DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

MEZZA LUNA AT THE VILLAGES

243 Colony Boulevard
Florida
Sumter County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 8 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 6/3/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10739652

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in sugar bin, manager removed bowl. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on prep table above clean pans, manager moved drink to the bottom. Corrected On-Site
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee keys, charger cord, and speaker on top of reach in cooler on cooks line, manager moved items. Corrected On-Site
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Bulk sugar containers lid is cracked. Cutting board on cooks line with deep cut marks. Reach in freezer door handle broken on cooks line.
  • 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. In the kitchen dish machine area.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Both Handwash sinks in dish area. Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler door jam soiled on cooks line.
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine behind bar 0ppm, operator added more sanitizer chemical retested at 100ppm. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over broccoli in walk in cooler. Raw shell eggs over cream in walk in cooler. Raw chicken over raw mussels on cooks line. Raw lobster over butter in walk in cooler.
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter (45F - Cold Holding); lobster (46F - Cold Holding); noodles (45-46F - Cold Holding); chicken (45F - Cold Holding); sauce (45F - Cold Holding) items in walk in cooler, operator stated they had received a truck delivery today with the cooler door being propped open while employees put items away. Employees placed multiple large ice bins within cooler to help with the ambient temperature in cooler. noodles (54F - Cold Holding) in ice container on front line, operator discarded noodles. butter (69F - Cold Holding) butter pats on sheet tray on cooling rack, operator stated does not stay out for more than 30 minutes, inspector provided time as a public health control application and spoke to manager about time marking butter. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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. Inspector emailed procedures.
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Hot water spout soiled on tea maker. Cutting board on cooks line stained.
  • 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. Dish machine in kitchen ran 2 times not rising above 147F, inspector had employee stop running dish machine for 10 minutes then retested machine at 163F. Corrected On-Site
  • 53A-01-7:Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. General manager of restaurant does not have any type of certification.
  • 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. Some kitchen staff that has been here longer than 60 days no food handler certificates.
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle with pink liquid inside on rack near ice machine and dish machine, manager labeled as cleaner. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Handwash sink on server alley has no hot water.

Inspection Date: 12/13/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10739465

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 12/10/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8719108

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl no handle inside food container, manager moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. In use containers with missing corners, also some lids cracked.
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. At the cook line, tongs on oven handle, manager moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At the triple ink area.
  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Reach-in cooler at the cook line.
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. At the dry storage area, flour, sugar/salt not labeled.
  • 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. In walk-in cooler, pork 46 and 46F and Alfredo base 45F, stored covered in martial deep containers. Warning
  • 01B-36-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. In walk-in cooler, pork 46 and 46F and Alfredo base 45F, stored covered in martial deep containers.
  • 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, raw chicken container stored above portion bags of clams, manager moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Chicken and beef lasagnas placed in reheating box at 8:00am, at 1:00 temperature was 102-130F and 1:35.
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at the pizza station, garlic and butter stored above filling line 52F, per employee item placed at 11:00. Manager will hold item on time, Time as a public health control form provided **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03E-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Chicken and beef lasagnas placed in reheating box at 8:00am, at 1:00 temperature was 102-130F and 1:35. Warning
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Near mop sink, pink solution not labeled.

Inspection Date: 6/4/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8683290

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 5/29/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8679181

  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 6 live flies on trash can in dish machine area 2 live flies in mop sink 2 live flies on ceiling above walk in cooler Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-29: 4 live flies on trash can next to mop sink Admin Complaint
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked penne pasta (47F - Cold Holding); cooked fettuccine pasta (46F - Cold Holding) operator states he took temperatures around 9am and everything in walk in cooler was below 41F. There was a pan of hot pasta cooling beneath pans of cold held pasta. Operator moved pasta to walk in freezer to rapidly chill. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-29: Cooked pasta 44F Cooked pasta 45F Cooked pasta 44F Cooked pasta 44F Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 5/22/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8581607

  • 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Operator had employee clean during inspection Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of sauce in cook line area Warning
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 6 live flies on trash can in dish machine area 2 live flies in mop sink 2 live flies on ceiling above walk in cooler Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked penne pasta (47F - Cold Holding); cooked fettuccine pasta (46F - Cold Holding) operator states he took temperatures around 9am and everything in walk in cooler was below 41F. There was a pan of hot pasta cooling beneath pans of cold held pasta. Operator moved pasta to walk in freezer to rapidly chill. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Warning
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ice dumped in hand wash sink in server station Warning
  • 31B-06-4:Intermediate - Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. Hand wash sink in dish machine area Warning

Inspection Date: 12/28/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8581479

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 12/27/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8340893

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In bulk flour. Operator removed bowls. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler with ambient temperature of 45F Warning
  • 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Multiple containers on dry dish rack. Operator discarded. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0ppm, operator called ecolab for service. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. salmon (53F - Cold Holding); calamari (54F - Cold Holding); ground beef (53F - Cold Holding); mussels (53F - Cold Holding); heavy cream (55F - Cold Holding) In reach in cooler across from stove in cook line area. Items were in cooler overnight. No temperatures documented from today. Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. salmon (53F - Cold Holding); calamari (54F - Cold Holding); ground beef (53F - Cold Holding); mussels (53F - Cold Holding); heavy cream (55F - Cold Holding) In reach in cooler across from stove in cook line area. Items were in cooler overnight. No temperatures documented from today. See stop sale. Walk in cooler- rolotini (47F - Cold Holding); tomato sauce (46F - Cold Holding); piccata sauce (49F - Cold Holding); chicken base (47F - Cold Holding); crab meat stuffing (52F - Cold Holding); Aju (47F - Cold Holding); marinara sauce (51F - Cold Holding); marinara (50F - Cold Holding); cooked sausage (48F - Cold Holding); prime rib (48F - Cold Holding) No temperatures documented from today. All items above were in walk in cooler overnight. See stop sale. Operator has called refrigeration repair service who states they will be here by 5pm today. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hose spray attachment in hand wash sink in prep area. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site Warning