PLUM TOMATO PIZZERIA
1988 ALT 19 · TARPON SPRINGS · Pinellas County · FL 34689
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Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
23 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 13
01B-01-4High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. **Warning**
12A-17-4High Priority – Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. **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. Pizza cook put fresh basil on cooked pizza and was touching the crust while cutting pizza. Discussed no bare hand contact with ready to eat foods with operator who discussed with employee. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 by front bar, 2 on lemons at drink station, 4 flying around drink station, 1 on side of reach in cooler, 1 on shelf by dish area, 7 in dish area, 3 flies in dry storage where dough machine is, 5 in women's restroom, 12 in hallway by restrooms. **Warning**
12A-19-4High Priority – Obversed two employees wash hands with cold water. **Warning**
50-17-2High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Operator renewed license during inspection. License observed updated in inspection application on inspector's iPad. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken stored over open container of heavy whipping cream in reach in cooler. Discussed with operator. Operator rearranged food items to prevent cross contamination. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
28-13-4High Priority – Raw sewage on ground of establishment. Hand sink by pizza ovens filled up, draining into pipe that overflowed onto floor under reach in cooler. Operator poured degreaser down drain **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
01B-03-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. 2 flies landed on cut lemons at drink station. Operator discarded. **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Garlic spread at 94°F, sitting out on table at 3pm, operator said it gets put out when they open at 11am **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter blend (47°F – Cold Holding); cooked spaghetti (44°F – Cold Holding); meatballs (55°F – Cold Holding); raw sausage (49°F – Cold Holding) **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. **Warning**
41-15-5High Priority – Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. 200ppm+ chorine, corrected to 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards, mixer head, can opener. **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Blocked by AC unit in kitchen. Operator relocated the AC unit away from hand sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
53B-14-5Intermediate – Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
Basic 7
08B-20-4Basic – Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Buckets of food on floor in walk in cooler, cases of food on floor in walk in freezer. Fry oil in dry storage. **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Pizza cutting in between hand sink and prep table, employee removed **Corrected On-Site**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. **Warning**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum pans above cook line. **Warning**
21-10-4Basic – Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. **Warning**
29-20-5Basic – Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. Hand sink next to pizza oven **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 5:07 PM.
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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.