KELP SUSHI JOINT LLC

3401 W BAY TO BAY BLVD STE D

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.8/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 1/28/2025

High Priority
2
Intermediate
0
Basic
3
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Employee drink without a lid stored inside reach in cooler. Manager discarded drink. Employeedrink stored inside reach in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bin of rice stored on floor in kitchen area. Manager removed and properly stored rice. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Clear bottles of sauces used for cooking has no labeling of ingredients. Chef added proper labeling to bottles. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 fly by dishwasher.
  • 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. Cooked rice held at room temperature has no time markings. Chef added proper time stamp. **Corrected On-Site**
Food Inspector #8866051
2025-01-28
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/28/2025 revealed 5 total violations (2 high priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic).

Inspection on 8/20/2024

High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
4
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets inside reach in cooler at end of cooks line are torn. **Repeat Violation**
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on oven door handle on cooks line. Staff removed and placed tongs at dishwasher. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No ambient air thermometer inside reach in cooler in sushi station.
  • 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer solution tested 0ppm of quarantine ammonia. Manager replaced sanitizer re-tested at 200ppm of quaternary ammonia. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Food Inspector #8726785
2024-08-20
★★★★☆ 4.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/20/2024 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic).