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TWO MEATBALLS IN THE KITCHEN

1403 CAPE CORAL PKWY E · CAPE CORAL · Lee County · FL 33904

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateJuly 30, 2025
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3609854
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10897157
DBPR license4607397

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority1 Intermediate8 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical14 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 5

#9High Priority22-41-4

High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed chlorine concentration at 0 ppm. **Warning**

Warning
#10High Priority12A-07-5

High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Educated employee. Employee washed hands before leaving inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#11High 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 barehand contact with ready to eat lemons while employee was chopping lemons. Educated employee. Employee put on gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#12High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed chopped ham 45F cold hold, sliced tomatoes 49F cold hold less than 4 hours. Operator double panned food with ice. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#13High Priority29-34-4

High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb underneath hand wash sink in dishwash area. Educated operator on importance of having vacuum breaker. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning

Intermediate 1

#14Intermediate31B-03-4

Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink across from walk in freezer. **Warning**

Warning

Basic 8

#1Basic08B-49-4

Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Walk in cooker. Operator placed employee food on bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#2Basic36-22-4

Basic – Floor are in front of walk in cooler next to ice machine covered with standing water. Educated operator on not having standing water. Educated operator on importance of having no standing water. Operator had employee mop water. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenRepeat ViolationWarning
#3Basic08B-47-4

Basic – Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Observed boxes of seafood stored on floor underneath shelving in walk in freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#4Basic08B-36-4

Basic – Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Observed bottled beverages stored in front of hand wash sink at bar. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic10-12-5

Basic – In-use ice scoop stored on top of ice machine between uses. Operator removed ice scoops. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#6Basic06-01-5

Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed packaged frozen soup thawing at room temperature. Operator placed soup in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#7Basic21-08-4

Basic – Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Observed quaternary ammonium concentration at 100 ppm. Operator redid sanitizer. Rechecked concentration at 300 ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#8Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Salt container. Operator labeled container. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 3, 2026 12:39 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 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
3 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
1 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
1 observation(s)
Category 30 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 32 · Bathrooms
1 observation(s)
Category 37 · No longer used
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.