SANDCASTLE RESTAURANT
1540 Ben Franklin Drive
Sarasota, Florida, 34236
Sarasota County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 1 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 8/20/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
10
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. 4 ceiling tiles in the dry storage area showing water damage.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors soiled under all equipment on the cook line and wait station area.
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe leaking under the hand washing sink across from the cook line.
- 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 handled toast with their bare hands while plating a customers food. Employee discarded the toast.
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Employee handled toast with their bare hands while plating a customers food. Employee discarded the toast.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pooled eggs (67F - Cold Holding); Pancake batter (68F - Cold Holding) stored at room temperature on the cook line. Employee stated the items had been stored at room temperature for approximately 30 minutes. Employee placed the items in the reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. See stop sale. Cut melon, Cream cheese and butter packets on time as a public health control with no time marks. Manager stated the items had been on time as a public health control for approximately 2 hours. Manager placed time marks on the items. **Repeat Violation**
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute on the soda machine in the wait station area soiled.
- 27-19-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink does not have enough water pressure to properly wash hands. Hand washing sink in the wait station and across from the cook line have very low water pressure.
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/20/2024 revealed 10 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).