BIRCHWOOD INN 4TH FL KITCHEN & 5TH FL BAR
340 Beach Drive Northeast
Saint Petersburg, Florida, 33701
Downtown
Pinellas County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★½☆ (3.8/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 5/9/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Deli container in flour bin, removed Corrected On-Site
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
- 02B-02-5:Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Canopy bar menu lists eggs cooked to order with no consumer advisory. Advisory emailed to chef, printed and posted during inspection. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/9/2025 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 9/13/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 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 stored on prep table in kitchen. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
- 14-25-5:Basic - Establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. Non hard closed grain wood planks used to serve food in upstairs bar area.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table has food debris buildup. Repeat Violation
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/13/2024 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 5/13/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink in 5th floor bar area used to dump syrups. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-13: Hand wash sink in 5th floor bar area used to dump syrups. **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/13/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 5/10/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
2
Total
5
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee beverage in reach in freezer next to fryers. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 03G-53-1:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food packaged using a reduced oxygen method without a HACCP plan not properly labeled with the production time and date. Beef ribs in walk in cooler by blue house vacuum sealed and dated, by no stamp. Warning
- 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. 5th dish machine reads 0 ppm chlorine after running 3 times. Sanitization will occur in 4th floor kitchen high temperature dish machine. Warning
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table has food debris buildup. Warning
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink in 5th floor bar area used to dump syrups. Warning
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/10/2024 revealed 5 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 1/18/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/18/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 1/17/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
2
Total
3
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 16-21-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Top of dish machine is soiled with hard water debris buildup. Warning
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverages on top of dish machine. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler: milk (50F - Cold Holding); cut tomatoes (50F - Cold Holding); mozzarella cheese (50F - Cold Holding) door was left open. Warning
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/17/2024 revealed 3 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic).