THE BURG DINER
2950 49 ST N · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33710
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
23 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Cook failed to wash hands before grabbing change of gloves to work with food. He then washed hands and put new gloves on. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dish washer failed to wash hands before grabbing change of gloves to handle clean dishes. He then washed hands and put on new gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
01B-14-4High Priority – Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. One egg with broken shell in reach in cooler in rear kitchen . Operator discarded.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded cheddar (49F – Cold Holding; retemped at 42); feta cheese (49F – Cold Holding; retemped at 40F). Items in deli cooler out of temp due to keeping lid open. Operator put items in the freezer and kept cooler lid closed and got items back in temp quickly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
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. See stop sale. Operator prepared potatoes to rehydrate and failed to time stamp when finished. He time marked afterward with my instruction. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 4
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Dish washer washed hands in 3 compartment sink.
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Meat grinder with cutting board stained and soiled with debris; not used today. Stand mixer soiled with grease and debris; not used today. Interior of food processor cracking and stained red. **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Coffee machine parts and squirt bottle being stored on hand wash sink in kitchen. Operator removed and washed items. **Corrected On-Site**
05-08-4Intermediate – No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
Basic 14
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black mold-like substance and debris in the interior of the ice machine.
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards at deli coolers no longer cleanable, stained and grooved.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table in front of microwave. Operator moved beverage
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Cups at bar area.
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Detached gasket in rear kitchen reach in cooler "True" brand cooler.
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris behind coolers and cook equipment. Operator moved equipment and cleaned. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Containers of food in walk in freezer stored on the floor. Operator moved to a shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in under hot holding unit
10-06-5Basic – In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Single serve portion cup being kept in feta cheese container as utensil.
33-11-4Basic – Missing drain plug at dumpster.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood systems over cook equipment heavily soiled with buildup of grease. Fans at bar heavily soiled with dust
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Operator closed. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-17-4Basic – Unwashed celery and peppers stored with ready-to-eat carrot sticks. Stored over ready to eat foods.
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall behind prep table near warewashing area and dry storage, walls in kitchen next to deli cooler and flat top
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 21, 2026 7:58 AM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 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.