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HOT ROCKS PIZZA

Health inspection records show HOT ROCKS PIZZA in TAMPA has 5 inspections with a food safety rating of 1.7/5. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

West Humphrey Street
Florida, 33614
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★½☆☆☆ (1.7/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 9/10/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10899004

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks sitting on meat slicer cooks line cook rice
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 2 employees preparing pizza.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Raw chicken box sitting in pizza dough bin walk in cooler
  • 33-11-4:Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
  • 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw beef frozen sitting ontop of sauce cans. Employee removed Corrected On-Site
  • 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 cutting Philly cheese steak sandwich without wearing gloves employee hand touch bread.
  • 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. Employee wrote time on marker board at 10:30 am 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.
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. For pizza station.

Inspection Date: 1/30/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8870135

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. A opened bottled water stored on shelf over lasagna and shredded mozzarella in walk-in cooler.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with accumulation of grease and dust.
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. A container of shredded mozzarella 53 F stored on top of the pizza prep cooler in kitchen.
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener.
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. A container of lasagna in walk-in cooler.

Inspection Date: 8/23/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8775960

  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In walk-in cooler.
  • 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with accumulation of grease. Glass door freezer door and gasket soiled with old food debris under pizza prep table.
  • 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. In walk-in cooler.
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Steam well - Hot Holding: meatball 101 F, marinara 101 F, cheese sauce 103 F. Display case - pepperoni pizza slices (108F - Hot Holding). Operator reheating items at time of inspection, re temped: pizza slices 164 F, meatball 167 F, marinara 143 F, cheese sauce 143 F. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Unused reach-in cooler blocked access to hand wash sink next to three compartments sink, also 2 empty sauce bottles stored in the same hand wash sink. Operator removed bottles and relocated refrigerator away from hand wash sink. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken wings, lasagna and grilled chicken breast in walk-in cooler.

Inspection Date: 2/28/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8496811

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. 2 opened bottles of employee drinks on prep tables. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. A container of pizza sauce stored on floor in walk-in cooler.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked chicken wing in walk-in cooler.
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Observed a deep dent on a canned pineapple tidbits.
  • 12A-11-4:High Priority - Employee used the bathroom and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands upon returning to employee area. Observed employee exits bathroom and returned to kitchen, then handled a container of bread without wash hands. Discussed with employee, employee washed hands properly. Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee entered kitchen from outside, then engaged to working with food on cook line without wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. A pepperoni cheese pizza (112F - Hot Holding) in display hot box. Operator turned thermostat higher, re temp 124 F. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink by office blocked by sheet pan rack. Employee relocated rack. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 1 spray bottle with pink liquid stored on counter top in kitchen.

Inspection Date: 9/11/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8442147

  • 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. Employee went outside and returned to kitchen, engaged to work with food without washing hands. Discussed with operator, employee washed ands properly. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked pasta, cooked sausage and various cooked food items in walk-in cooler.