WAFFLE HOUSE 2216
3009 West Columbus Drive
Tampa, Florida, 33607
Ridgewood Park
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 2/18/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
0
Basic
2
Total
5
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 cellphones stored on single service food containers and cutting board on prep table by three-compartments sink. Operator removed cellphones. **Corrected On-Site**
- 16-48-4:Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. A clean container with old label stored in cabinet. Operator removed label and moved to dish machine for cleaning. **Corrected On-Site**
- 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. Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee placed on hair net and drank at office area, then returned to handled food to served customer without washing hands. Discussed with operator about proper handwashing techniques.
- 01B-14-4:High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. On cook line.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. A container of diced ham 44 F stored in cold well at cook line. Operator moved to walk-in freezer to rapid cool, re temped 42 F at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/18/2025 revealed 5 total violations (3 high priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 8/28/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup along door frame of walk-in freezer
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed old food debris build up inside 3-doos Delfield refrigerator
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Observed employee drink stored in 3-door Delfield refrigerator Corrected -observed employee remove **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee crack raw shelled eggs and change gloves with out washing hands. Inspector explained proper hand washing to manager and employee
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Observed raw beef stored over raw pork in 4-door refrigerator on cookline next to grill top Corrected -observed employee place raw beef on bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site**
- 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. Observed pancake batter with no time mark Observed employee time mark batter at time if inspection **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Observed sanitizer tested at 200ppm Observed employee discard, refill, and test at 100ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-56-4:Intermediate - Hot water sanitizing dishmachine final rinse not reaching proper temperature at manifold. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired. Observed dishwasher machine not proper sanitizing at time of inspection. Final temperature was 135F. Inspector observed manager set up 3-compartment sink and test sanitizer at 100ppm **Corrective Action Taken**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/28/2024 revealed 8 total violations (4 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).