Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report

MICHAEL'S GENUINE FOOD & DRINK

130 NE 40 ST · MIAMI · Dade County · FL 33137

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateMarch 10, 2026
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3592449
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10871524
DBPR license2331630

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
6 High Priority7 Intermediate13 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical26 Total

All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 6

#14High Priority12A-07-5

High 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**

Warning
#15High 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 employee touching bare hands RTE bread to serve to customers at bread station. **Warning**

Warning
#16High Priority01B-12-4

High 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**

WarningStop Sale
#17High Priority12A-09-4

High 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**

Warning
#18High Priority01B-13-4

High 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**

WarningStop Sale
#19High Priority03A-02-5

High 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**

Corrective Action TakenWarning

Intermediate 7

#20Intermediate01C-05-4

Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not maintained in chronological order according to the last date they were served in the establishment. **Warning**

Warning
#21Intermediate01C-03-4

Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. **Warning**

Warning
#22Intermediate02C-03-5

Intermediate – 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**

Warning
#23Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting boards soiled by prep area. **Warning**

Warning
#24Intermediate31A-09-4

Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. By three compartment sink. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#25Intermediate31A-11-4

Intermediate – 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**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#26Intermediate16-37-1

Intermediate – No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning**

Warning

Basic 13

#1Basic22-20-5

Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. By mop sink. **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic36-34-5

Basic – 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**

Warning
#3Basic06-09-1

Basic – 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**

Warning
#4Basic12B-07-4

Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed an employee drink container Above dishwasher. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic36-22-4

Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. By three compartment sink and ware washing area. **Warning**

Warning
#6Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed containers either raw fish stored on floor by walk in cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#7Basic10-20-4

Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Warning**

Warning
#8Basic10-07-4

Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line steamer at 98°F. **Warning**

Warning
#9Basic23-03-4

Basic – 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**

Warning
#10Basic25-27-4

Basic – Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. By bar area. **Warning**

Warning
#11Basic21-08-4

Basic – 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**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#12Basic21-38-4

Basic – Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. By cook line. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#13Basic02D-01-5

Basic – 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**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 13, 2026 7:01 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
4 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
2 observation(s)
Category 4 · Facilities maintain proper food temperature
1 observation(s)
Category 7 · Food not re-served
1 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 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
2 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
3 observation(s)
Category 17 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
2 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
2 observation(s)
Category 24 · Storage/handling of clean equipment and utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 26 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 32 · Bathrooms
2 observation(s)
Category 37 · No longer used
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.