LITTLE ITALY'S RISTORANTE
240 S BEACH ST · DAYTONA BEACH · Volusia County · FL 32114
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
27 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 10
41-07-4High Priority – Container of medicine improperly stored. -vitamins and cold and flu relief stored on top of first aid kit **Warning**
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. -employee walk in through back door grabbed bottles of wine **Warning**
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. -employee made salad **Warning**
09-01-4High 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. -employee touched pizza with barehands while cutting **Warning**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found -1 small flying insect in kitchen **Warning**
08A-17-6High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. -freezer raw beef not in original packaging over squid **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -reach in cooler cookline liquid egg yolk 69f per employee less than 4 hours, Pasta spaghetti and penne 45f to 64f per employee more than 4 hours – see stop sale – manager discarded Second reach in cooler on cookline sausage 45f,fried eggplant 45f Pizza cooler Meat balls 51f manager discarded ,mozzarella 44f,chicken 44f **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -noodles for soup 124f **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. -chemical spray bottle on prep table **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 6
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -cutting boards on two reach in coolers,plus pizza cooler and salad cooler -slicer guard spoiled **Warning**
11-26-1Intermediate – No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. -forms not signed by manager **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. -warehouse area **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. -selling pizza by the slice times marked **Warning**
31B-05-4Intermediate – Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. -paper towel dispenser at bar, manager states needs to replace battery , manager place towels by sink **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. -lasagna 1.5 days **Warning**
Basic 11
16-03-4Basic – Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. -top of dishwasher soiled **Warning**
51-11-4Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -cell phone on dessert cooler **Warning**
13-04-4Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. -gasket torn on salad and dessert coolers **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. -bag of salt,container of flour and sugar **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. -between two reach in coolers **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -hood filters over pizza over soiled with grease and dust -top of stove soiled **Warning**
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. -behind 3 compartment sink **Warning**
29-11-4Basic – Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. -hand sink kitchen **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. -Flour **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 15, 2026 7:41 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.