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THE SWEET SPOT

With 3 documented inspections, THE SWEET SPOT in PONTE VEDRA BEACH has achieved a 2.2/5 food safety rating. Recent inspections show improving food safety practices.

Ridgemoor Boulevard
Florida, 34685
Pinellas County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 8/6/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10855094

  • 53B-02-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Per phone call with operator they have a few employees that have been working a little over 60 days, but none of them have taken any food handler training. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-08-06: Per employee on site the operator has not given them any training and no certificates are on site, attempted phone calls to operator went unanswered. Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 6/6/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8735008

  • 12B-09-5:Basic - Employee chewing gum while preparing food or while in a food prep/food storage/warewashing area. Only employee on site chewing gum at front during inspection and while scoop ice cream.
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Only employee on site has no hair restraint while scooping ice cream.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of water in back storage area.
  • 10-03-4:Basic - In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Dipper well for ice cream turned off, dipper well turned back on. Corrected On-Site
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Box of to go cups on floor in back storage area, cups moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2025
  • 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. Container of milk in reach in cooler at front counter without a label, per employee milk only ever lasts 3 days after opening.
  • 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.
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test strips
  • 53B-02-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Per phone call with operator they have a few employees that have been working a little over 60 days, but none of them have taken any food handler training. Warning

Inspection Date: 10/9/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8299056

  • 12B-02-4:Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee food on clean in use prep table. Operator relocated the employee food. Corrected On-Site
  • 02D-03-4:Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Freeze dried candies at front counter not marked with establishment address or date prepared.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No employee hand wash signage at front counter, prep area or employee restroom. Operator posted signage at all hand wash sinks. Corrected On-Site
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. In the back prep area, multiple single service drink cups and some lids stored on the floor. Per operator the shelf used to store the single service items just broke, operator began relocating the single service items. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 41-05-4:High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Red raid pesticide can under the three compartment sink. Operator states will remove. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 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. In the front counter flip top reach in cooler, open container of milk from Saturday with no product date marking. Operator labeled open milk container. 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. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink in prep area blocked by trays. Operator relocated the trays. Corrected On-Site
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test kit available to test the three compartment sink or sanitizer solution buckets.