DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

GRIMALDI'S PIZZERIA

250 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, Florida, 33609
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.5/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 5/20/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10842143

  • 14-33-4:Basic - Observed: Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Bottom reach in cooler under iced tea holders Salad prep station Priority: Basic
  • 03F-02-5:High Priority - Observed: 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. See stop sale. Pizza slices and cooked marinara sauce Time marked 11-3 pm Corrected On-Site Priority: High Priority
  • 36-27-5:Basic - Observed: Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Dust on wall In walk in cooler Priority: Basic

Inspection Date: 9/18/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8886515

  • 14-11-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair- gaskets torn at desert cooler - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-18: **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 9/11/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8747330

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food- plastic bowl used to dispense cheese at cooler at salad station Removed Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable- at pizza station
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils- at cook line; removed 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 prep table at pizza station; removed Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair- gaskets torn at desert cooler
  • 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice at the bar; stored properly Corrected On-Site
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit- pizza cutter in water at 131 F at pizza station Operator changed water Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed whole Romaine lettuce over bags of cheese in walk-in cooler; operator stored properly Corrected On-Site
  • 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 Bar area (Chlorine 0ppm) Operator unable to fix Warning
  • 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee served food in the dining room, waked at pizza station and started to cut pizza without washing hands first; manager educated and asked employee to wash hands **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 12A-13-4:High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched garbage can and opened cooler to get food out; didn't wash hands and changed gloves; educated; employee washed hands; Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. buffalo chicken (45F - Cooling )at 2:00 since 10:00; in reach in cooler at cook line; food never reached 41 F within 4 hours; See Stop Sale;
  • 03F-01-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked 11:00-4:00 Operator corrected to 3 pm- pizza sauce Corrected On-Site
  • 03D-06-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. buffalo chicken (45F - Cooling )at 2:00 since 10:00; in reach in cooler at cook line; food never reached 41 F within 4 hours; See Stop Sale;
  • 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in cooler at the bar- as per operator opened 48 hours before; dated Corrected On-Site
  • 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Emailed and posted during inspection Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime- cutting boards at cook line
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing- cloth towel stored at the handwash sink by desert station Removed Corrected On-Site
  • 53B-05-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Warning
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled- sanitizer bucket at back of the kitchen Advised to label

Inspection Date: 4/2/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8364025

  • 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin- at the back of the kitchen
  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl used to dispense cheeses - reach in cooler at the back of the kitchen Removed 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. Purse next to cans of food on dry storage shelves at the prep station in the back of the kitchen Advised to remove Repeat Violation
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair- reach in cooler at pizza station- door not closing ;
  • 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair- at pizza station
  • 35B-05-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination- large window sitting bar has no protection from vermin; air curtain broken and not blowing air;
  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler- at pizza station
  • 12A-13-4:High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dishwasher loaded dirty dishes inside machine and touched cleaned ones after without washing hands and changing gloves; educated ; employee washed hands and changed gloves ; Corrected On-Site
  • 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- pizza by slice at pizza station Operator time marked Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime- cutting boards at the prep sink used for cutting lettuce has heavy accumulation of black like mold ;
  • 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.