GULFPORT RESTAURANT
2025 S 49 ST · GULFPORT · Pinellas County · FL 337074915
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Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
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. Observed employee touch hard boiled eggs and place on salad for customer. **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Open raw shell French toast batter on bottom shelf of reach in cooler with sliced tomatoes. Operator removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35A-04-4High Priority – Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 30 rodent droppings under reach in cooler in dry storage/ prep area of kitchen. 11 droppings under dish machine. 15 droppings on bread storage shelves. 12 droppings under front counter soda station. Approximately 30 on floor of storage shed holding single service items such as cups and lids, and small equipment. **Warning**
35A-21-4High Priority – Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present. Outside along the storage shed has a large buildup of leaves and bits of trash. **Warning**
35A-18-4High Priority – Rodent rub marks present along pipes and cove molding under equipment in kitchen. **Warning**
Intermediate 1
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled/ oven interior soiled, most of cooking equipment soiled with heave greasy build up, **Warning**
Basic 12
16-03-4Basic – Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. **Warning**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Freezers in food storage area. **Warning**
36-03-4Basic – Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Thru most of kitchen and behind front counter cove molding is damaged and not sealed to the wall or the floor. **Warning**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Operator preparing food on cooks line no hair restraint **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under cooks line. Under prep tables in kitchen. Under soda station in front counter area, under front counter. **Warning**
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on soiled pipe. **Warning**
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. On Cooks line, oven heavily soiled. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets front counter area and kitchen, most storage shelves soiled. **Warning**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Tzasiki containers re used to store food in walk in cooler and dried goods in prep area **Warning**
14-20-4Basic – Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover. Foil used on scale soiled **Warning**
54-01-5Basic – Smoking or vaping in an enclosed indoor workplace. In enclosed back area storing food. **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Cooks line **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 5:03 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
2 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.