PHO 97 INC
6800 49 ST N, PINELLAS PARK 33781
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.8/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 6/16/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10859472
- 16-03-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. - From follow-up inspection 2025-06-16: **Time Extended**
- 16-21-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. - From follow-up inspection 2025-06-16: **Time Extended**
Inspection Date: 6/13/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10836757
- 16-03-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine.
- 16-21-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Old ownership license on wall front door. Printed during inspection Corrected On-Site
- 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead reach behind manager office door.
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Bottle of water behind from counter hand wash sink.
- 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 purse and personal items stored throughout establishment dry storage vinegar.
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook no hand restraints. Added during inspection.
- 22-09-5:Basic - Food storage container for time/temperature control for safety food not cleaned after being emptied prior to refilling. Sugar at coffee station asked for the sugar to be removed.
- 08B-36-4:Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Limes front hand wash sink sauce.
- 22-08-4:Basic - Front counter Interior of microwave has accumulation of food debris.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
- 21-04-4:Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Beef bones on box in walk in freezer. Not covered. Asked to move up employees moved outside. Beef sausage jello in walk in cooler not covered
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Fish on the counter thawing at room temperature. Corrected On-Site
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses on cutting board. Employee moved Corrected On-Site
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar at coffee station.
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Medicine stored on front counter near clean dishes.
- 03D-01-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Steamed bun with pork filling on front counter. 77 degrees Put out at 11am. 74 total Put into walk in freezer
- 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. 0ppm
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Cook Employee started cooking without hand wash. Asked to wash hands
- 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee touched ready to eat sausage in deli cooler with bar hands.
- 10-05-5:High Priority - In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice scoop in water 85 degrees
- 14-15-4:High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Beef inside trash bag in walk in freezer. Employee moved
- 08A-14-5:High Priority - Raw animal food not separated from ready-to-eat food during preparation. Raw ducked eggs in walk in cooler over cooked noodles Corrected On-Site
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Deli cooler across from cook line. In bowls above fill line Beef (65F - Cold Holding); Beef (65F - Cold Holding); chicken (63F - Cold Holding); Put into down in deli cooler. Beef (51F - Cold Holding); Beef (52F - Cold Holding); chicken (50F - Cold Holding);
- 31A-10-4:Intermediate - Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Silver Water pipe going into front hand wash sink.
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Front hand was sink. Corrected On-Site
- 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. Pho cooked 2 days ago no Date
- 16-53-4:Intermediate - Wash solution in spray-type chemical warewasher less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Observe chlorine dish machine highiest temperature reached was 110 degrees verified by high temperature thermometer.