Inspection Report

Emergency Closure InspectionDBPR disposition: Emergency order recommended
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ANTONIOS PIZZERIA AND RESTAURANT

2805 38TH AVE · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33713

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateJuly 20, 2016
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionEmergency order recommended
Resultfacility_temporarily_closed
Inspection number2619022
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID5966870
DBPR license6217259

Emergency Closure Summary

ClosedJuly 20, 2016 2:19 PM
StatusReopened after callback/compliance
ReopenedJuly 21, 2016 9:43 AM
Record basisDBPR weekly closure extract
Closure conditionRodent activity

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
13 High Priority7 Intermediate19 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical39 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

39 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 13

#20High Priority12A-07-4

High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Corrected pizza cook. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat ViolationWarning
#21High Priority08B-56-4

High Priority – Food stored in ice used for drinks. See stop sale. Plastic grocery back with beverage bottle in it stored in the ice machine. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#22High Priority35A-02-5

High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. 9 observed on flour and pizza pans at the pizza prep table next to the 3 bay sink. 3 live flies near the men's restroom door by the back exit. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#23High Priority03A-02-4

High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 50°F heavy cream. In cooler outside the walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#24High Priority03F-02-4

High Priority – Potentially hazardous (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. Pizzas **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#25High Priority08A-18-5

High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Raw beef over breaded vegetables in upright freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#26High Priority35A-04-4

High Priority – Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 50+ dried droppings along two walls behind the ice machine and along the ice machine wall and an adjacent wall behind multiple freezers and coolers. The area is tight fitting to get an accurate count behind the units. The 50 counted were accessible. 2 dried droppings on slicer surface under the sliding attachment. Supervisor took slicer apart for cleaning. 20 dried droppings on the top and at the base of the water heater. 4 dried droppings behind the floor mixer. 60+ droppings, too many to count, along entire dining room bar area. 5 observed semi-soft on a box under the bar three bay sink. 4 dried droppings in small dining room to the left of the front door. Droppings observed behind the coke machine in the center dining room, unable to count. 4 dried droppings under the women's restroom sink. . **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#27High Priority35A-21-4

High Priority – Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present. Next to the ice machine droppings and yellow insulation were observed. An employee swept the insulation in the area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#28High Priority35A-18-4

High Priority – Rodent rub marks present along pipe under bar 3 bay sink. **Warning**

Warning
#29High Priority29-37-4

High Priority – Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. **Warning**

Warning
#30High Priority01B-13-4

High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Ice in ice machine where a plastic grocery bag of a bottled beverage is partially buried in the ice. Two loose meatballs lying in ice build up of chest freezer. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#31High Priority01B-02-4

High Priority – Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. 50°F heavy cream. In cooler outside the walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarningStop Sale
#32High Priority29-34-4

High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At the hose to the pipe below the 3 bay sink area. **Warning**

Warning

Intermediate 7

#33Intermediate02C-03-4

Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. 50°F heavy cream. In cooler outside the walk in cooler. Portioned cold cuts on a large walk in cooler container. **Warning**

Warning
#34Intermediate12A-03-4

Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee wash/rinse hands in center bay of three bay sink. The hand sink is at the front line near the register. **Warning**

Warning
#35Intermediate31A-07-4

Intermediate – Handwash sink missing in multiple food preparation areas. The cookline hand sink is up around the front line by the register toward the bar. The cook was observed washing hands in the three bay sink. Also, in the adjacent room by the employee bathroom Are a floor mixer, a slicer, and a small make table. . **Warning**

Warning
#36Intermediate22-28-4

Intermediate – Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Upright freezer near ice machine. **Warning**

Warning
#37Intermediate31B-02-4

Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at the cookline. Paper towels put near the cookline hand sink. No paper towels at the register area hand sink. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#38Intermediate31B-03-4

Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink at the cookline. No soap at the register area hand sink. . Soap put at the cookline sink only. No soap in the men's restroom. **Warning**

Warning
#39Intermediate22-06-4

Intermediate – Slicer soiled with rodent droppings. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning

Basic 19

#1Basic14-01-4

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cups in yeast stored in walk in cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic23-24-4

Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Upright freezers. **Warning**

Warning
#3Basic08B-45-4

Basic – Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler. Bag of potatoes. Containers of cut potatoes. **Warning**

Warning
#4Basic35A-03-4

Basic – Dead roaches on premises. 5 dead roaches under the mens bathroom sink. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic35B-01-4

Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. By the floor mixer area. Also at the back door by the men's restroom. **Warning**

Warning
#6Basic36-22-4

Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water under the loose tiles by the pizza oven and near the stove under a floor mat. **Warning**

Warning
#7Basic36-18-4

Basic – Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair. Large area in front of the pizza oven. Approximately 12 tiles missing from the pizza oven area. Also a large area by the back door next to a cooler. Also near the stove under a floor mat. **Warning**

Warning
#8Basic08B-12-4

Basic – Food stored in holding unit not covered. Loose meatballs lying in ice build up of chest freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#9Basic36-24-5

Basic – Holes in the wall in the bar area. Large areas of the wall appear to be in remodel or tear-out. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#10Basic14-69-4

Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in chest freezer near the ice machine. And the adjacent upright freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#11Basic10-17-4

Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Between table and pizza cooler at the cookline. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#12Basic51-18-6

Basic – No copy of latest inspection report available. **Warning**

Warning
#13Basic14-40-4

Basic – Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. Shelves have broken particle board corners. The shelf is over the sandwich press and the short make table. **Warning**

Warning
#14Basic33-16-4

Basic – Open dumpster lid with trash observed in can. Educated staff about keeping the lid closed, even on a shared dumpster. **Warning**

Warning
#15Basic25-05-4

Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Take out containers on the floor under the ice machine. Employee discarded the containers. **Warning**

Warning
#16Basic23-05-4

Basic – Soil residue build-up on pipes under 3 bay sink at the bar. **Warning**

Warning
#17Basic21-12-4

Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On pizza make table. **Warning**

Warning
#18Basic14-06-4

Basic – Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Dry storage shelf where canned and bottled goods are stored. **Warning**

Warning
#19Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Large bins of white powdered product next to the walk in cooler. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 8:15 AM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
2 observation(s)
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
2 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
2 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
4 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
2 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
4 observation(s)
Category 21 · Wiping cloths, linens and laundry facilities
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
2 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
2 observation(s)
Category 25 · Single-service and single-use items
1 observation(s)
Category 29 · Plumbing, mop sink, filters and backflow prevention
2 observation(s)
Category 31 · Handwash sinks, supplies and signage
3 observation(s)
Category 33 · Garbage, refuse and premises maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 35 · Pest control / insects / rodents / animals / outer openings
6 observation(s)
Category 36 · Floors, walls, ceilings, attached equipment and ventilation
3 observation(s)
Category 51 · Other sanitary and safe-operation conditions
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.