VILLAGE INN RESTAURANT
5214 GALL BLVD · ZEPHYRHILLS · Pasco County · FL 33541
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
21 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-27-4High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee with gloves, no handwashing between tasks, cracking eggs for cooking on 3 occasions **Warning**
12A-18-4High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Cook wiped hands in heavily soiled shirt, no glove change, then handled food. **Warning**
12A-25-4High 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 touched hai and went back to work no hand wash. **Warning**
12A-28-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook didn't change gloves after touching soiled shirt, then handled clean equipment. **Warning**
12A-20-4High Priority – Employee washed hands with no soap. Server washed hands with no soap, didn't rub hands for more than a few seconds. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Found 1 small, live fly in hallway by walk in cooler. Found 1 large live fly, in dishwashing area. Found 12 dead flies on a sticky trap in a storage cabinet by drink station. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded cheeses (mozzarella and cheddar) were out of temperature in center of a reach in make table across from cook line, Shredded cheddar50F – Cold Holding); shredded mozzarella (50F – Cold Holding) Products in pans surrounding it were in temperature. Secondary attempt to get a good temperature at 11:00 was unsuccessful. Cook moved product to walk in cooler. Product out of temperature less than 4 hours. Re-temped these cheeses at 12:45pm and both were at 42F **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Waffle press soiled with old batter debris **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Paper towels won't dispense in men's room bathroom sink area. **Warning**
53B-01-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Manager could not locate or show proof any employee training. **Warning**
Basic 11
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Exterior of most equipment heavily soiled including handles. **Warning**
36-03-4Basic – Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Found cove moldings throughout rear of house, preps areas, kitchen, cook line, dry storage areas. **Warning**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Manager had no hair restraint when we arrived, was cooking. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
13-01-4Basic – Employee with soiled clothing. Cook on line had a heavily soiled shirt. **Warning**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on floor in prep areas and dish area (in and around cracked up or missing tiles). **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors soiled under and between equipment. **Warning**
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Found floor tiles missing, cracked up, in kitchen and food prep areas, also in dishwashing areas. These were all holding standing water. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Food stored on floor in walk in freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. All cooking and food prep equipment is heavily soiled on outsides and doors, wheels. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-17-4Basic – Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Observed unwashed produce on shelves above RTE food in walk in cooler. **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles in rear kitchen and near cook line not labeled with a common name, in other than original packages. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 21, 2026 2:26 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.