LA CASITA GROCERY & RESTAURANT
101 West Shell Point Road
Florida, 33570
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/3/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
11
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Container with no handle in lettuce. **Repeat Violation**
- 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 clothes on bags of flour. Bike in dry storage room.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Rice on floor in dry storage room.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of walk in cooler doors.
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves in walk in cooler rusted.
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on prep table.
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled.
- 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw shell eggs over unwashed tomatoes in walk in cooler.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef 46 on cart, employee placed in cooler at time of inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed employee prepping food in hand wash sink.
- 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Establishment provided 1 food handler certification. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/3/2025 revealed 11 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).
Inspection on 12/12/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl with no handle in cut lettuce in reach in cooler.
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table, employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees phone on prep table. Bike in dry storage room.
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle. **Repeat Violation**
- 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Broom over bag of flour.
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Pots in handwash sink in kitchen.
- 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Operator provided one food handler certification. She stated it got wet during the hurricane. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/12/2024 revealed 7 total violations (0 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).