GOLDEN CHOPSTICKS BUFFET
225 CYPRESS EDGE DR · PALM COAST · Flagler County · FL 32164
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 4
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found Observed 15 dead flies under dry storage in back. Observed 16 live flies on counter next to wash and in front of walk in cooler #2. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Licensed expired 6.1.25.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cookline; Noodles, rice 50F; ( – Cold Holding). Per person in charge only out 30 minutes. Placed back into walk in cooler #1. **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-02-5High 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. Missing at front on hot bar, sushi, salad and cold bar. Temperatures ok but everything was just placed on time control. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 1
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Several unlabeled spray bottles.
Basic 16
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cups/cans used as scoops in flour, corn starch. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Tilapia is vacuumed sealed bags placed in reach in cooler. Still frozen but bags say to keep frozen. Reviewed policy for fish in vacuumed sealed bags. Person in charge cut bags open. **Corrected On-Site**
36-03-4Basic – Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. On post out front of hot holding station, tile is missing.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. On cook line; case of mushrooms and bottle of vinegar on floor. Person in charge picked both up. **Corrected On-Site**
14-13-4Basic – Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Establishment is using cut 1/2 gallon soy sauce containers to scoop rice, noodles with. Person in charge discarded cut containers. Plastic coasting on 2 sushi reach in coolers at front line. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Front chest freezer in hot holding has ice accumulation.
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. A pair of tongs hanging from cart.
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spoon for rice is cup of standing water. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
14-52-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. Saw and drill in storage room near flour. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in freezer on cook line has debris inside on bottom shelf.
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Establishment is reusing fish containers with labels still on them for crab dip.
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. In both reach in cooler on cook line.
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Black mold like substance on wall be for you enter front line.
42-01-4Basic – Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Person in charge hung up to dry. **Corrected On-Site**
14-06-4Basic – Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Lots of wood used as shelves. Under flour, under soy sauce, in dry storage.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour, corn starch not labeled.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 8, 2026 12:14 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 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.