MORI SUSHI
1136 94 AVE N · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33702
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
12A-19-4High Priority – Employee washed hands with cold water. Employee washed hands in front sushi station with cold water before putting to go sauce in small bowls. **Warning**
10-05-5High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice scoop in water at 67 degrees. Employee removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Vegetable peel at sushi station soiled. **Warning**
27-06-4Intermediate – No hot running water at three-compartment sink. **Warning**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Observed no hot water at front hand wash sink closest to sushi station hot water has been turned off under sink. Employee using other HWS in back to wash hands. Water is 67 degrees. Employee turned hot water on under three compartment sink beside HWS and water stated leaking under three compartment sink. Employee turned hot water off. **Warning**
Basic 14
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food inside vinegar. **Warning**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Glass reach in cooler doors **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-36-4Basic – Ceiling tile missing. Near back door at three compartment sink. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils back prep table used for sushi rice. **Warning**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler at sushi Station, handle for glass sliding doors reach in cooler, beverage air reach in cooler, under grill True pull out drawer, **Warning**
08B-31-4Basic – Food stored in undrained ice. Broccoli stored in water. Employee used HWS to drain water out of container of broccoli. Educated employee **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Bucket of soy sauce on floor sushi station. **Warning**
22-08-4Basic – Interior of small oven at sushi station has accumulation of black substance. **Warning**
33-38-4Basic – No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink provided with disposable towels. Front hand wash sink near sushi station. **Warning**
29-08-4Basic – Plumbing system in disrepair. Observed back three buckets catching water under pipes from three compartment sink. Observed Pepe rica container to catch dripping water under three compartment sink. Only one three compartment sink able to fully wash rinse and sanitize all items in restaurant. **Warning**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Sushi chef reused single service gloves after finishing with a sushi room put gloves on plastic wrap and then put them back on. Educated. Employee charged gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Warning**
14-69-4Basic – Small Ice buildup in reach-in freezer left side. **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On top of cutting board at sushi station. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 14, 2026 8:07 AM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.