GAO RESTAURANT
8405 NORTH HIMES AVENUE, SUITE 105 · TAMPA · Hillsborough County · FL 33614
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
14 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
41-07-4High Priority – Container of medicine improperly stored. Multiple bottles of medicine stored on front line kitchen prep table. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee picked up plastic bag in kitchen floor then continued to chop lettuce. Discussed with employee to wash hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Cooked rice stored in shopping bag in front line Reach in cooler. Raw meat stored in shopping bag in Walk in freezer. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded chicken 63F, bbq pork 62F, cooked brisket 50F, cooked shrimp 52F **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef stock 76F **Warning**
Intermediate 3
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands at three compartment sink. Discussed with operator to have employee ash hands at Employee handwash sink only. **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on front line Reach in cooler soiled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken feet and pork in Walk in cooler not date marked. **Warning**
Basic 6
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/pink mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Pink mold-line substance inside ice machine. **Warning**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Operator displayed license during time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. 2 employee open beverage stored on shelf over kitchen prep table. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees purses stored over canned goods and a container of dry bean noodles beneath kitchen prep table. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Cases of bottled water stored on floor by cash register. Box of bean sprouts stored in kitchen floor. 2 buckets of rice noodles on kitchen floor by front line cook. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Cooked shrimp, cooked fish, fried chicken and fried chicken feet in front line Reach in cooler not covered. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 9, 2026 12:36 PM.
Violation category totals
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.