MARTELLO'S
13800 LITTLE RD · HUDSON · Pasco County · FL 34667
Inspection Summary
Emergency Closure Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
See what changed since the last inspection.
Sign in or create a free account to browse without ads and see newly cited, repeated, and no-longer-cited violation categories.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
23 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
35A-02-5High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. 5 fruit flies near 3 compartment sink , 5 fruit flies in kitchen, 3 fruit flies in dining room **Warning**
50-17-2High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-4High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Walk in cooler : tomato sauce (50°F – Cold Holding); chicken wings (50°F – Cold Holding); cooked sausage (49°F – Cold Holding); mozzarella (52°F – Cold Holding); pasta (51°F – Cold Holding); spaghetti (51°F – Cold Holding); beef stock (49°F – Cold Holding) walk in freezer : clam strips (71°F – Cold Holding); Canoli cream (71°F – Cold Holding); cheddar cheese (73°F – Cold Holding) See Stop sale All potentially hazardous food out of temperature greater than 12 hours. **Warning**
28-26-4High Priority – Sewage/wastewater backing up through floor drains. Back up and over flow from the front counter wait station hand wash sink when water is running from that hand wash sink and the hand wash sink in the kitchen. The only other available hand wash sinks are in the rest rooms. Operator states that it is from the outside pump station and happens when it rains. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
31A-07-4Intermediate – Handwash sink missing in warewashing or food preparation area. Both hand wash sinks in kitchen and wait station are unable to be used . When the hand wash sinks are turned on back up water over flows onto the floor . Extreme odor is present. **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Supplied **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Sanitizer in shelf near 3 compartment sink **Warning**
Basic 16
12B-07-4Basic – *Employee beverage container on a speed rack with backing trays. *drinks in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-07-4Basic – *Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up, all *stove and stove top *fryer *hood *Reach in coolers *shelves under prep table *speed rack **Warning**
22-19-4Basic – *Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. *can opener *baking sheets and frying pans with black buildup debris. *dough bowl and dough hood *reach in cooler and shelving **Warning**
36-32-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Some tiles are missing or cracked. Acoustic tiles in bathrooms **Warning**
28-04-5Basic – Employee dumping mop water or other wastewater in outside grease trap. **Warning**
40-06-4Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Keys in shelf over reach in cooler make station **Warning**
14-11-4Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler near hand wash sink in kitchen not working, no potentially hazardous food in cooler **Warning**
36-08-4Basic – Floor and wall junctures not coved in food preparation/storage/warewashing areas or bathroom. Kitchen at walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-71-4Basic – Floor drains/drain covers heavily soiled. Near 3 compartment sink **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Throughout **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-38-4Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. *plaster is not painted in dish room. *multiple holes in kitchen walls which need to be repaired **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-27-4Basic – No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. Mop sink is not plumbed **Warning**
36-70-4Basic – Objectionable odor in establishment. From back up and over flow when wait station and kitchen hand wash sink are running. Operator states that it from the pump station and it happens when it rains **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-33-4Basic – Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-41-4Basic – Walk-in cooler and reach in coolers gaskets torn/in disrepair. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 6:47 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
6 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.