THE OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
17011 Palm Pointe Drive
Tampa, Florida, 33647
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★½☆ (3.5/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/25/2025
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 3/25/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 1/16/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
1
Total
2
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 50-09-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-16: **Time Extended**
- 51-16-7:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Hand sink removed from left side of dish area. Hand sink removed from right side of ice machine on exposed line. Prep sink in server station removed across from expo line. Observed disconnected hot and cold water lines. Server POS area, ice well and hand sink flipped. No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-16: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/16/2025 revealed 2 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic).
Inspection on 1/13/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
4
Basic
2
Total
7
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning**
- 29-03-4:Basic - Water draining onto floor surface. Observed ice machine draining onto floor and water was flowing into floor drain in front of ice machine. **Warning**
- 28-26-5:High Priority - Observed wastewater backing up through floor drain on cook line. Observed pasta water drain line going into floor drain that is blocked and overflowing with oily pasta water. Observed employee walking through water on main cook line. Manager was able to clear line and waste water is draining properly. Manager cleaned and sanitized floor surfaces. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 51-16-7:Intermediate - Hand sink removed from left side of dish area. Hand sink removed from right side of ice machine on exposed line. Prep sink in server station removed across from expo line. Observed disconnected hot and cold water lines. Server POS area, ice well and hand sink flipped. No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. **Warning**
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that some food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Manager unable to pull reporting argreement for employee that is expired on training and at least 1 new hire working on site. **Warning**
- 53B-14-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Employee training expired for 1 employee that expired in 10-29-2024 **Warning**
- 03G-18-5:Intermediate - Temperature not recorded during cooling process of cook-chill/sous vide reduced oxygen packaged food. Missing initial cooling temperatures on log from 1-12-2024. Per manager new employee stepped in to help and wasn't fully trained. **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/13/2025 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 4 intermediate, 2 basic).