EASTERN KITCHEN AND SUSHI
5226 4 ST N
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/23/2025
High Priority
7
Intermediate
3
Basic
6
Total
16
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Fried chicken and shrimp stored in cardboard box on shelf on cooks line. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-45-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves on prep table on cooks line.
- 24-28-4:Basic - Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored below soap or paper towel dispenser exposing the items to drips from people's hands. Cutting board stored below soap dispenser at hand wash sink in warewashing area.
- 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 personal bag stored on shelf with single-serve items. **Repeat Violation**
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened employee coke beverage stored in reach-in cooler near front counter.
- 08B-63-4:Basic - Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Three reach-in freezers stored in path of customers against dining room wall without locks. Discussed with operator securing freezers. **Repeat Violation**
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Reading 10ppm.Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Operator primed dishmachine. Rechecked reading 50ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
- 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. Observed employee at cash register enter kitchen and begin touching single-serve items without washing hands. Discussed with operator proper hand-hygiene techniques. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw stored on top of container of cream cheese. Operator removed raw shrimp from top of cream cheese. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. From top of reach-in cooler at 3:14pm. Operator placed item into freezer. Discussed adding item to time as a public health control a. fried fish (65F - Cold Holding) **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 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 and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time mark for sushi rice. Operator time marked rice. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Fried fish on reach-in cooler near sushi bar
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Water hose connected to y-splitter at mop sink without vacuum breaker.
- 16-33-4:Intermediate - Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Washing machine hose connected to hand wash sink in warewashing area. Operator disconnected hose. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 16-32-5:Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Operator using fruits and vegetables test kit to test chlorine sanitizer in dishmachine.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/23/2025 revealed 16 total violations (7 high priority, 3 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 8/28/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
3
Basic
7
Total
10
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-05-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks on prep table with sauces and food. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 10-20-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Stored on oven handle. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 33-16-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 25-05-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Stored above reach in deli cooler. Manager stored inverted. To go boxes stored on floor across from men's bathroom. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 21-12-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Stored on reach in deli cooler cutting board. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar and flour removed from original container and not labeled. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled with food debris. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 53B-10-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. No CFM signature. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
- 53B-14-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : 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. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-28: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/28/2024 revealed 10 total violations (0 high priority, 3 intermediate, 7 basic).
Inspection on 8/23/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
7
Basic
12
Total
21
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 used to dispense flour. **Warning**
- 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. **Warning**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks on prep table with sauces and food. **Warning**
- 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 bag stored on dry storage rack. **Warning**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of soy sauce on floor in hallway in back kitchen. **Warning**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Stored on oven handle. **Warning**
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Warning**
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Stored above reach in deli cooler. Manager stored inverted. To go boxes stored on floor across from men's bathroom. **Warning**
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Stored above reach in deli cooler. Manager stored inverted. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 08B-63-4:Basic - Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Reach in freezer in dinning area not locked. **Warning**
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Stored on reach in deli cooler cutting board. **Warning**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar and flour removed from original container and not labeled. **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside reach in deli cooler: raw shrimp (45F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (45F - Cold Holding) Manager put ice in items. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Food stored in boxes on prep table in the middle of the cook line: chicken wings (75F - Hot Holding); shrimp tempura (75F - Hot Holding); dumplings (75F - Hot Holding); egg rolls (75F - Hot Holding) Discussed with Manager that items can either be hot held at 135 F or higher, cold held at 41 F or lower or they can use Time as a Public Health Control. Operator currently has paperwork as they hold sushi rice on time. **Warning**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled with food debris. **Warning**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Dish scrub inside hand sink. **Warning**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand sink next three compartment sink. Paper towels were stocked. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 35A-22-5:Intermediate - Non-service animals permitted in the premises of the establishment. In dinning room area. **Warning**
- 53B-10-4:Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. No CFM signature. **Warning**
- 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. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing sanitizer not labeled. Manager labeled spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/23/2024 revealed 21 total violations (2 high priority, 7 intermediate, 12 basic).