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ROD AND GUN LODGE

200 HIBISCUS ST · EVERGLADES CITY · Collier County · FL 34139

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateApril 30, 2025
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3578373
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10756065
DBPR license2100039

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority0 Intermediate7 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical12 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 5

#8High Priority08B-56-4

High Priority – Bottled beer stored in ice used for drinks. See stop sale.

Stop Sale
#9High Priority12A-02-4

High Priority – Dishwasher handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Spoke with employee, employee properly washed hands before returning to work. **Corrective Action Taken**

Corrective Action Taken
#10High Priority09-01-4

High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed server garnish beer bottles with lime wedges using bare hands. Spoke with operator regarding glove use when garnishing.

#11High Priority50-17-3

High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Licence expired on 12/1/2024. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#12High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In tall silver reach-in cooler raw ground beef (45F – Cold Holding); raw scallops (45F – Cold Holding); raw shrimp (45F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (45F – Cold Holding); raw beef (45F – Cold Holding) for 3 and a half hours per operator. Operator placed all foods in ice bath. In 15 minutes all foods dropped to 42F or below. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Basic 7

#1Basic08B-49-4

Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In clear sliding door reach-in cooler in middle of kitchen, observed employee foods mixed in and above food for public.

#2Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Three containers shortening in floor by walk-in cooler, container pickles on floor of walk-in cooler.

#3Basic14-69-4

Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer, right hand side white chest freezer on left hand side of cook line.

#4Basic10-12-5

Basic – In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface of ice machine between uses in back of kitchen near walk-in cooler.

#5Basic05-09-4

Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. None in walk-in cooler.

#6Basic25-05-4

Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Uncovered coffee filters in front drink station.

#7Basic14-12-4

Basic – Utensils in poor condition. By dishwashing area, observed knives and spatulas in poor repair.

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 10, 2026 12:24 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 5 · Food and equipment thermometers
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
3 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
2 observation(s)
Category 25 · Single-service and single-use items
1 observation(s)
Category 50 · Current license displayed
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.