DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

DEEKS FOOD

With 2 documented inspections, DEEKS FOOD in PALATKA has achieved a 3.0/5 food safety rating. Recent inspections show improving food safety practices.

3210 CRILL AVE, PALATKA 32177

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 9/3/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 13479905

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 8/1/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 13466319

  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on napkins for customers. Operator relocated. Corrected On-Site
  • 36-11-4:Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Visible cracks in floor in front of flat top grill.
  • 35B-08-4:Basic - Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. Fly tape over single service cups.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Container of pickles stored on the floor. Operator relocated. Corrected On-Site
  • 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. No choking poster available.
  • 35B-13-4:Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch. No screen available on service window, per operator broken and will replace.
  • 28-10-4:Basic - Sewage holding tank in mobile food dispensing vehicle less than 15 percent larger in capacity than the water supply tank. No proof of wastewater holding tank being large enough to meet requirements to size of clean water tank. Clean water tank 55 gallons and wastewater 25 gallons approximately. Warning
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Single service cups stored on floor.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. In reach in cooler multiple uncovered containers of food.
  • 14-06-4:Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Unsealed wood utilized as shelf over prep table.
  • 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. Observed live fly in front of flat top grill.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In standup reach in cooler, raw chicken over cut tomatoes, operator relocated. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Goo be gone chemical spray bottle on prep counter. Operator relocated. Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Metal cook top opposite service window soiled with grease/debris.
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit available.
  • 51-16-7:Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. At time of inspection MFDV does not match plans provided to plan review. Pizza oven removed and water tank added as non-integral part of MFDV with size larger than that of the waste water tank. Operator has drawn updated plans shown to inspector and sent in with application as attachment but not approved at time of inspection. Warning
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Reach in cooler, cut tomatoes hummus and chicken missing date marking.