CHILLIS INDIAN RESTAURANT
1251 E FOWLER AVE STE B2 · TAMPA · Hillsborough County · FL 33612
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
29 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 10
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee doing dishes and she was going between dirty and clean equipment. No hand washing occurred between dirty and clean. Discussed proper hand washing with employee and manager. **Warning**
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee wipe face and then **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. Employee was shredding carrots with barehands. Carrots were going to be stored for later use. Discussed proper use of gloves with operator. **Warning**
22-45-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee washing pans by hand. Employee was not sanitizing dishes after she rinsed the soap off. Discussed proper method with operator. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Approximately 5 flies observed landing on unpeeled onions. **Warning**
35A-09-4High Priority – Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. 3 live spiders observed on wall next to storage area. **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over tomatoes in walk in cooler. Discussed proper storage with operator. **Warning**
35A-05-4High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 2 live roaches observed inside door jam of storage room entrance. Approximately 15 live roaches observed on storage racks in hallway. Racks are used to store single use items, rice and canned goods. 1 live roach observed crawling inside box of unpeeled onions in hallway where onions are kept. **Warning**
35A-23-4High Priority – Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Observed on cord behind the reach in cooler next to the breaker box. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold holding: cooked chicken 44 °F, cooked potatoes 47 °F, cooked pepper 50 °F, cooked rice 50 °F, yogurt 47 °F, raw chicken 48 °F. Walk in cooler temps are all high. Operator stated they were fine before we got there. **Warning**
Intermediate 5
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee washing hands in three comparment sink. Handwash sink in kitchen I'm not connected to plumbing. **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. Can opener blades. **Warning**
31A-04-4Intermediate – Handwash sink removed from food preparation/dishwashing area. Must be reinstalled in the same location where removed. The only accessible handwash sink in the kitchen has the plumbing removed. When the water is turned on it discharges onto the ground. There is not another handwash sink in he kitchen for employees to use while working with food. The dishwasher also has no ability to wash hands between dirty and clean dishes. The only handwash sink is outside the kitchen and you have to go through doors to get back into the kitchen. **Warning**
53A-01-7Intermediate – Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Srikanth nerally manager in charge. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No food items date marked in walk in cooler. Operator stated foods sometimes last a couple days. Discussed proper date marking with operator. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Basic 14
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning**
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead roaches observed by back door. 1 dead observed on cord behind reach in cooler next to breaker box. **Warning**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-63-4Basic – Exhaust/ventilation hood system not designed to prevent grease or condensation from dripping onto food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. **Warning**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. By three comparment sink. **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor soiled under cooking equipment. Walls soiled throughout kitchen. **Warning**
08B-42-4Basic – Food stored in a shared hallway that anybody from the public has access to. There is no secured entry way. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Onions, canned goods, oil and yogurt in walk in cooler. **Warning**
33-19-4Basic – Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. By mop sink. Cracked tiles throughout kitchen. Ceiling tile missing throughout kitchen. **Warning**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Temped in water 70 °F. Discussed proper temp with operator. In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between wall and three comparment sink. **Warning**
21-04-4Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters. Gaskets on reach in coolers. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Goat in bags at room temperature. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 5:01 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.