RICK'S ON THE RIVER
2305 North Willow Avenue
Tampa, Florida, 33607
Ridgewood Park
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 4/3/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
6
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee opened bottled water stored on prep table with hamburger buns. Operator removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked chicken wings in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. In beer walk-in cooler. **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. A container of raw fish 50 F and raw chicken 45 F stored in reach-in cooler at cook line by fryers. Operator moved items to reach-in freezer, re temp: raw fish 44 F, raw chicken 41 F. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 03G-50-1:Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. The establishment cooked and cooled crab meat with plant food sauce, then reduced oxygen packaged onsite and stored in freezer/cooler at 41F or less more than 48 hours but less than 30 days. **Warning**
- 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. 1 container of cooked bell peppers and 1 cooked onion not date marked in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/3/2025 revealed 6 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 2/10/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
5
Basic
3
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 08B-47-4:Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Soda syrup box at back area. Operator moved to higher shelves. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Crack lid used on raw fish container in reach-in cooler at cook line.
- 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Tested less than 150ppm.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. A container of raw fish 48 F and egg wash 53 F stored in reach-in cooler at fry station. Employee placed egg wash in ice bath and moved fish to reach-in freezer for rapid cool. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards stained on reach-in cooler at cook line. **Repeat Violation**
- 05-08-4:Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
- 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Only 1 of approximately 20 food employee has proof of training.
- 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 breasts, cooked onion and cooked peppers in walk-in cooler.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/10/2025 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 5 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 2/10/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed: - Can opener soiled with food debris at time of inspection - Cutting boards stained on cooks line at time of inspection **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-02-10: Cutting boards with light stain. **Time Extended** **Corrective Action Taken**
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/10/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 10/3/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
3
Basic
13
Total
21
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine has a dead front inside it. **Warning**
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Observed salmon and mahi thawed in manufacture packaging that states to remove from package before thawing. See stop sale **Warning**
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Observed reach in cooler door handle repaired with silver duct tape at time of inspection **Warning**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. - Gaskets on small reach in cooler torn at time of inspection - Door to walk in freezer rusted at bottom exposing door insulation at time of inspection **Warning**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed French fries stored on floor of cooks line at time of inspection. Case of food stored on walk in freezer floor at time of inspection **Warning**
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between reach in cooler and food preparation table on cooks line. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs stored on oven handles during inspection **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. - Shelves soiled on cooks line with old grease at time of inspection. - Gaskets on reach in coolers soiled at time of inspection Hood filters have buildup of grease. **Warning**
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. The employee drink stored inside walk in cooler. **Warning**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed standing water in two reach in coolers on cooks line at time of inspection **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed rust on shelves in walk in cooler during inspection **Warning**
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Observed leaking drain pipe under bar triple sink at time of inspection. **Warning**
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed wash cloths stored on tables during inspection. Operator moved cloths to sanitizer bucket during inspection **Warning**
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook remove gloves and put on new gloves without washing his hands observed cook touch face and hair with gloves hands without removing gloves and washing hands during inspection **Warning**
- 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed cook touch face and hair with gloves hands without removing gloves and washing hands during inspection **Warning**
- 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Observed raw fish stored over unwashed vegetables in walk-in cooler at time of inspection **Warning**
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed portioned corned beef stored on line that was spoiled. Operator decided dispose of during inspection. See stop sale **Warning**
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Observed hose splitter on mop sink without vacuum breaker added at time of inspection **Warning**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed: - Can opener soiled with food debris at time of inspection - Cutting boards stained on cooks line at time of inspection **Warning**
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. **Warning**
- 53B-05-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All cooks food handler training expired at time of inspection **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/3/2024 revealed 21 total violations (5 high priority, 3 intermediate, 13 basic).