MICHAEL'S GENUINE FOOD & DRINK
130 NE 40 ST · MIAMI · Dade County · FL 33137
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
26 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee put gloves to served bread with no wash hands. **Warning**
09-01-4High 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 employee touching bare hands RTE bread to serve to customers at bread station. **Warning**
01B-12-4High Priority – Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. 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 employee touching bare hands RTE bread to serve to customers at bread station. **Warning**
12A-09-4High Priority – Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed employee at cook line changing tasks without changing and wash hands. **Warning**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. 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. Observed 16 packages of raw tuna thawing inside reach in cooler cook line. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed raw fish (47F – Cold Holding); cooked lamb (52F – Cold Holding); raw tuna (51F – Cold Holding); cooked broccolini (48F – Cold Holding) across cook line, as per chef cooler open during service. Employee put ice. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
Intermediate 7
01C-05-4Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not maintained in chronological order according to the last date they were served in the establishment. **Warning**
01C-03-4Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. **Warning**
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Observed milk container not dated at walk in cooler. **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting boards soiled by prep area. **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. By three compartment sink. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed a bowl stored inside hand sink by raw bar area. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning**
Basic 13
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. By mop sink. **Warning**
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. By cook line, ware washing area and prep area. **Warning**
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. Observed 16 packages of raw tuna thawing inside reach in cooler cook line. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed an employee drink container Above dishwasher. **Warning**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. By three compartment sink and ware washing area. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed containers either raw fish stored on floor by walk in cooler. **Warning**
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Warning**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line steamer at 98°F. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed reach in cooler gaskets soiled at cook line,salad station and bakery station. **Warning**
25-27-4Basic – Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. By bar area. **Warning**
21-08-4Basic – Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Observed Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary 400ppm) at cook line, employee diluted with water, Recheck; Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary 200ppm). **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-38-4Basic – Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. By cook line. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed containers with flour and sugar not labeled by three compartment sink. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 13, 2026 7:01 PM.
Violation category totals
4 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.