HIBACHI BUFFET LU
7610 49 ST N · PINELLAS PARK · Pinellas County · FL 33781
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
19 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-10-4High Priority – Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched face then to clean utensils no hand wash. Educated employee and he washed his hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
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. Cooked chicken wings in containers and back cooked they were cooling observed employee touched the chicken with bare hands employee put back on grill educated. **Corrected On-Site**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Seaweed, cucumber, tofu Employee removed **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken cubed over ready to eat cooked breaded chicken **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-19-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food controlled by time and required to be marked with the use by time is not marked and the required time of disposal cannot be determined. See stop sale time stamp operator stated put out at 11am. Raw beef and raw pork at hibachi station not removed at 3:10pm. Raw pork and beef Temped at 54F.
03F-04-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control not discarded at the end of the 4-hour period. See stop sale. Raw pork 48 raw beef 60 degrees at 3:15 hibachi area held on time put out at all am.
Intermediate 3
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand sink in prep area of kitchen. Employee refilled paper towels. **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. Ribs smoked 10-25 at 9:00am no date mark. Employee dated ribs. **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In mop area degreaser
Basic 10
51-11-4Basic – 2 Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Gasket for walk in freezer broken
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors in dish area soiled with debris.
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
21-04-4Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Wet cloth under cutting board in hibachi cook line. Employee removed wet cloth. **Corrected On-Site**
22-20-5Basic – Main Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets soiled on reach in coolers on cook line.
10-07-4Basic – Spatula used at hibachi station In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 79 degrees cook line
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Raw chicken inside walk in freezer not covered **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple foods in walk in cooler not labeled.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 27, 2026 5:49 PM.
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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.