wash sink of the cook line, unlabeled chemical spray bottle of bleach water. Operator labeled the spray bottle. Corrected On-Site
Food Inspector #8726106
2024-08-23
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/23/2024 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 4 intermediate, 3 basic).

Inspection on 4/8/2024

High Priority
4
Intermediate
1
Basic
4
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the bottom shelf of the prep table, clean plastic containers stacked while wet.
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Flip top reach in cooler on the main cook line has a broken door handle. Walk in cooler door gasket is separating from the door. Standup reach in cooler opposite the prep area fryers has rust pitting the surface of the shelves. Operator is in the process or fixing the shelves. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on the floor of the dish area. Repeat Violation
  • 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave oven at the waitstation area has food debris build up inside the microwave.
  • 22-42-4:High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. At time of inspection chlorine three compartment sink at 0ppm. Employee added chlorine to 100ppm. Corrected On-Site
  • 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. In the prep area stand up reach in cooler, mashed potatoes (53F - Cold Holding) prepared and cooled the previous day stored in the cooler overnight while covered. Operator discarded the mashed potatoes. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the stand up reach in freezer on the cook line, raw beef over open onion rings and raw pork over container of prepared jelly. Operator states separate reach in freezer not operating and products relocated into available spots in reach in freezer. Operator has maintenance schedule for down reach in freezer and will relocate the raw products once the freezer is repaired. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. In the prep area stand up reach in cooler, mashed potatoes (53F - Cold Holding) prepared and cooled the previous day stored in the cooler overnight while covered. Operator discarded the mashed potatoes. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink in the dish area blocked by cleaning utensils in the sink. Operator relocated items and made the hand wash sink accessible. Corrected On-Site
Food Inspector #8505847
2024-04-08
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/8/2024 revealed 9 total violations (4 high priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic).

Inspection on 9/21/2023

High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water in floor in dry storage cooler. Repeat Violation
  • 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Observed several containers with cracked edges, missing pieces. Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Mold like substance buildup on shelving in stand up reach in cooler. Dust buildup on fans in walk in cooler.
  • 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed rust on shelving in reach in cooler, reach in freezer.
  • 38-05-4:Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in dry food storage area. Light not functioning in dry storage. Person in charge states stopped working this am. Also, light missing shield.
  • 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. Dishmachine testing at 0ppm, able to fix during inspection and retest at 100ppm. Corrected On-Site
  • 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. One employee with expired training during inspection. Person in charge states has manager certification, unable to provide.
  • 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water faucet not functioning in employee restroom.
Food Inspector #8347720
2023-09-21
★½☆☆☆ 2.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/21/2023 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).