CAFE BICH NGA
5572 PARK BLVD · PINELLAS PARK · Pinellas County · FL 33781
Inspection Summary
Emergency Closure Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
26 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 9
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Food prep employees changed gloves without a hand washing. Instructed **Repeat Violation**
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. Service individual was putting bean sprout on top of soup before serving customers bowl, stop sale bowl of soup with shrimp
10-05-5High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spoon for sticky rice container water 85 degrees **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found 3 live flying insects near front hand wash sink near dirty dishes. 1 live flying insects in kitchen 2 live flying insects near bug zapper front table. 1 live flying insects landing on bowl of peanut inside kitchen. 4 live flying insects flying around and landing on burner and raw meat during active prep of beef. 1 live flying insect landed on spoon hand and rim of Coffee/teat cup with spoon inside on prep table near cook line during active cooking/ preparation **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment is open and operating and serving to the public. License expired 2-1-26. let owner know during walk through. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
35A-04-4High Priority – Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 3 rodent droppings on floor in dry storage in dinner room. 4 rodent droppings near deep freezers at dry storage area in dinning room. 10 rodent droppings inside closet behind gold curtain. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed service individual add bean sprouts with bare hands after before serving individual. Instructed establishment to discard bowl of soup.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Deli cooler at cook line cooked shrimp (51F – Cold Holding); cooked strip steak (50F – Cold Holding); quail eggs (49F – Cold Holding); cooked noodles (59F – Cold Holding)
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. Sticky buns filled with pork on front counter individual wrapped. Put out at 10:00am no time mark
Intermediate 6
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Small round cutting board soiled
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Small pot inside hand wash thing at cook line employee moved. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Establishment is wash sing dishes inside hand wash sink inside green and orange bowls foiled with soap and water
31A-12-4Intermediate – No handwash sink for employees near three compartment sink. Water turned off from hot and cold.
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Cook line
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No date marked on any item throughout establishment **Repeat Violation**
Basic 11
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Coffee/teat cup with spoon inside on prep table near cook line during active cooking/ preparation
08B-31-4Basic – Food stored in undrained ice. Cooked Shrimp and quail eggs inside plastic containers inside water
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer.
21-04-4Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under small round cutting board.
35B-02-4Basic – Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Bug zapper over top from ice machine right beside back door.
22-08-4Basic – Interior of microwave has accumulation of food debris. **Repeat Violation**
35B-05-4Basic – Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. Screen on back door ripped multiple locations.
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Bowl on cilantro and Pig intestines in large bowl using ice to cool beside water heater on shelf. **Repeat Violation**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Sandwich baggies filled with chicken inside pan of water on counter.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 2:01 AM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
4 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.