Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
Completed

RIVER CLUB

4788 PELICAN SOUND BLVD · ESTERO · Lee County · FL 33928

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateDecember 5, 2025
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionInspection Completed – No Further Action
Resultmet_inspection_standards
Inspection number3612501
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10901219
DBPR license4607328

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
1 High Priority0 Intermediate5 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical6 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 1

#6High 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 touch lettuce, tomato setup with bare hands.

Basic 5

#1Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed no handle to go container in semolina container. Operator removed container. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#2Basic12B-02-4

Basic – Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Observed employees working beverage above make table in the server station, operator discarded. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#3Basic13-03-4

Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employees working with food with no hairs restraints.

#4Basic24-08-4

Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Observed gaskets wet nesting on containers on storage. Observed plastics storage containers wet nesting on storage shelf in dish area. Operator removed for drying. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#5Basic21-44-1

Basic – Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed sanitizer bucket stored on prep table. Operator moved sanitizer bucket. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 17, 2026 7:53 AM.

Violation category totals
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 15 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
1 observation(s)
Category 25 · Single-service and single-use items
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.