PO FOLKS RESTAURANT
2001 34 ST N · ST PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33713
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Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
32 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
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 bus soiled dishes then expo food for a customer. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies on wall near breading station, **Warning**
35A-09-4High Priority – Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. 2 live spiders under server pass counter, 1 spider under cook line **Warning**
35A-05-4High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 8 live roaches under steam table on cook line, 2 live on floor under breading station, 1 live under cook line **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw Fish fillets(66F – Cold Holding) employee stated it was put in cooler at about 1:10 pm; Raw Chicken (69F – Cold Holding) employee stated raw chicken was put in cooler at 1:10 pm. Inspector told employee to move all foods into walk-in cooler. **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. yellow rice 115 at 2:30, white rice 120 at 2:30 (inspector told manager to reheat to 165 degrees farenheit, rice was voluntarily discarded **Warning**
Intermediate 2
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener and cutting boards heavily soiled with food debris. Most equipment on cook line soiled with grease build up. **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple time/temperature controlled for safety food items prepared on site did not have date marks after being held for more than 24 hrs **Warning**
Basic 24
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Small bucket used to scoop ice stored in ice machine. **Warning**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. All reach in coolers and walk in cooler and freezer handles soiled with food debris **Warning**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Prep cutting boards heavily grooved. **Warning**
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. Dead roach and 5 egg sacks on floor under back hand washing sink, 1 dead under server pass area, 2 dead near soup area, 1 dead behind fryer, 1 dead under steam table on cook line, 2 dead under ice machine **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table, on ice machine. **Warning**
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from a closed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Bottled water **Warning**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee pizza in walk in cooler. **Warning**
13-04-4Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. On 2 cooks. **Warning**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. On server making salad. **Warning**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Multiple reach in coolers with torn gaskets. **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. Hood heavily soiled with dripping grease. **Warning**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Behind ice cream freezer. **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under all equipment. Wall soiled behind hood and under dish machine. Ceiling soiled above prep area. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Fish fillet boxes stored on floor in walk in cooler. Oil on floor in dry stock area. **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Prep area **Warning**
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave interior heavily soiled. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Multiple reach in coolers and walk in cooler gaskets heavily soiled with mold like substance and food debris. Fryer stacks soiled. **Warning**
36-64-5Basic – Objectionable odors. Kitchen, walk in cooler, dish area. **Warning**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. **Warning**
25-22-4Basic – Single-service articles stored next to handwash/food preparation sink exposed to splash. To-go items directly next to hand wash sink in to-go area exposed to splash **Warning**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Thawing broccoli at room temperature. **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Walls and cove molding in disrepair in various areas on kitchen. **Warning**
21-09-4Basic – Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Cook line **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Large bin of sugar unlabeled **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 8:56 AM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.