MR EMPANADA
860 3 AVE S · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33701
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
8 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 2
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2026.
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. Cuban sandwiches stored in front counter. Time stamped for 11am. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Intermediate 5
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Stained white cutting board on reach in deli cooler on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit observed. **Repeat Violation**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Inspector helped operator fill out written procedures for holding Cuban Sandwiches out of temperature during the inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Sliced pork, sliced cheese, cut lettuce stored inside reach in deli cooler on cook line not date marked. Items date marked 1/27. **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Of light pink liquid substance stored under handsink at front counter area. Spray bottle labeled as sanitizer. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 1
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Heavily grooved cutting board on reach in deli cooler on cook line.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 14, 2026 8:14 AM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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.